Aerial Assist and Ill Will

[AlexD744]

Originally Posted by Ian Curtis

1778 has mostly rookie members. This week we were teaching kids the difference between a regular wrench and an allen key, and I think that's awesome. We aren't shooting. We're gonna be great at picking up off the floor and passing, and maybe catch if we have time left over. Would it be cool to have a whiz-bang shooter? Of course. Could we build a shooter? Sure. But we'd much rather be a 10 at one thing than a 5 at two things. It is much more important to us that we train the kids so next year so our team can be prepared to build an even better robot while we mentors have even more opportunities to sit around and drink coffee. We also recognize the importance of driver practice.

Now, I'm no Car Nack, but if I were, I would predict that at least 2/12 teams on Einstein have no way of throwing the ball. They have super fast "assist" mechanisms and a killer drivetrain and driver, that's able to play some awesome shutdown defense. Good on you for realizing your limitations and building a robot that will dominate what it's intended to do!

Edit: I just found out about the 4 team alliances at champs, this clearly changes my prediction, but I'm not sure what it should be changed to yet... same idea though