Intresting Autonomous

[GGCO]

Originally Posted by BigWhiteYeti

They really need to give bonus points for robot scoring in auton. That is really impressive.

Yeah, I totally agree. If your robot can score in autonomous every match (which I haven't seen) then it gives you an advantage, but only if you don't get a lot of balls in your trailer.

[thefro526]

I think 612 has a strong auto. They don't score in Autonomous because they chose not to but they can line themselves up almost perfectly with a trailer about 90% of the time.

[bduddy]

Originally Posted by thefro526

I think 612 has a strong auto. They don't score in Autonomous because they chose not to but they can line themselves up almost perfectly with a trailer about 90% of the time.

What do you mean "chose not to"? Why?

[robodude03]

Originally Posted by bduddy

What do you mean "chose not to"? Why?

Probably because you have a greater chance of scoring during human control. The fact that there are no bonus points in autonomous mode really makes scoring in autonomous less desirable. Instead I would imagine the team sets themselves up to dump as soon as the mode switches. Our robot has some stringent requirements to dump into the trailer for autonomous mode. Therefore I doubt we will be scoring during auto mode unless those conditions are met.

[lynca]

Please post a link to a video you if you find an Interesting Autonomous

My favorite autonomous as of now is the 121/175 alliance pinning of their opponent.

http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv...?matchid=11858

Does anyone see any strategy problems with the 121/175 autonomous ?

I think most of 121's autonomous modes were excellent

[eschanz]

Does anyone have a picture of 1254 if u do please post it. thanx

[nahstobor]

Originally Posted by bduddy

What do you mean "chose not to"? Why?

At the New Jersey regional we chose not to score during Autonomous for many reasons. First off we felt that because our Autonomous mode was not fully ready for scoring it was not worth the risk. We attempted scoring earlier but was only able to score 4 balls. Those first 7 moon rocks are very important so we choose only to line up with a trailer so when we started teleoperted we were ready to go. This gave us a greater chance of scoring those first 7. Now at the NASA/VCU Regional we will go back to trying to score in Autonomous because I think in Atlanta this will be a very important ability.

Here are some good videos of our robot tracking during the playoffs (all this video was provided from our "bot cam" that was mounted next to the actual camera)

(Quarterfinal Match 1, locked on team 136)

(Semifinal Match 1, locked on team 708)

(Semifinal Match 2, locked on team 708)

(Semifinal Match 3, locked on team 1218) (My favorite)

[Enigma's puzzle]

that bot cam is awesome, i didnt know we were allowed to do that

[nahstobor]

Originally Posted by Enigma's puzzle

that bot cam is awesome, i didnt know we were allowed to do that

From my understanding in order to do so you must have permission from the Lead Inspector at the event, which at the New Jersey regional we did.

[FRC4ME]

Our autonomous runs to our alliance's refueling station and hides. It is very difficult for human player to score on a robot that is over there.

We decided not to go forward and spin since that's what everyone else does, giving us a 50% chance of being pinned to the wall rather than getting to center.