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Anyone think that anyone will get near 1000pts @ Nat's

Posted by Joel G at 03/26/2001 11:34 AM EST


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Here's a question I have. Yesterday FIRST made a mistake and put down that one match had a score of 1189 pts. This got me thinking about the possibilities of a team at Nationals scoring anywhere near 1000pts. anyone think it really can be done. I know if work the math you can get well over 1000 pts but do you think it can be done at nationals and do you think it will be done in the Finals or in the qualification matches. The reason I ask this is because from what I've heard that the team(s) that get the highest score award will get a chance to meet the president in the White House and also the Chairman Award Winners.






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Anything is possible...

Posted by Ellery at 03/26/2001 12:00 PM EST


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With the right combination of teams it may be possible but from what I've see so far. Besides being able to perform all the functions - the alliance needs to break the time multiplier barrier to accomplish this.

As for the White house thing where did you hear that from? or is it another rumor?

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Re: Anything is possible...

Posted by Joel G at 03/26/2001 2:01 PM EST


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: With the right combination of teams it may be possible but from what I've see so far. Besides being able to perform all the functions - the alliance needs to break the time multiplier barrier to accomplish this.

: As for the White house thing where did you hear that from? or is it another rumor?

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I remember someone telling me this pretty recently but I'm not sure so please don't spread it I might be wrong






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Meeting the President

Posted by Matt Leese at 03/26/2001 12:10 PM EST


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In the past (I'm not sure what year it ended but they did it in 1996 but not in 1998), the national champion team visited the White House. This doesn't always mean meeting the President (in 1996, only Al Gore was there). I don't know if they are reinstating that policy. I also don't believe the winners of the Chairman's Award went but someone correct me if I'm wrong.

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Not even 800 (w/o 10% bonus)

Posted by Kevin Sevcik at 03/26/2001 12:12 PM EST


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I don't think teams really have a chance of even breaking the 800 pt. barrier. Really, you just have to look at the timing and math of the whole thing. The recent 710 was with 4 bots in the endzone, 2 big balls, and a full goal. I'm willing to bet that this is just about the limit of any alliance's scoring ability.
If the alliance is going for a 10x mult, then the only way to top 800 is to do the above, plus have a stretcher in the endzone. Since the stretcher bot can't do anything, this means that you'll need a bot that can pull the stretcher really fast and accurately, and still be able to score a big ball, all in under 40-45 secs. Or, you'll need a bot that can score two big balls at once. I think either of these occurances are highly unlikely. Especially considering how hard it seems to be to control the stretcher.
A second option here would be to fill up the other goal with smalls. The only problem here is that there are almost no teams that specialize in rapidly moving about smalls after regionals. Plus, the bot would have to put 8 or 9 smalls in within 30 secs. All in all, I think this is rather unlikely as well.
If the alliance is going for a 12x mult, then they have even less options due to the time constraints. The alliance would need 67 base points to score 800. Filling up a goal takes atleast 30 seconds (I've watched) so getting 7 in and scoring 2 big balls in under 30 seconds, plus getting the balancer into the endzone would be a VERY tight squeeze. I think the only real option here is 4 endzone, a stretcher, and 2 big balls. This MIGHT be possible, but again, I think the strecher makes it too difficult to pull off.

I havent outlined all the strategies to pull off a 800+ score, of course, but these are the only ones that I see as even remotely possible. Even so, I think the chances are pretty slim, and I think we've seen just about the highest score we ever will. Without the extra 10%, atleast.


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What about scoring 3 large balls??

Posted by Tom S. at 03/26/2001 4:03 PM EST


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What if a team was able to stick a ball in between the two balanced goals??

Just some food for thought.

Tom Schindler
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: I don't think teams really have a chance of even breaking the 800 pt. barrier. Really, you just have to look at the timing and math of the whole thing. The recent 710 was with 4 bots in the endzone, 2 big balls, and a full goal. I'm willing to bet that this is just about the limit of any alliance's scoring ability.
: If the alliance is going for a 10x mult, then the only way to top 800 is to do the above, plus have a stretcher in the endzone. Since the stretcher bot can't do anything, this means that you'll need a bot that can pull the stretcher really fast and accurately, and still be able to score a big ball, all in under 40-45 secs. Or, you'll need a bot that can score two big balls at once. I think either of these occurances are highly unlikely. Especially considering how hard it seems to be to control the stretcher.
: A second option here would be to fill up the other goal with smalls. The only problem here is that there are almost no teams that specialize in rapidly moving about smalls after regionals. Plus, the bot would have to put 8 or 9 smalls in within 30 secs. All in all, I think this is rather unlikely as well.
: If the alliance is going for a 12x mult, then they have even less options due to the time constraints. The alliance would need 67 base points to score 800. Filling up a goal takes atleast 30 seconds (I've watched) so getting 7 in and scoring 2 big balls in under 30 seconds, plus getting the balancer into the endzone would be a VERY tight squeeze. I think the only real option here is 4 endzone, a stretcher, and 2 big balls. This MIGHT be possible, but again, I think the strecher makes it too difficult to pull off.

