Climbing Poll

[BBray_T1296]

Originally Posted by GMeyer

Sorry about the fact that responders cannot see the results. I will be posting the results on this thread once I have enough results to tell anything.

You (anyone) can click "view previous responses" after you finish to see the results.

[Robomarfa]

With about 200 replies, 61% say yes they will scale. The most likely priority is 8 out of 10.

[Dan Petrovic]

Our team didn't feel like scaling the tower added anything to our strategy. We do believe that we may have to add that capability later in the season, but it's not worth putting resources into it until we're certain that we'll reach the District and/or World Championships.

If we have the weight and space, then a climbing mechanism may be developed in the time between the end of build season and District Championships, so long as our robot doesn't need any serious modifications during that time.

[Ginger Power]

Climbing is worth 10 points more than just driving onto the batter at the end. The key question is "how much is 10 points worth?" It's equivalent to a max cycle (cross a defense and shoot high goal), it's more than a low goal cycle, and it's equivalent to 2 high goals. Can I do any of those tasks in the final 20 seconds more reliably than I can climb? How about at a high level when I start experiencing diminished returns (all the defenses have been breached)? I think climbing will be the thing that separates the top pick at regionals/districts and the 4th/5th picks. It'll also be the separating factor for 3rd and 4th robots on alliances at Champs.

[Dragonking]

In addition to point value from climbing, you also need to look at the time, effort, weight, and space of building a climber. You could also ask if instead of putting time into building a climber you made the rest of your robot faster and more effective to get an extra 1-2 (arbitrary number) cycles instead.

[GMeyer]

Originally Posted by BBray_T1296

You (anyone) can click "view previous responses" after you finish to see the results.

Thanks for letting me know! I didn't know what the experience was for someone besides me, as I am logged in to my account (which has a different view, as it can edit and run the survey) when I see the poll. Thanks for letting me know!

[GMeyer]

I've turned the poll off, and it is no longer accepting responses. At closing, the poll had 474 responses.

It's important to note that those who answered "Not Sure" or "No" to the first question did not have to answer the second one, and many did not.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBQk-icD...y=team293spike

Thanks to everyone who participated! If these links do not work, please feel free to let me know.

Also, if you want to crunch this data further can find a spreadsheet with all the responses here.

[z_beeblebrox]

Originally Posted by GMeyer

Thanks to everyone who participated! If these links do not work, please feel free to let me know.

These are links to files on your computer. I suggest hosting the images on Imgur or similar.

[GMeyer]

Originally Posted by z_beeblebrox

These are links to files on your computer. I suggest hosting the images on Imgur or similar.

Sorry about that-I accidentally hit the Post button while I was amending this. The link should be fixed now. I posted the image on our team's Instagram, and linked to the image there.