Robots vs. Humans

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by z_beeblebrox

We've considered this one extensively:

2015 - Robots win. Humans lose canburglar battles and can't carry many big, heavy game pieces at once.

2014 - Robots win. Humans are good at catching but have fragile ankles.

2013 - Humans win (maybe). Humans have no problem with the pyramid, but can't throw frisbees as fast or accurately as good robots.

2012 - Humans win. Humans can balance and shoot baskets no problem.

2011 - Robots win. Humans are short and lack minibots.

2010 - Humans win. Humans can control a soccer ball.

2009 - Robots win. Humans can't store many game pieces or easily pull a trailer.

2008 - Humans win. A human can run around the track and throw the trackball quickly.

I don't know enough about older games to evaluate human performance.

Whats interesting is how differently the humans would play the game than the robots each year.

2015: Humans would likely build stacks, then cap them unlike most teams in 2015 who build a stack underneath a container.

2014: Humans would often opt for truss/catch maneuvers instead of trussing to HP, and they would finish from up close unlike many other robots.

2013: Humans would be able to basically dunk 4 discs into the 2-pt goal easily, and some would be able to do the same for the 3-pt goal. Humans could easily climb the pyramid and dump colored discs, as well as block the robot's full-court shooters with ease.

2012: Humans would dunk, but balancing might be hard for three humans, as all three would be constantly moving their body weight around.

2011: Humans don't have minibots, but could otherwise easily fill up all scoring slots

2010: Humans would crush at this game, and could hang from or climb onto the tunnels with ease.

2009: I don't even wanna think about this one.

2008: Humans could hurdle the ball and catch it with ease and do far more laps than most robots.

[Pretzel]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

2013: Humans would be able to basically dunk 4 discs into the 2-pt goal easily, and some would be able to do the same for the 3-pt goal. Humans could easily climb the pyramid and dump colored discs, as well as block the robot's full-court shooters with ease.

Considering the fact that Team Titanium's frisbees sounded like a .50 caliber rifle going off over my head whenever I played against them at Cowtown Throwdown, I'm going to suggest that blocking the frisbees would have ended poorly for humans.

[BethMo]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

2013: Humans would be able to basically dunk 4 discs into the 2-pt goal easily, and some would be able to do the same for the 3-pt goal. Humans could easily climb the pyramid and dump colored discs, as well as block the robot's full-court shooters with ease.

Our 2013 full-court shooter bent or broke quite a few of the blocking superstructures teams added to their robots. Trust me, you really don't want to put any part of a human body in front of those shooters!

[FrankJ]

Originally Posted by BethMo

Our 2013 full-court shooter bent or broke quite a few of the blocking superstructures teams added to their robots. Trust me, you really don't want to put any part of a human body in front of those shooters!

Take a Frisbee and use it to deflect the Frisbees out of the full court shooter. It doesn't take much. You don't have to block them, just knock the trajectory a little.