What will the winning robot have?

[Conor Ryan]

good fundmentals (Powerful Drive Train, Superb Chassis Design, Manueverablility, and Autonomous)

[EddieMcD]

A coach with knowledge in game theory who can apply it on the fly. It's my opinion that it really doesn't matter how great the robot is. Even simple push bots could win if their coach knows where to send the drivers.

[Pi Is Exactly 3]

I'd have to agree with the previous posters who've said it. It will be a very quick thinking, strategic coach that can keep track of the ownership of goals and communicate efficiently with the drivers and human player of not only their own team, but perhaps even their alliance's teams to communicate a shift in strategy.

[phrontist]

Originally Posted by EddieMcD

A coach with knowledge in game theory who can apply it on the fly. It's my opinion that it really doesn't matter how great the robot is. Even simple push bots could win if their coach knows where to send the drivers.

You can't get very far without capping or some sort of tet manipulation. The best you could do is repeatedly pin all the other bots preventing them from doing anything, and then make it to the endzone in time for the 10 point bonus. And then your seed would suck.

[RudimentaryPeni]

Good Programming i think, if you can get it to do a lot of things in autonomous mode then the rest of the game will be defensive.

[Paul H]

The winning robot will have control of the center goal. There's a possible 40 point swing right there.

[henryBsick]

Originally Posted by Paul H

The winning robot will have control of the center goal. There's a possible 40 point swing right there.

Controlling the center goal alone is a 0 pt. swing. You have to control atleast 2 other goals (in the same columb/diagonal/row as the center) to make 10 points for a 20 point swing.

The winning robot will have to ability to...well...lets just say the coach is probably going to be key in this game with 9 places to score and 5 other robots on the field 3 of which are against you. It gets pretty deep. They said it at kickoff, the driver can't be stategizing and driving at the same time; there is just too much !

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Paul H

The winning robot will have control of the center goal. There's a possible 40 point swing right there.

not to be picky but the most possible points from the middle goal would be 43 pts. since you would be adding 3 pts from the tetra it's self... team did a lot of this the first few days.

[KimT]

I know it sounds obvious, but the winning robot is going to be the most reliable design. Whatever strategy it picks, it is going to accomplish the same thing during every autonomous mode (and it'll be a big strategy) and never break down, and continue an effective strategy throughout the match that the team is able to adapt based on the oponnents.

To review: Reliable and adaptable.

[jgannon]

The winning robot will have a transmission other than the one that comes with the kit.

[Kel D]

I think the winning robot will be the same as every other year, a robot that is excellent at ONE thing. A robot that can do one thing well every single time. I know our team ran into trouble when we tried to have it do multiple things. The most important thing to do is make your robot desirable so that in case you aren't one of those lucky few who are seeded, teams well remember that your robot did the same thing constantly, so they can count on you.

The winning robot is definately going to have to be able to take a beating without breaking much or give out one heck of a beating

[tkwetzel]

Originally Posted by Pit Bull 1126

not to be picky but the most possible points from the middle goal would be 43 pts. since you would be adding 3 pts from the tetra it's self... team did a lot of this the first few days.

I hate to be picky too (actually thats a lie)...but you can get more than 43 points from the center goal...the 40 points from rows, 3 points for EVERY tetra stakced on it (not just one), and 1 point for every tetra nder/in it.

[Lucid]

An ice pick on the end of the arm.

Seriously, the ability to cap the middle in auto.

[Levin571]

Good Coordination between all three of the alliance parters for any given round. This can't be a solo free for all and everyone will need to work closely with their parners if they want to do and win rounds