pic: 30 Seconds Into The Game: Team 293

[Spikey]

Our plans for the big ball vary, it all depends on who we are facing, the ball can be used in both an offensive and defensive way. Our current strat has us scoring 110 points without even pushing a single ball to the players.(players start with 3 balls each so those go into goal) Thats without any alliance partner help, so if your our partner we will be a great help to your score.

[PEKMAN]

Originally Posted by Spikey

Our current strat has us scoring 110 points without even pushing a single ball to the players.(players start with 3 balls each so those go into goal)

The balls are 5pts each

2(3*5)+50=80 not 110. Were you counting the aliance partner's balls?

[ArJubx]

Well if they have a really good shooter, they could just ask thier alliance partner to pass over thier balls and let thier shooter shoot it. From reading the rules this would be legal. Seems like tho you guys could dominate if your allied with an effective ball gatherer.

Can't wait to see you guys in action at the chesapeake regionals.

[Spikey]

Originally Posted by PEKMAN

The balls are 5pts each

2(3*5)+50=80 not 110. Were you counting the aliance partner's balls?

Yes we were assuming our alliance partner can at least shoot 3 balls, or pass them to our human player, still its a lot of points for doing barely anything.

[teno121]

When brainstorming during those boring days before building, the idea of a monkey-like hanging ball guarding robot was introduced but never really pursued, I'm not sure why though. Great job.

[Ryan Meador]

But can you hang (and cap) during the autonomous period?

[Ben.V.293]

Originally Posted by Ryan Meador

But can you hang (and cap) during the autonomous period?

30 seconds might be a little optomistic but we can definetly have the ball within autonmous. then all we have to do is drive up to the bar and pull our selves up. if someone beats us there we can also cap while not hanging.

[Katie Reynolds]

The kid in the yellow shirt looks kind of nervous.

Very cool design guys!! I can't wait to see it in action!

[Spikey]

Originally Posted by Katie Reynolds

The kid in the yellow shirt looks kind of nervous.

Very cool design guys!! I can't wait to see it in action!

Actualy he built our boat hook whinch, which lets us ascend the bar. We were just very tired in that picture, it was a late couple of nights to get everything done. The guys you see there are our midnight work crew(I'm a member) which often worked till 4 AM during the last week.

I will post a picture of the complete robot later with skin, and team standing together, this picture will be from 12:04 on the day of the ship date.

[Jonathan M.]

Actually team 343 (Metal-In-Motion) can cap while hanging also, and they're pretty good at it, I saw them do it when they let us come over and use their practice field with them. Nevertheless this is an excellent looking robot, good job.

[Cobbimus]

I can vouch for this because Im the operator for MIM #343 and we did it.