Zone Zeal Year in Review

[Mike Soukup]

One of my favorite threads from 2001 returns Here are my picks:

Best Bot of 2002
So many bots that were good in so many areas. I won't go out on a limb and pick a single bot.

Fastest Bot
180 - While scouting them I watched a few of their matches and was always impressed with their speed, about 2 secs to the goal. What impressed me even more was that they held a goal in the goal zone until ~1 sec left on the clock and still coasted back to the endzone.

Best Ball Collector
95 - I never saw them in person, but the video was absolutely amazing, a whole line of balls in 5-10 secs. wow

Best Single Goal Grabber
180 - fast, powerful, and anxious to mix it up with other bots and push them around. Exactly what I'm looking for in a single goal grabber.

Best Dual Goal Grabber
Tie between 60 & 469 - Both exremely fast and powerful bots who could rotate the goals on a turret which allowed them to pull opponents across the field at will. I still wish they went head-to-head once.

Best Triple Goal Grabber
71 - no debate, no explination necessary. Hands down the best 3 goal grabber.

Strongest Pulling/Pushing Bot
71 - You could try to push against them, pull them back, anything, but if they got their walkers down they'd just shuffle to the goal zone and bring everything with.

Best Hybrid (Ball Collector/Goal Grabbing Bot)
173 - I only saw them in person from afar, but their speed at picking up and deposting balls impressed me. Not sure how well they controlled a goal though. Other mentionables: 45, 67, 111 , 121

Unfortunately it's been too long since the FIRST season and I know I forgot to mention some bots that deserve it.

Mike