816 - 90% Complete (Video inside)

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

Thanks for posting this video. It took ~30 seconds to travel across the field, grab the tube, travel back across the field and place the tube; I see this being very realistic for a lot of teams, especially during week 1. Human players throwing tubes to midfield will significantly reduce that time though.

An approximately ~30 second cycle time will probably be a good benchmark for an "average" robots. Robots that are above average will probably get to around a ~20 second cycle time, which actually doesn't seem to be all that unfeasible. We'll have a few more teams coming to our practice field throughout the week, so we'll be able to get some good measure of how long it takes us to score with obstructions. (Though I won't be able to speak for other teams)

Also, we've found that floor pickup is the way to go, since it allows you to shorten the distance that you HAVE to travel to get the tubes.