Hey yall hope build season is going well. Our team has been diligently engaged in the development of a turret and swerve system. Initial testing we have achieved promising results, notably achieving a six-piece autonomous . Additionally, our shooting accuracy has enabled us to consistently shoot near the halfway point . Given these metrics, would it be reasonable to infer that our performance places us within the 1% ?
– Julian G.
Weird flex, but okay.
Only time will tell.
See you guys at worlds!
Post up a video!!
You guys were close last year. See you guys at worlds.
Hopefully the robot does not fall apart this time.
We are in the middle of creating a video. Good luck this season.
haha for sure!
I’m not sure what the purpose of estimating this is. The only thing I could think of is grant writing. But you can take a look at statbotics.io to determine if you’re in the 99th percentile. Last year, your team was in the 93th percentile. In order to get to the top 1%, you would need to improve your normalized EPA by 8.5% more than the rest of the teams statistically ranked above you. Inferring is up to you, but determining is up to time.
The top 1% isn’t determined as much by robot capability, but instead by strategic optimization, speed, and consistency. The top teams do a ton to get every extra point possible. To give an example, a mentor from 1678 told me that they didn’t realize it was possible to drop cones through the double substation so that they stayed standing until they saw 2056’s week 1 EPA. They then watched every possible minute of match footage until they figured out the trick. If you watch 1678’s presentations or read their reveal threads, you realize that they constantly improve every part of their team, not just their robot.
The info in your post sounds a bit like how every student describes their robot in the pit; it’s a best case description of your robot capabilities, rather than a complete depiction of how your team will perform in matches and work with a playoff alliance.
The capabilities you described certainly portend well for your season though.
Y’all at least got any pictures or maybe short unedited footage to post in the meantime? I want to see how much truth there is to your initial statement.
Oh ya, well our bot isn’t done yet but when it is we’ll have a 20 note auto
I have a few questions:
can you pickup at full speed? That is grab a game piece without needing to slow down.
How long does your handoff take from your intake to your turret? Does the turret have to be in a specific spot?
Will you have moving and shooting?
Will you be able to actually utilize your physical advantages (meaning can the programmers do it in the amount of time allotted)
If you are genuinely able to pull it off, id say that heck yeah! But my advice to you is to not count your eggs before they hatch. Keep working and dreaming of your goals, but the things you listed are incredibly difficult. Cant wait to see them working 
and reliably execute that in every match
Good news, you won’t have to wait long to find out as your first event will have 118, 2481 and 4499 all of whom are coming in to this season as expected top 100 robots (based on EPA). Rounding out the group is 1730 and 6424 who are expected to be top 200.
If what you say is true you should be a force to be reckoned with at your first event so long as you consistently perform the above actions.
That being said this is a giant leap in capabilities. I would love to know what actions your team took in the offseason and leading up to now that led to this increase in capabilities/competitiveness?
Not sure about top 1%, but I can assure you without any doubt your robot will be in the top 100%.
At Worlds, 6 and 7 note autos won’t matter nearly as much as they do early in the season.
The top 1% will will sink 4 off the centerline ezpz.
No, not in my opinion. The top 1% is only ~35 teams, and I would wager that more than 35 teams will have a six note auto and consistent long-range shooting.
