Team 237 4 Recycle Bib Auto

[JohnBoucher]

Team 237 did this a few times today 4 Bin Auto

[ForgotSemicolon]

Well Done!

[Boltman]

Wonder how many times made any difference at all apart form not getting any autonomous pts.

Even in the high score 196 match in Dallas today only ONE extra RC was used in scoring and the other alliance never topped even 3.


Hope 237 does make it because that would be nice at Einstein although I suspect they won't get all 4 too slow compared to other likely RC grabbers.

[asid61]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

Team 237 did this a few times today 4 Bin Auto

Looks good. I really like how you've kep the cans upright and can unhook yourself quickly, characteristics lacking in other designs.
However, consider that it will be of the most use during quals, and during that time it will be rare to score any of them. This is because during elims other teams may posses faster grabbers for just 1 or 2 cans, which could be a killer.

[JABot67]

Originally Posted by Boltman

Wonder how many times made any difference at all apart form not getting any autonomous pts.

Even in the high score 196 match in Dallas today only ONE extra RC was used in scoring and the other alliance never topped even 3.


Hope 237 does make it because that would be nice at Einstein although I suspect they won't get all 4 too slow compared to other likely RC grabbers.

Having easy access to the recycling containers from the step allows a different strategy to be employed. Instead of going for high stacks that take long to build and could tip, you could make shorter stacks and cap them with your plentiful RCs - possibly with litter in them if it doesn't take too much time to load them. This strategy could be better depending on your alliance's robot capabilities.

[Boltman]

Originally Posted by JABot67

Having easy access to the recycling containers from the step allows a different strategy to be employed. Instead of going for high stacks that take long to build and could tip, you could make shorter stacks and cap them with your plentiful RCs - possibly with litter in them if it doesn't take too much time to load them. This strategy could be better depending on your alliance's robot capabilities.

True...but even in the Highest competition High stacks ruled...and RC's went underutilized. But could shift the balance in Einstein.

[pmangels17]

I especially love the way that the robot leaves the RCs perfectly upright, making it easier to grab for many teams. Y'all get the award for best "d-fence" this year, I really like the design. This makes it easier for teams that score only 4 or 5 stacks to get big points, well done.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by pmangels17

teams that score only 4 or 5 stacks to get big points, well done.

Only?

[pmangels17]

Originally Posted by Gregor

Only?

Sorry, I should've clarified, I meant teams that only score stacks of 4-5 totes, not 4-5 stacks of totes. It might be more advantageous to make more shorter stacks, not risk them falling over, and then have more RC's to cap them so they still are high scores. My apologies for the poor wording, sometimes I get so excited about robots that I rush into a reply.

[Elgin Clock]

We (237) won 2nd place today at the Waterbury District so I think our design definitely holds ground.
We couldn't do it alone of course, and our partners (558 & 4557) were spot on all match.
We can also stack totes as well in case anyone thought the auto mode trick is the only function we have.
Furthermore we did have (at least) one match where when we missed grabbing an RC the opposing alliance made use of it and won. Simple fix though.

[dradel]

Was awesome working with 237&558 today!!!

[Kevin Leonard]

This auto combined with your alliance's teamwork was impressive to watch at Waterbury. Having all the containers made your alliance's strategy of making a lot of small stacks work extremely well.
I was rooting for you.

[Jared]

Originally Posted by Boltman

Wonder how many times made any difference at all apart form not getting any autonomous pts.

It made a huge difference when it came to the finals (we played their alliance). Their alliance got many points and took it to three close matches with many (4 or 5 ?) shorter stacks with containers and noodles.

Autonomous mode was very exciting in these matches with triple tote and 4 container grabs happening at the same time.

It's only a week one district event, and the container grabbers are already coming into play as both alliances were grabbing containers from the step in auto and teleop.

[pastelpony]

I was really shocked when I first saw 237's autonomous. It was so clean and accurate, both traits hard to attain in RR. I wasn't really expecting anyone to go for all 4 RCs or have an autonomous mode dedicated to it; glad to see a robot like that here in NE. Something told me they would make it to the finals with that ability.

[CalTran]

That's pretty impressive. However, in comparison to 4 can grabbers like 4096 or even 2 can grabbing like 118, it seems like it's a little bit slow and might only grab the first can. Any plans on speeding up the extension/contraction?