Is there a place this year for robots that cant hurdle?

[Akash Rastogi]

I won't say specifically who, but did anyone notice that the bots who broke their end effectors during the match were a little too preoccupied with trying to get a hold of a ball and in those 15-20 seconds could have been running laps the whole time. I let this go during practice but they should keep priorities in focus and try to get as many points possible for the alliance instead of wasting valuable time trying to grasp the ball.

The same principle went for herding the balls. Granted, there were bots that were very fast and their main goal was to drive their way to victory, but there were other sluggish lapbots that I think could have been herding the whole time and gaining more points. A couple of times this was because their alliance partners need the ball for hurdling (or to try to hurdle) but other than that, there was a lot of wasted time (or time and laps that could have been used more effectively). Anyone have comments on this?

-Rastogi