Low-Bar Challenged Robots - Support Group

[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by northstardon

Should reports on successful low-bar challenged robots be posted here to cheer up the support group, or do they deserve their own thread?

Team 1876 BeachBotics just scored 2 high goals and scaled in a dominant performance during their first Week 0.5 match at Palmetto. Or at least I think it was their very tall robot...livestream was a little fuzzy.

Post these successes HERE!

We need to keep the movement going...

--Michael Blake

[northstardon]

Originally Posted by Michael Blake

Post these successes HERE!

We need to keep the movement going...

--Michael Blake

And for their next trick, 1876 scales with a ball on-board, and then shoots a high goal while it's hanging from the rung!

I'm in love with this robot.

[3a11]

Originally Posted by northstardon

And for their next trick, 1876 scales with a ball on-board, and then shoots a high goal while it's hanging from the rung!

Wouldn't that be illegal as they are not in contact with the opponent's courtyard carpet?

EDIT: My bad! I missed the part in G39 where it says you can be in contact with the opponents TOWER and still launch a BOULDER.

[cglrcng]

Originally Posted by 3a11

Wouldn't that be illegal as they are not in contact with the opponent's courtyard carpet?

EDIT: My bad! I missed the part in G39 where it says you can be in contact with the opponents TOWER and still launch a BOULDER.

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Ohhhhhhh, TY for the addition. I missed that built in capability. A last second soft shot! (Our billboard is on the PTO Arm and is against the tower vertically during the scale, shooter is wide open, arc is right, height is right).

But, the first one that misses (bouncing it high/low off the tower or their own robot or the bar), and lands their boulder in another alliance members robot hanging on bar or parked on the batter (that already has a boulder in it), may end many of those last second attempts. Hard lessons may be learned.

It would be a killer to be ahead by a few points in the match, and take a penalty at the last moment due to that, and lose RP's or worse Playoff matches. Hero to zero in 1 press of a button and a bounce.