Which teams are winning?

[stundt1]

check out team 2056 they were undefeated in the qualifiers

[BrendanB]

Team 40 was hot in Manchester scoring 3 logos on their own and having a 1.5 sec minibot as well! They also are close to perfecting their 2 ubertube auto as well so I'm very jealous I'm not attending Connecticut!

Teams 1519, 176, 131, 78, and 175 did very well at BAE!

[flyingcrayons]

from jersey 2016, 1676, 1647, 25, 1089, 1923, 2590 i thought did extremely well. all of them are going to perform well at their future events. 2016 has an absolutely incredible minibot, and 1676's drivers are fantastic (i know them )

[HarveyAce]

Team 811 also did very well at BAE. My team, although half a country away, owes them more than they know! Thanks team 811!

[rcmolloy]

Originally Posted by flyingcrayons

from jersey 2016, 1676, 1647, 25, 1089, 1923, 2590 i thought did extremely well. all of them are going to perform well at their future events. 2016 has an absolutely incredible minibot, and 1676's drivers are fantastic (i know them )

I really wouldn't consider us winning because our minibot was the only thing that really brought us to the Finals.Our scoring was mediocre and really needs some adjustments mechanically. With that said, our claw will be undergoing surgery for Philly. By then, we will probably be winning.

NJ Winning Teams

2016, 25, & 1676

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by cmass

Anyone who thought the game was going to be played end-to-end with few pieces on the ground sure had it wrong.

...in week one.

[maltz1881]

Our team started/mentored the rookie team 3536. When I first met the mentor I knew they would go far. I never expected them to go that far the 1st time up to bat!!
The Bees hung 2 uber tubes in autonomous....pretty impressive!!! Their mini is cute!

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

...in week one.

Exactly.

While occasional tube throwing is a smart decision to get a quick, high, score, tube starvation is a strategy that can be accomplished with the right supporting robots.

We will be throwing in week 2, very sparingly, but we will be instructing partners to capitalize on tubes thrown by opponents and to try and corral tubes into our scoring zone.

[Norman J]

I did notice during week one the filling of the field with tubes was sometimes detrimental to the throwing team. I remember one specific instance where we were missing a square tube when an opposing human player very helpfully messed up a throw and delivered one to us, allowing us to complete a logo.

[Chris is me]

Are we just going to list every team that won an event this week?

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Are we just going to list every team that won an event this week?

Actually a lot of the teams mentioned didn't win an event.

Though there are many mentioned who did...

[Justin Montois]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Are we just going to list every team that won an event this week?

[cmass]

Is there any correlation between drive type and success?
- are good mechanums scoring like crazy and repositioning tubes as expected?
- are drop centers having any trouble with fine positioning in the scoring lanes?

Is there any correlation between arm types and success?
- I saw the Alamo final on 16's website, they have a telescoping tower, their partner had a four-bar articulating arm. Both seemed to score at will.
- 33 has a telescoping tower

I am a little surprised that there is not more hoarding of thrown game pieces in the matches I have seen. People seem to be playing the game straight up.

Anyone who thought the game was going to be played end-to-end with few pieces on the ground sure had it wrong.

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Originally Posted by cmass

Is there any correlation between drive type and success?
- are good mechanums scoring like crazy and repositioning tubes as expected?
- are drop centers having any trouble with fine positioning in the scoring lanes?

Is there any correlation between arm types and success?
- I saw the Alamo final on 16's website, they have a telescoping tower, their partner had a four-bar articulating arm. Both seemed to score at will.
- 33 has a telescoping tower

I am a little surprised that there is not more hoarding of thrown game pieces in the matches I have seen. People seem to be playing the game straight up.

Anyone who thought the game was going to be played end-to-end with few pieces on the ground sure had it wrong.

Looking at just Traverse (and a few other key robots), drivetrains can be of use to a robot, but they certainly don't make or break one. Most of the top robots at TC all had a 6wd with either drop center, or omni wheels. The only time mech drive systems were useful were in positioning for the minibot deployment.

Of course, a good crab or swerve drive did help many teams do very well (as always).

For arms, it seems like a telescoping tower is fast, but certainly not the only winning robot out there. I observed many teams with either a single or double jointed arm do really well. In fact, besides 1918, the best scorers at TC were single jointed arms. (2000 comes to mind)
It all comes down to speed of hanging, and not the arm type.

As for hoarding of game pieces, we found that during eliminations, in order to keep our opponents from scoring it was a good idea to have a robot who would herd tubes towards our side of the field. If a robot can do this effectively, the top scores for that alliance will certainly be higher.
Floor loading is also an extremely valuable feature.