The Sleeper Robots

[BRAVESaj25bd8]

I would watch out for team 250. We were 6-6 at regionals but we found our strengths late. We play whatever strategy is necessary. Capping- we do 3 to 4 tetras per match. Defense- we held the martians to 1 tetra in a match and the thunderchickens to zero in another match. Powerful drivetrain. Reliable autonomous program to knock down a tetra. We can be your best friend and we can be the reason you're out of the tournament. We canot cap fast but we defend extremely well, and we can play some offense. Good all-around robot that will be overlooked because of the 16th place we got at regionals.

[Zach]

Originally Posted by Jverdon

Ok, The 1st week is over. I have been seeing alot of post about the top robots out there. What about the sleeper robots, Those robots that are solid as a rock at doing what they do. Those robots that when it somes down to you are happy that you had themn as an allaince partner. That robot that you pick as your 3rd alliance partner. The first pick is the easiest, Its that second pick, the pick where you want a good strong robot to be next to you. Well people who are they let us know?

That sounds exactly like my team, Team 122. We were the second pick of the winning seed at the VCU Regional. From what I've heard we are a very efficient stacking team. We average about 4-5 tetras a game, 6 if we are really slick about it. (Happened only in one game tho.) I am very happy that Team 401 had faith in us and chose us, along with 435, to bring into the finals.

[Mr. Lim]

Easy...

Pittsburgh's sleeper was Regional Champs 1708:

- Rookie Team
- Robot had no arm
- Robot was no more than a foot tall

But when they were your alliance partner, you absolutely could count on them to get control of your home row (which they did basically every single match) and hold it right till the end.

As the coach for Team 188, I didn't have time to scout all the teams, and see all the matches. I depended heavily on student scouts to develop strategies for every match depending on who were playing with/against. The first time we were teamed up with 1708, my strategy head came up to me and said: "Don't worry about the home row, get 1708 to take care of it - go out to the middle row right off the bat and apply pressure there."

I thought he was crazy, but my strategy head had NEVER given be bad information before.

We went out there, and sure enough, 1708 took control of our home row, and held it right to the end, even having enough time and space to cross the field and play defense on the other alliance.

-SlimBoJones...

[Waynep]

Agreed 1708. I talked with some of their students, and improvements are in the works for Nationals to make them an ever stronger competitor. Watch for them.
-wayne