With how many other FRC teams are you practicing?

[bEdhEd]

Since this season's game involves lots of cooperation, there needs to be practice with more that one robot, so I would like to know how many teams are doing this.

[Justin Shelley]

We are not practicing with any other teams but I would like to point out that it is not because we have plenty of our own lol I do wish we could practice with other teams in the area.

[Pault]

Its an interesting idea that I think could work out well for people. But honestly, for most interactions besides defense, a human will work as a fine substitute for a robot.

[E Dawg]

There are two teams in our area that we are practicing with, which is great since there are three teams per alliance.

[Boe]

Once we have our robot done we will be practicing with our two robots and our shop partners robot.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Pault

But honestly, for most interactions besides defense, a human will work as a fine substitute for a robot.

I would not be so sure about that. I believe that human interaction can and will be limited

[Jibri Wright]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

I would not be so sure about that. I believe that human interaction can and will be limited

I believe he means that the humans are "acting" like robots, not as actual human players.

[TheMadCADer]

Originally Posted by Pault

Its an interesting idea that I think could work out well for people. But honestly, for most interactions besides defense, a human will work as a fine substitute for a robot.

The best way I've found to simulate the 'awkwardness' of driving a robot (since humans are too agile) is to put the humans on roller blades. A human is pretty much like a high-level swerve drive in its abilities, and most teams don't have those.

[audietron]

We will be practicing defense with last year's robot and practice at the swart dogs facility hopefully with all 6 Iowa teams, the last Saturday of build season.

[Squillo]

Haha, I wish we had "enough of our own robots"! Unfortunately, we're the only team on the island, so not much by way of options for us.

[Chris is me]

Any Capital District team with a practice robot is welcome to come practice with us. We've got nothing to hide*.

So to answer the OP's question, we're probably just playing with 20 since they're the other team in the area with a practice robot. Hoping 229 makes the trek down, but not holding my breath.

[cadandcookies]

Not regular practice, but we'll be hosting a week 0 with hopefully ~30 other teams, which should get some nice practice in.

Also hoping to get both robots done in time to get some double practice in.

[1493kd]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Any Capital District team with a practice robot is welcome to come practice with us. We've got nothing to hide*.

So to answer the OP's question, we're probably just playing with 20 since they're the other team in the area with a practice robot. Hoping 229 makes the trek down, but not holding my breath.

1493 has a practice bot this year, so hopefully we will see you over the next few weeks.

[Jon Stratis]

We're going to 2 week-0 scrimmages this weekend, but something tells me that's not what you're asking about

We have 3 old robots up and running - Breakaway (we've kept it alive because it has mecanum wheels on it), Rebound Rumble (better demo robot than anything else we have right now) and Ultimate Ascent (with the 2015 Alpha test board on it). That gives us a pretty good group of robots to practice with. Granted, none of them can handle the ball, but they can all "stand in" for robots that can.

[Anthony4004]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Ultimate Ascent (with the 2015 Alpha test board on it).

Lucky jerk ;P all i got was code for this year :/