: I havent outlined all the strategies to pull off a 800+ score, of course, but these are the only ones that I see as even remotely possible. Even so, I think the chances are pretty slim, and I think we've seen just about the highest score we ever will. Without the extra 10%, atleast.


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Why stop at three big balls?

Posted by Alan Federman at 03/26/2001 4:40 PM EST


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The problem is how do you hold two goals balanced and have more than 2 big balls. Early on in our strategy sessions we analysed the possibilty of holding 2 goals
horizontally and loading 3 or 4 big balls across - but
there just is no way that a 130 lb robot can be built to hold em any way except vertical and move/balance em. I suppose it would be possible to build a verticle goal transporter who could do this and stay on the bridge - but you would need at least two fast big ball handlers that could get 3 or four balls loaded super-quick. I think that Darwin is working here - if it could be done someone would have done it already.


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Re: Why stop at three big balls?

Posted by Jason Leslie at 03/26/2001 9:31 PM EST


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: The problem is how do you hold two goals balanced and have more than 2 big balls. Early on in our strategy sessions we analysed the possibilty of holding 2 goals
: horizontally and loading 3 or 4 big balls across - but
: there just is no way that a 130 lb robot can be built to hold em any way except vertical and move/balance em. I suppose it would be possible to build a verticle goal transporter who could do this and stay on the bridge - but you would need at least two fast big ball handlers that could get 3 or four balls loaded super-quick. I think that Darwin is working here - if it could be done someone would have done it already.



If you did the above any sm balls that are touching the playing field would not count. Correct?

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Re: Why stop at three big balls?

Posted by Kevin at 03/27/2001 1:11 PM EST


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Posted by Jason Leslie on 03/26/2001 9:31 PM EST:



That is correct, and I believe the bridge counts as the playing field in this instance.

: : The problem is how do you hold two goals balanced and have more than 2 big balls. Early on in our strategy sessions we analysed the possibilty of holding 2 goals
: : horizontally and loading 3 or 4 big balls across - but
: : there just is no way that a 130 lb robot can be built to hold em any way except vertical and move/balance em. I suppose it would be possible to build a verticle goal transporter who could do this and stay on the bridge - but you would need at least two fast big ball handlers that could get 3 or four balls loaded super-quick. I think that Darwin is working here - if it could be done someone would have done it already.


: If you did the above any sm balls that are touching the playing field would not count. Correct?


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Have to be 4...

Posted by Kevin Sevcik at 03/26/2001 4:43 PM EST


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You'd have to score all 4 big balls to make up for the robot that's not in the endzone because it's holding the goals and big balls in place. There is a team that can do this. However, they would have to move the near goal to the players, go across the bridge, get 2 balls, grab the far goal, come back across the bridge, grab the near goal, and balance. Plus, 2 more big balls need to be scored in there somewhere. And all this in under a minute. That's a pretty tall order. Teams are barely squeaking in under the 1 minute limit as it is. So I don't think this plan would work either.
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Re: What about scoring 3 large balls??

Posted by Roly Anderson at 03/26/2001 7:45 PM EST


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Posted by Tom S. on 03/26/2001 4:03 PM EST:



At the Great Lakes Regional, team 188 the "BLIZZARD", from Canada, crossed the bridge and picked up 2 big balls in 22 seconds and held them "over our head",and these balls can be supported only the the goals. See our web site at . With two other big ball handlers, 4 large balls could be scored and 3 bots in the end zone. It is possible and do-able!


: What if a team was able to stick a ball in between the two balanced goals??

: Just some food for thought.

