Thread: WOW factor
View Single Post
  #14   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 11-02-2010, 11:00
JaneYoung JaneYoung is offline
Onward through the fog.
no team
Team Role: Alumni
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Rookie Year: 2002
Location: Austin, TX USA
Posts: 5,996
JaneYoung has a reputation beyond reputeJaneYoung has a reputation beyond reputeJaneYoung has a reputation beyond reputeJaneYoung has a reputation beyond reputeJaneYoung has a reputation beyond reputeJaneYoung has a reputation beyond reputeJaneYoung has a reputation beyond reputeJaneYoung has a reputation beyond reputeJaneYoung has a reputation beyond reputeJaneYoung has a reputation beyond reputeJaneYoung has a reputation beyond repute
Re: WOW factor

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink View Post
A quiet but valuable WOW factor this year would be quickness - the ability to edge out another robot when both want the same ball, contact the ball at full speed without knocking it away, turn to the goal without losing the ball or having it move out of your kick zone, line up on the goal quickly, and kick it for a score - all in one continuous, fluid motion before the other robot has the chance to block you.
Agreed. Agility. Quick, clever agility.

A certain boxer comes to mind - "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee..."
__________________
Excellence is contagious. ~ Andy Baker, President, AndyMark, Inc. and Woodie Flowers Award 2003

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
~ Helen Keller
(1880-1968)
Reply With Quote