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One Bot Domination

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Originally posted by MI28Driver
You have to remeber it wont be one bot domination, it will first off have to be a good team and alliance for both qualify and ellimantion. Secondly u have to have ur opposing team score something cuase if they dont ur are out of the points. So it should be a selection of who works best in there catigory and also who works well together.
This year more than any year it can (and I predict WILL) be one robot domination in the finals.

Here's the reason. Let's assume that everyone's drivetrain has similar traction (that's not true but let's say it is). Let's now assume that a team can consistently win the race to the goals and can lift two of them. That gives this team 180(goal)+180(goal)+130(robot) = 490 lb of downforce for pushing. Now, if the opposing alliance wants to get in a pushing match with this robot, they only have 260 lb (130*2 for both robots) of downforce for pushing. Therefore, the one robot can win a pushing match against both robots on the other team.

This robot then needs to just be able to get the third goal and the match is over. Once the first two goals are captured, I don't think it will be that difficult to capture the third goal with the help from a decent partner.

Getting back to the assumption of everyone having the same inherent traction in the drive system. The difference in downforce between the robot picking up the goals and the opposing alliance is nearly 2:1. The robot getting the two goals can actually have terrible traction compared to the opposing alliance, but the difference in downforce will more than make up for it.

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