[FTC]: Finals Round 3 - First Quad Robot Balance of the season

[ProgramLuke]

Great job!

Any video?

[robodude03]

Don't see a lot of batons dispensed for this match. Looks like teams are having a difficult time with those Was the entire match played more defensively?

[NalaTI]

Originally Posted by robodude03

Don't see a lot of batons dispensed for this match. Looks like teams are having a difficult time with those Was the entire match played more defensively?

The matches were very defensive! The team found out how difficult it is to get the batons a) out of the dispensers, and b) into the rolling goals when everyone else is there. Also the head ref was VERY particular about the control of goals rules. It always seemed to end up that all four of the robots were on the same side of the field at the same time too.

[team F.T.C 4240]

Here are some videos i found, and from what i saw there was a ton of defense (it looked VERY hard to score) and most of the points were scored at the "End game" when the robots balanced on the bridge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1KjHc2scOk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyDDM-q4CJs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-WL1nyariM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpaixjYd1jk

[robodude03]

Originally Posted by NalaTI

The matches were very defensive! The team found out how difficult it is to get the batons a) out of the dispensers, and b) into the rolling goals when everyone else is there. Also the head ref was VERY particular about the control of goals rules. It always seemed to end up that all four of the robots were on the same side of the field at the same time too.

Thanks for the info! So in this case it was the autonomous points that won the match?

[NalaTI]

Actually, it was a tie...

On the next round, as is often the case, driving made the difference!

[vkliao]

What was the average score of matches? What was the highest score?

[Andrew Remmers]

Highest Score at our Competition here in FL was 62 in the very last finals match of the day.