Lessons learned for Week 2 Regionals?

[davidpoduska]

Observations:

• Logo formation is a must at 2x points, one team had 4.
• Don't be afraid to try autonomous, it is difficult and even the teams which appeared to have it down missed, but you never know.
• Try only 2 teams placing on the rack with one team retrieving tubes and placing them at your end so your scoring teams may use and harder for opponent. Some robots were wandering way too far to get tubes.
• 3 teams attempting to score appear to just get in each others way.
• If a team cannot score then block tubes, get in the other teams way but stay out of their end, penalty.
• Do not get a tube caught on the mini bot tower, penalty, found out hard way.
• If your alliance has a mini bot then make sure you attempt to get it up the tower as it is a tie breaker against a team with out a bot, we found out the hard way again with a 50-50 loss, ouch.
• Some teams "appear" to take too long trying to hook a poorly picked up tube instead of dropping it and picking the tube up properly.
• Practice throwing tubes! The round ones roll to your end if done properly and poorly thrown ones hit the judges on the sidelines and are dropped nice and close for the other side.
• SECURE BATTERY, often said but it happened again.
• Loose wires, secure so they won't come out when the robot is hit.