Farthest shot made?

[Kims Robot]

Originally Posted by Siri

Wow, leave it to Rolling Thunder. How solid was this in terms of accuracy and precision/consistency?

Well one of the difficult things with our robot as you could see was that we aimed using the drivetrain. Once the driveteam got good with it, it was phenomenal. The 6WD (2 traction/4 omni) worked well for aiming that year, though it proved rather difficult for consistent autonomous. For such a large target (2006 goal), it was easy enough to aim manually, and by the second regional nearly every ball shot went in. However, I would guess that Turreted shooters had an easier time aiming more precisely with the exceptions of some of the camera issues (large LED signs in boston, open doorways with bright light, etc). If the camera issues could be overcome, its certainly more precise to aim with a turret.

The other benefit to 1511's 2006 design was the strong drivetrain, although with 4 omnis we were easily "pushed off target", our driver that year was so good that he could spin away from an opponent and re-aim the robot in seconds, ensuring that only a ball might have missed.

If we tried to put the 2006 robot up against this year's goals, I suspect it would be much much harder, as they are smaller targets and the physics of scoring baskets is much more difficult than shooting straight through a giant circle. I doubt you will see very many (if any) successful shots past half court.