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Re: 4 vrs. 0 or 2 vrs. 2:Some Thoughts
Posted by Tom S. at 05/25/2001 11:25 PM EST


Student on team #177, The Bobcats, from South Windsor High School and International Fuel Cells.


In Reply to: 4 vrs. 0 or 2 vrs. 2:Some Thoughts
Posted by Ben Mitchell on 05/25/2001 11:00 PM EST:



Ben,

Part of me agrees with you, but the other part still wants to push and hit and battle. Thinking back on the good old days of the 99 competition, i can remember one distinctive play, we were going to get on the puck, fully loaded with floppies, but there was already 3 bots on teh puck. both of the poles were out of reach, so we used our hooks on the end of our arm to pull another bot off the puck, knocking it over in the process. Just that image of the robot tumbling over and us getting on teh puck will probably be forever engraved in my mind. i definitely liked the idea of robots going head to head and having the best built machine come out on top...

The other side of me likes the new 4 on 0 competition. I don't think our robot was touched by a single other robot in all of the competitions we went to. Strategy also played a much larger role in this years game. Having a plan for all four robots is not an easy job, as i saw on stage since i was a driver. But i have to hand it to the coaches... i don't know how it happened, but in every match we were in, every robot had a set plan on what they were going to do.

Well, i don't know how it should be next year, FIRST always seems to amaze us with new ideas that work flawlessly, and i don't expect to see anything less than that next year.

Tom Schindler
Team 177 - Bobcat Robotics


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