FRC Team 610 Presents: Scorpion

[Edxu]

I'm sure that it's been a long and incredibly nerve-wracking build season for all teams (especially for those who have drivetrains that jump the defenses..), but Team 610 would like to present our robot for FIRST Stronghold: Scorpion.

We think that this has been one of our most productive and smoothly-run build seasons yet, and we hope that FRC has had fun deciphering and breaking down Stronghold.



https://goo.gl/MgxG9h

We will be competing at Greater Toronto East and the Waterloo Regional. Good luck to all the teams!

[TylerS]

So what does the robot do?

[tickspe15]

Another beautiful robot from 610! I can't wait to see it do something

[tindleroot]

Seeing a lot of the powerhouse teams posting reveals these past few days has really shown how many strategies are viable in Stronghold. 610 decided apparently to score in the low goal only in order to decrease cycle times. I think it's pretty cool to see how many different designs are being made - it reminds me of 2008's Tumbleweed, in how less "capable" designs are being made strategically in some cases. However, one noticeable trend is that a lot of the powerhouses seem to be choosing to make climbers.

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by tindleroot

Seeing a lot of the powerhouse teams posting reveals these past few days has really shown how many strategies are viable in Stronghold. 610 decided apparently to score in the low goal only in order to decrease cycle times. I think it's pretty cool to see how many different designs are being made - it reminds me of 2008's Tumbleweed, in how less "capable" designs are being made strategically in some cases. However, one noticeable trend is that a lot of the powerhouses seem to be choosing to make climbers.

I mean I don't know that they're only doing low goals. If they were only doing low goals, they probably wouldn't have built a separate appendage the way they did for the collector. My bet is just that the shot wasn't tuned in time for filming, or has yet to be added.

Also, for everyone else in the thread, chill out. I know we wanna see mind-blowing stuff from every reveal video, but this is CD, and the crew on 610 worked hard to make a gorgeous machine that accomplishes quite a few game tasks. I guarantee 610 is going to be a major threat at any event they attend.

Good luck this season, Coyotes!

[hensontam]

Originally Posted by TylerS

So what does the robot do?

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT0BKjQMjJcB5xFSfu

[JohnFogarty]

Originally Posted by hensontam

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT0BKjQMjJcB5xFSfu

That's lit.

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by tindleroot

Seeing a lot of the powerhouse teams posting reveals these past few days has really shown how many strategies are viable in Stronghold. 610 decided apparently to score in the low goal only in order to decrease cycle times. I think it's pretty cool to see how many different designs are being made - it reminds me of 2008's Tumbleweed, in how less "capable" designs are being made strategically in some cases. However, one noticeable trend is that a lot of the powerhouses seem to be choosing to make climbers.

I think that's the beauty of how diverse this game is, there's not going to be one dominant design, the best alliances are going to have a combination of robots playing specific roles to succeed. As much fun as building a turreted shooter with vision tracking would be, it doesn't play to our team's strengths, where focusing on fast cycling/breaching does.

That's not to say we can't shoot high, we will probably average close to 1 high goal scored per match.

[TylerS]

Originally Posted by hensontam

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT0BKjQMjJcB5xFSfu

I think it's fair to say most teams wish they had a robot that could do that.

[dodar]

Originally Posted by JohnFogarty

That's lit.

I'm waiting for the black shades to come scrolling down at the end.

[sciencenuetzel]

Originally Posted by hensontam

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT0BKjQMjJcB5xFSfu

Great

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

That's not to say we can't shoot high, we will probably average close to 1 high goal scored per match.

I see what you did there.
And yes, we had thought of that also.

[Connor McBride]

One of the most interesting robots I've seen so far this year! Looks really good! Good luck at all of your competitions.