pic: Skunk Works Robotics, FRC Team 1983 - 2016 Robot

[Bentorino]

Originally Posted by Jacob Bendicksen

Beautiful robot (as always) from 1983.

Can you talk a little about your decision to not shoot? I know Looking Forward alluded to a possible shooter to be added later, but why didn't you go to Auburn-Mountainview without a shooter?

I guess I'm just curious about the strategic reasoning around prioritizing climbing over shooting.

Our plan from the beginning was to breach defenses. Analyzing the game from only a points standpoint, we thought it would be faster to breach and then push a ball into the low goal than to line up and shoot. We might have been wrong, and part of the decision was the time we had, but it ended up working out alright for us.

Totally unrelated, but as operator, I think learning the other mechanics of the robot without having to learn a shooter was nice.

There are plans for a shooter in the works, it should be on by week 3