Human Players and the Game

[AlexD744]

Originally Posted by shgshgshgshg

I don't really feel that having humans in the game this year is really add much. It makes the robot functionality second to the ability of the human players to throw the balls. For example if a team can simply recruit good basketball players they can have a crappy robot, and yet win their matches.

Not nessicarliy (sp?). I feel that the human players, whether their basketball players or not, have good matchs and bad matchs, ust like the drivers. It is up to the team to work around problems that the game design implements, such as a team without someone who can make a shot. Back in 2004 our team went to our schools basketball team and held tryouts for those that wanted to go to Orlando and Atlanta. It also helped reach out to more kids from our school. Each year has it's own specific chalenges, and its up to the teams to meet them, whether it deals with robots or humans, because in real life you won't be building a robot that doesn't interact with humans. It's similar to fund-raising, an essential aspect for any robotics team to suceed and yet deals almost nothing with the actual building of a robot.