Orbit 1690 REAL robot reveal! - "SKYZER"

[Tomker]

Originally Posted by the.miler

What motivated your decision to shoot from the protection offered from the outerworks? Does it have anything to do with your cycle speed/consistency? Do you plan on being capable of shooting from the batter as well?

We figured that at least at the final stages of each competition defense being played on high goal shooters will be fierce. Since our main focus was on being a good shooter, we felt like this gives us the best chances of scoring consistently.
In addition, we wanted to minimize the amount of ground we have to cover until we are aligned for a shot, and the best obvious option (assuming we just picked up a boulder and crossed a defense) is as closely as possible to the outerworks
We haven't really tested this capability, but in theory i'm pretty sure we can tilt our shooter arm back far enough to achieve the needed angle to score from the batter. I guess that if the need arises we'll adjust and add this option.

Originally Posted by the.miler

How does your shooter perform with balls of different compliances? It clearly shoots well with at least one particular ball, but at competition you play with the balls on the field.

We did practice with 2 different balls most of the time and saw no apparent difference between their behaviors. As long as the boulders are in reasonable condition we seem to be fairly unaffected by the small changes. Of course when they get really worn our they start to cause some problems and don't fly as fast or as high, but we believe the boulder condition during competition should not get bad enough for us to not score consistently.
Anyway, we are capable of readjusting our shooter speed in accordance with boulders condition.