Pre-Shipdate UTC Scrimmage

[Kyle Fenton]

I was at the Quincy scrimmage instead, but some of these questions apply to it.

What was more important- ramping or racking?
In Quincy there definitely was a lot of tube racking going on. During the matches the averages were only about 4 tubes. But I think that was just lack of practice.

Generally speaking, how hard was it to get on the ramps?
Depends on the robot. 69 was definitely the best ramp bot. Two robots were able to get on and off it relatively easily. From what I seen, it seems that a successful ramp bot needs to have a couple of things. A non-slippery ramp, guide rails, and some type of stop at the end.

How about scoring on the opposite side of the rack? Did it happen? Easily?
Yes, it did happen. It was harder, but feasible. More practice with the drivers will make it easier.

Were teams using the far side tubes, or entirely their own? [/i]
Yes they were using far side tubes.

Grouping the past few questions, was there much cross-side mingling?
Yes, there was a lot of defense. I also saw that you could easily get between a bot and the ramp, and be effective in blocking.

How inflated did the tubes stay? Any tube carnage?
A lot of them leaked. These tubes were simply not made to take the pressure exerted by a gripper.