FIRST Canada Webinar - Karthik, Justin & Mike tonight at 7pm

[hobbins]

First Robotics Canada Webinar Featuring Karthik Kanagasabapathy and special guests Justin Montois and Mike Starke

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Tuesday, January 21.
You can register for this webinar at
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/714071134

Agenda
- Discussion of the Build Blitz experience, led by Mike & Justin interviewing Karthik (similar to the Build Blitz Live Look Ins)
- Discussion of Aerial Assist, led by Mike & Justin interviewing Karthik (similar to the Build Blitz Live Look Ins)
- Q&A with webinar listeners, teams who need help with any topic!

Teams may register now as there are only 100 spots available

[Justin Montois]

Mike and I are really looking forward to tonight!

This thread would be a great place to post any questions or topics you'd like us to talk about tonight. We'll see you at 7!

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by hobbins

Justin Montois and Mike Starke

Justin and Mike? Nah, it has to be Mike and Justin . Anyway, I can't wait to listen in tonight!

[Lil' Lavery]

Given that the 1712 meeting for tonight has been snowed out, I'll do my best to "attend."

A few potential topics off the top of my head:
*Defense in Aerial Assist
*Lack of emphasis on passing mechanisms in Build Blitz
*Alliance construction in Aerial Assist
*Autonomous in Aerial Assist (added risk of missed shots, achievable lower goals, role of goaltenders, connections with tele-operated defense)

[Tuba4]

Kudos to all who presented this event! Lots of great information presented for all levels of experience. I am looking forward to future webinars.

[AdamHeard]

Was this recorded?

[Boe]

Is there going to be a recording of this put up somewhere, and if so where?

[BrennanB]

Originally Posted by Boe

Is there going to be a recording of this put up somewhere, and if so where?

It can be found here

[Gregor]

Karthik, you talked about the difference between assists and "assist opportunities" in regards to scouting. You defined an assist opportunity as a situation where robot X facilitates an assist to robot Y, but robot Y never scored the ball in a goal, therefore garnering no assist points. Would you value this situation any less than a normal assist that robot X facilitated, that ultimately ended in assist points being gained for the alliance?

Video link here (49:19 if timestamp doesn't work).

[wendells]

Very imformative!

[Nathan Streeter]

Originally Posted by Gregor

Karthik, you talked about the difference between assists and "assist opportunities" in regards to scouting. You defined an assist opportunity as a situation where robot X facilitates an assist to robot Y, but robot Y never scored the ball in a goal, therefore garnering no assist points. Would you value this situation any less than a normal assist that robot X facilitated, that ultimately ended in assist points being gained for the alliance?

I haven't watched the video (although I definitely intend to when I get a chance), but I do think as a scout you shouldn't bother tracking actual assists... just "assist opportunities." For your example, I'd give one "assist opportunity" to both Robot X and Robot Y... since both participated in an exchange that only didn't become an assist because the ball went unscored. Depending on why Robot Y never scored it, if I was scouting Robot Y, I might also make some comment about their scoring.

I also think it'd be useful to track "assists (received)" vs "assists (initiated)"... a robot that is good at initiating an assist may (or may not) have a unique set of skills from a robot that is good at receiving an assist. Because of this, it'd be helpful in pre-match strategy and alliance selection to know which robots are good at which.

I think I would even go so far as to tally multiple assists for a robot that does multiple "assists" in one cycle... i.e. Robot X passes to Robot Y, and then Robot Y passes back to Robot X.

Karthik's distinction is a good one to make... I haven't really thought much about scouting so far!

[IndySam]

Karthik needs to stop wearing a zippered hoodie when he is on a webinar. The constant clicking is annoying!

[hobbins]

Thank you to everyone who listened in to the webinar. It was a terrific success and very informative. Karthik puts a lot of thinking into all aspects of the game. And of course the show was even more successful with the addition of Mike and Justin! Great job everyone. In two weeks we will host another webinar with a focus on inspection, new game strategies and perhaps final tips by teams who have running robots!
All this and more, right here in Canada!
psst: week one has two of the three world champion alliances at the same event! GTRWest at Crescent(1241 and 610) where are you 1477?,
then GTREast at UOIT,
then...drum roll please...Waterloo
Water, water, water...
North Bay
then Windsor