Best 2010 Autonomous

[apalrd]

Originally Posted by BJC

Props to our programer Andrew, he has done a fantastic job.

Thanks, Bryan!

It *should* work every time, except it is highly dependent on how it is lined up, something the drive team seems to have a hard time with. Through Troy and a few matches at MSC, I was able to perfect it so the first three always bounce in the middle zone and roll into the goal, and the fourth and fifth land just in front of the ramp and roll into the goal. Works really well. If it misses, it is always slightly to the right side. It never hits the refs, something our drivers can't say. It runs at 1.2 feet per second except when going over the bump, since it can't go faster than 3 feet in 2 seconds (2 second out-of-box rule).

[ExTexan]

It never hits the refs, something our drivers can't say.

Got a good chuckle out of that one! Kitty will fire away!

[Chas_G]

I think that 573 should be up there. We have one that clears all 3 balls from zone 3, and often scores them. We also had a 469 program that blocked them out of the tunnel, and our alliance was the first to actually beat them with that strategy.

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Originally Posted by Chas_G

I think that 573 should be up there. We have one that clears all 3 balls from zone 3, and often scores them. We also had a 469 program that blocked them out of the tunnel, and our alliance was the first to actually beat them with that strategy.

Your auton is crazy! If you're not watching 573's robot for the first few seconds of the match, then you missed them shooting all three balls into their zone, scoring some of them.

Now to make an auton that shoots the balls, then goes and blocks 469

[Tom Line]

I WISH we could go over that bump as beautifully as some of the other teams. We had a bit of a problem with it at West Michigan and one or two teams noticed and tried to use it against us, but we've got it fixed now (our ball grabber was a bit too far forward).

At West Michigan, we kicked the 3 in the back zone and averaged 2.1 points per match in auton. I'd love to get all 3, but it is very difficult. We bounce in the middle region intentionally to get the balls to settle down - hitting the backboard or the ramp up to the goal is a quick way to miss every time.

For the longest time we'd bounce our second shot off the second bump every single time. We fixed that in the last two matches at West Michigan. At this point, going into states, I'm wagering that almost every bot there will at least be able to get 1 in the close zone, and should be able to advance the middle balls, so we aren't changing anything.

[Epic]

You'd have to be pretty fast to kick and then block 469.


We used our 469 auton at Cass and it worked wonderfully. All of these autons are bad for 469, though, as their amazing contraption sits idlely in some matches.

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Originally Posted by Epic

You'd have to be pretty fast to kick and then block 469.

573 could do it. Their robot is in the bottom corner of the video as the match starts.

[waialua359]

We are glad that we finally perfected our near zone auto to never interfere with any alliance partner that tries to score from mid and far. Our ball never touches the chain at all and perfectly goes into the goal on the fly at an angle, all at the last 5 seconds of auto.

[ExTexan]

I'd say we consistently score 1 out of 4. Our best so far is 3 out of 5.

I could have sworn you scored 4 at Wayne State.

[akeisic]

I'd put our alliance up for the best coordination. Once we formed our alliance, 294, 968 and 980 coordinated our auto modes to perfection. Although, we don't launch the 3rd from the back, this vid best shows the coordination...http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match/2010ca_sf2m2

As already mentioned, the two alliances managed to combine for 9 in the first match of the finals. http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match/2010ca_f1m1

[Ian Curtis]

I haven't seen many matches this year. I was at BAE on Saturday, and I've watched the elims of two FiM events. Typically they don't cover the whole field in one shot, so it's pretty hard to judge autonomous on a webcast.

However, 1519's autonomous definitely stole the show at BAE. Having 5-8 balls in their near zone and far away from their opponents goal was a huge momentum swing in their favor. When 78 tied it up, 1519's alliance skipped autonomous mode and lost. When they put their autonomous mode back in and took a deep breath, they overwhelmingly won their second match to seal the deal.

Despite the fact that this is year has a pretty low key autonomous, I think it might be my favorite. It doesn't have a point value associated with it so it isn't hugely obvious (see 2006, 2008) but it isn't undervalued in most matches either (2007, 2009).

[Kibaspirit]

The best autonomous I've SEEN was 1918's far zone. They went up to each ball, stopped, and kicked them into the near zone. They frequently scored. From what I saw, they never had problems with running the ball over.

[PAR_WIG1350]

1350 had some issues with this
http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match/2010ma_qm27
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[PaW]

Originally Posted by iCurtis

Despite the fact that this is year has a pretty low key autonomous, I think it might be my favorite. It doesn't have a point value associated with it so it isn't hugely obvious (see 2006, 2008) but it isn't undervalued in most matches either (2007, 2009).

I like this year's as well. It's exciting for the crowd, especially when the long distance shots bounce their way into the goal (read: FRC2046 Bear Metal). Hearing the cheers "go... go... go... YES". It's a nice way to start the match.