: Tom Schindler
: Team 177

: : I don't think teams really have a chance of even breaking the 800 pt. barrier. Really, you just have to look at the timing and math of the whole thing. The recent 710 was with 4 bots in the endzone, 2 big balls, and a full goal. I'm willing to bet that this is just about the limit of any alliance's scoring ability.
: : If the alliance is going for a 10x mult, then the only way to top 800 is to do the above, plus have a stretcher in the endzone. Since the stretcher bot can't do anything, this means that you'll need a bot that can pull the stretcher really fast and accurately, and still be able to score a big ball, all in under 40-45 secs. Or, you'll need a bot that can score two big balls at once. I think either of these occurances are highly unlikely. Especially considering how hard it seems to be to control the stretcher.
: : A second option here would be to fill up the other goal with smalls. The only problem here is that there are almost no teams that specialize in rapidly moving about smalls after regionals. Plus, the bot would have to put 8 or 9 smalls in within 30 secs. All in all, I think this is rather unlikely as well.
: : If the alliance is going for a 12x mult, then they have even less options due to the time constraints. The alliance would need 67 base points to score 800. Filling up a goal takes atleast 30 seconds (I've watched) so getting 7 in and scoring 2 big balls in under 30 seconds, plus getting the balancer into the endzone would be a VERY tight squeeze. I think the only real option here is 4 endzone, a stretcher, and 2 big balls. This MIGHT be possible, but again, I think the strecher makes it too difficult to pull off.

: : I havent outlined all the strategies to pull off a 800+ score, of course, but these are the only ones that I see as even remotely possible. Even so, I think the chances are pretty slim, and I think we've seen just about the highest score we ever will. Without the extra 10%, atleast.


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Again....

Posted by Kevin Sevcik at 03/26/2001 11:32 PM EST


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Alright, this strategy is a bit more feasible, but I'm still doubting that it will work, though I'd love to be proven wrong. 22 seconds to pick up 2 big balls is pretty fast, but after that, you've still gotta go through the process of balancing the two goals and scoring the two other big balls. This strategy could just be possible with a perfect alliance, but I'm going to be a pessimist and assume that this perfect alliance has slim chances of showing up in the elims....
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It is possible my friends(820pts)

Posted by Andrew Harrison at 03/26/2001 9:41 PM EST


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Here is the stradegy and belive it or not we can accomplish it. However doing it in under a minute is the tricky part. Alright it starts out like this: our robot goes over the bridge with a another good big ball loading robot. While we are going over, another big ball loading robot goes under the bar such as team 469 and a multi functional (wedge/under bar/alright goal moving) robot such as team 67 moves the goal to the playerstation. The human players quickly fill the goal up with 12 balls while the three big ball robots get their balls(this is including us). At the same time the multi facit robot is going under the bar and moving the goal next to the bridge or this may be done by a big ball robot before they get their ball. We head back over the bridge with a big ball and balance it then slide our grippers down and pull the goal over the ramp and while we are doing this the multi functional robot is getting ready to wedge on the human side. Once their robot is under the ramp we push the goal near the end of the ramp(toward the field teams) and let go. We then move to the side of the ramp, opposite of the goal placed next to the ramp earlier. We then extend our arm over the ramp and hook onto the top of the goal and pull it down sideways onto the ramp. The wedge robot then removes itself and hurries into the end zone while the other 2 big ball robots are waiting with 2 big balls to put on the side of the now balanced goal. It works because the goal is balanced on its side poles and not it's base. If you want to see us do this you can see a picture of it on this site, this was before we put hooks on our grippers though so it works much better and faster now. This only works in theory and with the right alliance it has not yet been tried in competition. This is a very tricky stradegy, but in the end if comlpeted correctly and in under a minute you end up with 820 points. Also if there was some way you could get the fourth big ball on there, which is possible as three big balls fit on the side of a goal, that's 920 points. Also feel free to check out some of the other unique capabilities of our robot in the robot gallery, were the Robahamas team 349 however one of the pics says 348. We're especially proud of our suspension and bar hopping.

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Possible if the timers are travelling at .9c

Posted by Kevin Sevcik at 03/26/2001 11:21 PM EST


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While this strategy would works in theory, I seriously doubt it would ever work in competition, even given an alliance of robots that are perfect for pulling it off. Let me reiterate. It takes atleast 30 seconds to fill a goal with small balls. I've watched enough matches to know that this time barrier can't really be broken. Now, this means that, assuming your bot can get across the field and pick up a big ball in 30 seconds, you've got 30 more seconds to drop your ball, move the full goal into balance on the bridge, tip the other goal (and pray the bridge stays balanced), and run to the endzone. Personally, I think things would take a bit longer than the 30 seconds you'd have.
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Re: Possible if the timers are travelling at .9c

Posted by Raul at 03/27/2001 8:59 AM EST


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Hey Kevin,

Regarding your comment that it take 30 seconds to fill a goal: Have you seen the video of the 710 match? (It is on our site below) We had 11 small balls in the goal in 19 seconds (1:41 on the clock)! We also had it across the bridge with 1:34 on the clock.

Raul

: While this strategy would works in theory, I seriously doubt it would ever work in competition, even given an alliance of robots that are perfect for pulling it off. Let me reiterate. It takes atleast 30 seconds to fill a goal with small balls. I've watched enough matches to know that this time barrier can't really be broken.


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