Maximum Number of Capped Tetras?

[thoughtful]

How many small tetras(not goals) do you think EACH robot will be able to cap?


Edit:- Total number of small tetras stacked, during the duration of a match(could be stacked on various goals)

[abeD]

Is this on one goal or for the duration of the match?

[Greg Needel]

just a note on this.....woody told me at kickoff that they put as many as 12 on a goal and it got very unstable so that was going to be their "safety limit" whatever that means


also for all those people thinking they are going to get 7+ on a goal they had better do that all at once or when placing the last tetra they will have to lift it 3.5 feet over the initial goal height

[Collmandoman]

If there is any team that is able to stack atleast 3 high, then their competitors are incompetent - The mechanism just to stack that many high would have to be so quick, and your alliance members would have to be playing perimeter defence the entire time -- only way without intereference is on and off the human loading bay... but then you have to cap
I think this strategy will be frustrating... bc the engineering to do so will be timeconsuming and the reward almost nothing

[Ryan Albright]

i think if a robot can do 3 that is goign to be very good and any more then that will be amazing

[Kyle]

the more I think about it, and after i lifted one of the tetras i think that 3-4 will be a good stack and anymore will be from a really good team.

I can't possibly see anymore than 3 or 4 ontop of a single goal..unless someone is trying to dump more then 3 or 4 at a time (and even if they are) I think we're going to see some self or assisted tipping of robots....

[Ian W.]

Originally Posted by thoughtful

How many small tetras(not goals) do you think EACH robot will be able to cap?


Edit:- Total number of small tetras stacked, during the duration of a match(could be stacked on various goals)

During the two minutes of the match, an efficient robot will be able to place more than 7 on goals I think, if they have everything going for them. This also assumes that most of the tetras will be placed on goals near the loading zones, not on the other side of the field (I think a team could get maybe 3 on the other side of the field, with robots playing defense).

The maximum height of a stack on a goal, I think no more than three or four because the stacks start to get very high, and most teams will be incapable of making an arm that can go high enough without tipping their robots over. These tetras are 9 lbs after all.

[greencactus3]

you know what i just noticed right now, tetras can be used as a counter weight. so stack a couple on top of your robot low down, or even just drag them around but have a firm grip over them. then you have more weight at the bottom so less chance of flipping. and also since your total weight goes up, other robots will have a harder chance moving you.

[Ali Ahmed]

I think a very good capper will be able to cap as many as 7 tetras on one goal. The robot would have be pretty quick and the grabbing mechanism would have to be very consistent, but its possible.

[thoughtful]

WOW! i thought that 4 was a good number but i see the CD community thinks otherwise and we better make a darn good robot!

[Zanella BR]

Considering tetras stacked in different goals, I think 7, maybe 9, is a good number.

[n0cturnalxb]

Assuming a robot can cap goals with a stack of 4 tetras at a time, I think the possibilities for 7+ are pretty good.

4 a stack per goal is a good number, though.. at least.. I think. If anyone can do more than that, I'll bow down and worship

[ShadowKnight]

The idea that a team could add additional tetras onto their robot as ballast to counter the tipping problem makes a lot of sense.

[Creature]

I have to agree with you on this. Our (Team #1288) measured the space between each small stacked tetra and it came to be about 4.5 inches between them. So all you people who think that you can get more than 7 stacked need to remember that there is a certain height that your robot can't exceed in the arena( not the height requirements but an arena restriction.) So I don't see you getting more than 3 or 4 at the most. THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY!!!!!