Climbing Mechanism Ideas

[RRLedford]

Originally Posted by cmrnpizzo14

Sounds like a good strategy, but I would be worried if you cannot drive. You will be valuable for your hanging, hoisting, and auto shooting, but I would wary of picking a robot that essentially leaves my alliance playing 2v3 for most of the match. The points that you score might be enough to offset this, but I will be very interested to see how this strategy pans out for you.

Good luck! I hope that it works!

We certainly had some resistance to this approach from several team members, but the majority favored it.

One big plus is that it is virtually undefendable.
All the other good mobile bots are still subject to defense, which can lower their match scores dramatically, whereas our contribution is more reliable.
We also allow for less queue at the feeders, and less traffic congestion.

The big negative is the 3-on-2 advantage of the opposing alliance.
Still, we could not see ourselves getting ~50 or more points any easier way, and we are still finding more ways to score from on top of the pyramid.

-Dick Ledford