Predictions Week 2: Slamming on the Brakes

[mrmummert]

I hope we do well ay VCU...We had planned last year to be able to do everything, but ran into weight issues so had to delete our ramp. We had a
very good ramp system planned which no one thought of,but due to time, mentor and weight issues had to let something go.

This year we had also wanted to do more, but still the robot can play the whole game unlike last year. We also have added a couple things we haven't done in the past. We'll see when we start playing and i hope you are all glad we play.

A word here...if we had had a good Mecanum drive in 2006 we would have done even better than we did during regular matches. Our driver and a bit of luck is what got us the win that year. We could have used a different drive
last year, but were not up to that yet and while the mast system worked well
the tube gripper could have been better. The alliances we had last year did'nt help either, hopefully that will be fixed this year.Another thing to think about is that there might be a large percentage of new drive teams at VCU this year. Only time will tell.

Don't rule out new rookie teams...we were in the top 8 seeds in 2005 (our rookie year) and it was a rookie who won last year. We've learned the difference between have a robot that does well at VCU and one that should at Atlanta. We haven't built one well enough for Atlanta , but we're working on it.