Ball Trajectory Planning

[lcoreyl]

Originally Posted by lineskier

It depends on what your goals are to determine which is more important.

You don't have to choose between precision and accuracy.

Originally Posted by lineskier

A very precise robot is easier to defend, and more suseptable to problems.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean

Originally Posted by lineskier

from the open court, putting it in a vicinity may be better than being precise.

I'm assuming you mean a shooter that has GOOD accuracy and BAD precision MIGHT make it, where one with BAD accuracy and GOOD precision, WON’T make it. I agree, but I’m not encouraging the latter robot be built.

Originally Posted by lineskier

Shooting for THE hoops as opposed to A hoop is not necessarily a bad strategy.

That’s completely fine if this is your strategy, but why worry about drag/magnus? Say your software automatically compensates your expected landing spot by 2 feet; however, mechanically your margin of error is 10 feet. What’s the point there?