The Sleeper Robots

[Jverdon]

Ok, The 1st week is over. I have been seeing alot of post about the top robots out there. What about the sleeper robots, Those robots that are solid as a rock at doing what they do. Those robots that when it somes down to you are happy that you had themn as an allaince partner. That robot that you pick as your 3rd alliance partner. The first pick is the easiest, Its that second pick, the pick where you want a good strong robot to be next to you. Well people who are they let us know?

[Chris]

At the FLR Regional it was team 772 a great capper and in the finals played it nothing but smart. Great at defense also.

Watch for them at Toronto and Waterloo.

[Rob]

Some great teams from BAE that flew under the radar a bit were 1027, 138, and 58. All of these teams were very effective scorers and also tough. I really enjoyed watching them play.

Rob

[Jverdon]

I watched Peach Tree and was pretty impressed with a few teams that used scissor lifts I didnt think they would be used that much this year but a few teams pulled it off.

[team1611]

[quote=Jverdon]I watched Palmetto ...QUOTE]

just wonderin... but did you mean Peachtree cuz Palmetto hasnt happened yet... if so, which scissor lifts were you most impressed with (if you remember).

[Jverdon]

[quote=team1611]

Originally Posted by Jverdon

I watched Palmetto ...QUOTE]

just wonderin... but did you mean Peachtree cuz Palmetto hasnt happened yet... if so, which scissor lifts were you most impressed with (if you remember).

Woops yea i ment Peachtree lol. I really doent remeber the numbers but there were two if i recall that were in the finals that were really both solid robots that were great at capping.

[team1611]

yeah... there were actually more scissor lifts at Peachtree than our team expected. we had one of the scissor lifts. it was up on a platform. we made it to the semifinals. team 1597 had a good lift. i think they were a replacement for team 832. i cant remember if they made it to the semifinals or finals. team 462, "the rams" were very impressive. they had a flipping mechanism on top of a scissor lift. and there were several other scissor lifts that i dont really remember right now.

[Jverdon]

Originally Posted by team1611

team 462, "the rams" were very impressive. they had a flipping mechanism on top of a scissor lift.

Yea i remember them they usually have a pretty good sleeper robot. They are one of the other mississippi other that are team. They had a good robot last year too.

[Shu Song]

definitely 1567, 1559, 772 from FLR. 1567 had a very elegant capping mechanism. 1559 had a flawless auton and 772 was just awesome all around.

[Tim Delles]

I just have to back up what Chris and some others had to say. 772 was a great 3rd round pick, so wasn't 304 and 639 at our regional.

304 was a great defensive robot.

639 and 772 were great cappers and very reliable too.

[Koko Ed]

Team 211 MAK will be a major player in Phili.
Team 1511 made their share of rookie mistakes but they have two more regionals to get more experience that will only help them and by the time they get to Altlanta (they won a rookie all-star so they're going) they will not be rookies anymore and they will be a team to be reckoned with.

[Matt Leese]

Originally Posted by Tim Delles

I just have to back up what Chris and some others had to say. 772 was a great 3rd round pick, so wasn't 304 and 639 at our regional.

304 was a great defensive robot.

639 and 772 were great cappers and very reliable too.

Do you mean 340? There was no team 304 at the Finger Lakes Regional.

Matt

[elrabin]

Originally Posted by team1611

team 462, "the rams" were very impressive. they had a flipping mechanism on top of a scissor lift.

I was actually more impressed with the other team that had a flipping mechanism (1648). They were one of the few teams able to stack multiple tetras (not to mention the fact that they usually stacked 3 at a time). Somewhere along the day a team figured out that the only way to beat them would be to play defensively...From that point on that team was never able to hold on to any tetras...

They made it to Finals at Peachtree, but their alliance lost. They put up some really good fights, but in each match of the finals the opposing alliance always had a bot playing specifically against 1648's robot.

[Tim Delles]

Originally Posted by Matt Leese

Do you mean 340? There was no team 304 at the Finger Lakes Regional.

Matt

yeah good catch.. sry about that type-o

[team1611]

Originally Posted by elrabin

I was actually more impressed with the other team that had a flipping mechanism (1648). They were one of the few teams able to stack multiple tetras (not to mention the fact that they usually stacked 3 at a time). Somewhere along the day a team figured out that the only way to beat them would be to play defensively...From that point on that team was never able to hold on to any tetras...

They made it to Finals at Peachtree, but their alliance lost. They put up some really good fights, but in each match of the finals the opposing alliance always had a bot playing specifically against 1648's robot.

that is true... team 1648 was a favorite of mine. especially when capping three (always a crowd favorite too). and once again, i have to give props to felix, the programmer from 1648 that helped us out. i also noticed the defensive strategies. our team actually played the same strategy against them. we saw one team pull all three tetras off of them at once. we actually got our teammate to do the same thing in our match.