DISTANT shooter BOTS

[SizzelChest330]

Ive heard 303 can make them from extremely far back behind the half court line

[s_forbes]

On a side note, how many of these robots stayed under the 12 m/s rule?

[MARS-CJ]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

On a side note, how many of these robots stayed under the 12 m/s rule?

We (1523) stayed under the limit. Our balls went at about 11.6 to 11.9 m/s.

[neilsonster]

Two distant shooters that stand out in my mind are 1219 and 522. Both scored pretty consistently from half-court or so.

[George1902]

The best long-range shooter I saw at Florida was 1523. They made shots from so far it boggled the mind. And since they used a catapult to shoot, they were incredibly consistent.

At Lone Star, 148 had amazing range. Couple that with their holonomic drive train, and they were really tough to stop.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

On a side note, how many of these robots stayed under the 12 m/s rule?

Well, all of them or they would of been DQ'd obviously.

[santosh]

^Not true. I haven't heard of many regionals actaully checking for ball speed. I am not saying that any of these teams shoot over 12m/s.

I saw 832 (Roswell Robotics) shoot from a pretty far distance on the practice field. 1261 (Peachtree Ridge) hit some pretty far shots too.

[Josh Murphy]

They will check you if it is in any question. If you start shooting from 1/2 court and are nailing them consistently someone will question it whether it is a ref or another team. At great Lakes they just abonded it but 1114 was questioned right after they won in the semi finals and moved to the finals.
A couple of teams were tested at Detroit from my view from our pits and i am not to sure anyone was checked at Western Michigan. But just note that if someone questions it I am pretty sure that you will be tested.

[Starke]

Originally Posted by santosh

^Not true. I haven't heard of many regionals actaully checking for ball speed. I am not saying that any of these teams shoot over 12m/s.

I saw 832 (Roswell Robotics) shoot from a pretty far distance on the practice field. 1261 (Peachtree Ridge) hit some pretty far shots too.

I was happy to see that the regional that I was at, the Finger Lakes Regional, actually checked all of the robots for ball speed. there were only 30 teams, so it was not hard to do this for every robot.

[RoboMadi]

Team 341 and 103, if i remember right were able to shot from the far very precisely. They most of the times used there autonomous to shot from the far and it worked pretty well.

[Qbranch]

I don't think its possible to make a goal much past half court if you stay under 12m/s.

[av11d]

I don't recall any teams being able to shoot far... and accurate. Although I consider accuracy making 3/4 of a robot's balls in.

As far as testing speeds at regionals, we actually had our shooter speed tested. In one match we made some balls from beyond half-court. Afterwards the head ref came over and requested that we go have our ball speeds checked.

It just makes sense to shoot up close.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Qbranch

I don't think its possible to make a goal much past half court if you stay under 12m/s.

with backspin and other factors it is. The MUZZLE veolocity is 12 m/s, not the ball velocity (ie, if your robot is moving in the same vector as the direction you fire, the ball will end up with a speed > 12 m/s but the velocity it exits with relation to the "muzzle" will be <12 m/s).

Sorry if I confused anyone...

[Peter Matteson]

Back on topic.

I have to mention 20 again. Not only can they hit from a distance they are accurate and have one of the most beatifully designed shooters I have seen. Also they were happy to talk about how they reached their design.

126 can also close to half court. They aren't as accurate but they shoot fast.

[Jherbie53]

107 can shoot from about half court, I think. They usually do this late in the match, after loading up. It was awesome to watch them in the finals. You thought they could only go on the ramp, then these balls start coming from no where. You look and it's 107 shooting from just past mid court.