Best Pinning Robots You've Seen so Far

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by Jeff Waegelin

Big FANS... hah! What a joker. I would agree with Rob, though. 1729 gave us more trouble than anybody else at BAE. Those fans pinned us pretty hard in the corners.

I was also very impressed by this "fan boat" design. Apparently 45 was also pretty successful with this idea.

[tonsoffun2325]

Team 1742 shockwave allianced with 1561 and 2004. was able to pin and score super cells. which led to a Regional win in OKC. Sockwave 13-2-0 in our home regional

[GarrettF2395]

Originally Posted by tonsoffun2325

Team 1742 shockwave allianced with 1561 and 2004. was able to pin and score super cells. which led to a Regional win in OKC. Sockwave 13-2-0 in our home regional

you guys did an awesome job, congrats on your win!

Other Great pushing bots at our regional were...

2376 RoboCOMETS, Their low CG and custom Gearbox gave them great pushing power that helped them hold their opponents next to the Payload specialist.

2354 wheelie bots, The only robot at our competition with fans built in, they were able to push around the competition fairly well.

2372 roboHooters, an 8 wheel drive worked surprisingly well for their team.

And last but not least... 2395 the Ninja Munkees Our robot's 6 wheel drive worked really well for us because of the dropped center wheels. When we got into a pushing match, the force of our opponent pushing back on us caused our back wheels to gain more traction. Essentially using our opponents pushing force against them. There were multiple times during our competition, where we pushed several robots from one side of the field to the other.

6WD robots will run a great pushing game in this years competition. Keep that in mind when playing with or against them.

[wcamp1742]

[quote=Teamcap.2395;830828]you guys did an awesome job, congrats on your win!


And last but not least... 2395 the Ninja Munkees Our robot's 6 wheel drive worked really well for us because of the dropped center wheels. When we got into a pushing match, the force of our opponent pushing back on us caused our back wheels to gain more traction. Essentially using our opponents pushing force against them. There were multiple times during our competition, where we pushed several robots from one side of the field to the other.

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It was fun working with you guys. One of my favorite memories was the qualifiying match where we teamed up to drive 2333 from the outpost all the way to the airlock and cracked their casing. (I talked to them later and it turns out that their repairs to the bot actually made it stronger so I didn't feel quite as bad about damaging them)

[GODUX123]

Team 1918

[GarrettF2395]

Originally Posted by wcamp1742

It was fun working with you guys. One of my favorite memories was the qualifiying match where we teamed up to drive 2333 from the outpost all the way to the airlock and cracked their casing. (I talked to them later and it turns out that their repairs to the bot actually made it stronger so I didn't feel quite as bad about damaging them)

Yeah, that was the highlight of the competition for our drive team too.
The supercell at the buzzer was amazing, kudos to your human player for that one.
I checked back with 2333 after the match, to offer my teams help with repairs.
They weren't real happy, but they did appreciate the gesture of GP.
Its good to know that it actually helped them in the long run.

[Mcote]

I would have to say 1675 did a superb job at MWR. They had fine control of the robot and were a great defense bot that also ran interference.

[Chexposito]

at kc it was pretty much 1730, 935, and 1806 where the bully's in ramming and pinning. problem was that come finals teams realized 2 robots on one bully is uneven, forcing the bully to become very vulnerable. if you have one great robot i'd suggest getting two d players that keep yours safe while you do the dumping. alliances are more key than ever this year. human players score way to much this year. takes away from the challenge of the mind and brings it back to the challenge of the body.