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user-inactivated  ·  4368 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Where I've been the past 3 months

The one video on your Youtube channel that seemed to have your robot in action (from what I could tell) was really hazy and short. Do you have one of it executing a "goal"?

(And what's the standard strategy that your team bypassed? Retrieving discs and moving closer to the goal before shooting?)





joelg236  ·  4368 days ago  ·  link  ·  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqhi9QaKiUc

The standard strategies are to be a "cycle shooter", meaning going to the feeder station to pick up discs and shooting at the pyramid. Some robots also climb all the way to the top of the pyramid. We only hang on the first rung.

user-inactivated  ·  4366 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My goodness. Cultish, but interesting.

joelg236  ·  4366 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Cultish?

user-inactivated  ·  4366 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, I wasn't expecting it to seem exactly like a Final Four basketball game.

joelg236  ·  4366 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The theory is that you make the "superbowl of science", to make it fun for kids.

user-inactivated  ·  4366 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Seems like it pretty much worked.