Poll: Picking up tubes

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by MaxMax161

Judging by what our robot can do in just under 2 minutes (assuming there is a good tube ferry) and that we're not the best bot in the world, I'd look in to shoe seasonings. Ignoring minibot we can hang up to 9 maybe 10 tubes in a perfect world. While our shop circumstances are probably better then field circumstances it's worth mentioning that upwards of 2 of those 9/10 tubes were a fair amount (more then %50) deflated.

I'm not saying that we're going to hang 8+ tubes in a match (if we do I'll eat my shoe in pure awe of our drivers) but I think someone will.

I didn't build a robot this year, and I hear Cory McBride builds good robots... so maybe I will. I'd be neat to see for sure. But I've had a pit full of teams tell me they could hurdle 4 times in a match reliably... and looked at scouting data 48 hours later to see that only 5 teams average 2. (obviously, these teams were not the Cheesy Poofs)

If someone posts a video of them scoring 8 tubes in 2 minutes with a robot in the way, I'll bite. Maybe it will happen, but I see it in a "254 vs. two toasterbots and a broken robot" deal as opposed to "254 does it every match."