Never Do This, and Other Good Ideas Gone Bad

[Jared Russell]

Turreted shooters were on Einstein in both 2006 and 2009. Well designed and built turrets work just fine.

[Kyler386]

In that case, I guess we suck at turrets, along with keeping our robot underweight...

[Molten]

Originally Posted by Jared341

Turreted shooters were on Einstein in both 2006 and 2009. Well designed and built turrets work just fine.

Though they have been known to work fine, I can't recall any robots that did better then their non-turreted counter-parts. Perhaps there are exceptions to the rule, but I certainly think its a good "never do this" example. Often times, the turret slows down the shooting process because it takes too long to aim.

Jason

[apalrd]

Originally Posted by Molten

Though they have been known to work fine, I can't recall any robots that did better then their non-turreted counter-parts. Perhaps there are exceptions to the rule, but I certainly think its a good "never do this" example. Often times, the turret slows down the shooting process because it takes too long to aim.

Tell that to 217. Their 2006 and 2009 robots disagree.

In 2009, turrets could have been unnecessary (depending on design specifics), but not all years are like 2009. In 2006, they were much more useful when you were making long-range shots and the camera worked.

[Kyler386]

Originally Posted by Molten

Though they have been known to work fine, I can't recall any robots that did better then their non-turreted counter-parts. Perhaps there are exceptions to the rule, but I certainly think its a good "never do this" example. Often times, the turret slows down the shooting process because it takes too long to aim.

Jason

I wouldn't exactly rule it as a "never do this." There were many successful turret designs I'm sure, my comment was focused on our team, rather than all the other teams.

Originally Posted by Kyler386

And the new one for Logomotion: NO MORE BUMPER SKIRTS!!! Those things are horrid.

Why not?