Pre-Ship Scrimage Results

[Andy A.]

I am very interested in small ball handling 'bots. How did they do? How did they do it? Were there any notable ball handling 'bots?

Also, out of curoisity, did any teams have a good way of getting the yellow balls on to the field instead of just nocking them off the tee?

-Andy A.

[Ianworld]

A few questions:
How effective were wings for aidiing in pushing balls into the corral?
What did bots with many capabilities focus on?
Did people push balls out of the ring on purpose and to what effect?
Were goal grabbers necessary for pulling goals out of corners?
Were robots that were holding a big ball attacked because they were valuble?

~Ian

[SarahB]

Originally Posted by Ianworld

A few questions:
How effective were wings for aidiing in pushing balls into the corral?

Most attempts to push balls into the coral with wings or just with the robot weren't very sucessful at UTC. From my observation, the only teams that got more than a couple balls in were those who picked up the balls then spit them out to the human player. Also, a lot of teams got 10 point penalties for breaking the plane of the ball shute so I think that discouraged teams from trying to push in balls.

Were goal grabbers necessary for pulling goals out of corners?

Most of the teams at UTC only moved the goals by pushing them. However, since so many teams were trying to block the human player shutes with the movable goals, I think it would be very benificial to have a goal grabber so you can reopen your ball coral.