Effective StrategiesBy Chad
Need to be passionate about robotics
Chase Perfection Catch excellence
Canburglars
Money, manpower, time constaints Important and need to be taken into
account but don’t buy into them Should make reasonable assesments
Team Limits
Need to have a goal and objective
Drivetrain◦ Should be robust◦ Be able to take a beating◦ Personally I believe it is most importantWhat type of drive would be best for this game
Robot Design Strategy
Should you build a specialized robot Build a robot that is geared for regionals or
champs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60YK0U
maMFk What if you don’t get to champs
Robot Design Strategy
Take into account the Goal and Price difficulty
Do what is relatively easy and scores points How much weight do we allocate to a
design Need to build within team limits
◦ Manpower◦ Budget◦ Mentor Burnout
Robot Design Strategy
In years with defense is it more efficient to play defense
Score 10 points or block 10 points??
Robot Design Strategy
Make priority list of designs and subsystems Decide on drivetrain then subsystems Good shooter or good pickup?? Are endgame points important
Robot Design Strategy
Robot does need to specialize to a certain point
Must make tradeoffs Can we use one mechanism to control
another https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Nf85hDx4Y
Nothing wrong with a simple robot often they are the most successful
Robot Design Strategy
Need to build accurate mechanisms Easy to build a shooter hard to build an
accurate one Need to come up with a plan that our team
can achieve in 6 weeks With no practice robot it helps if robot done
by week 6 so programming, and driving can practice
Robot Design Strategy
Robot needs driver aids◦ Help assimilate game pieces
Do we build a specialized robot◦ If pick another specialized robot and one fails they
all fail Best teams use experience to their
advantage build what you know you can make
Build season ends Saturday of Championships
Robot Design Strategy
NEED TO READ THE RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Examine every way to score points and
ranking system Keep design general in the beginning then
limit your design◦ We need to score in the top basket then later say
we need to shoot a ball from 10ft away in the top◦ http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/Community/F
RC/Team_Resources/Archived_Game_Docs/2002%20-%20Game%20Manual.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eKvva_ZCHw
Game Analysis
Is there a chokehold strategy??◦ Can we win the game before it has started
At highest level this year cans were a chokeholdDoes it guarantee the win
Game Analysis
Should we forget about certain parts of the game◦ Co-op this year or score more points
Think about auto routines◦ What should the robot do to score the most in
auto Regionals can be won or lost because of
auto◦ 2014 can’t make as many cycles
Game Analysis
It’s a way to keep track of the information we have collected
Use ipads or pen and paper◦ At champs excel spreadsheet
Should have a team of scouts that rotate
Scouting
FIRST matches are like sports they are interesting and the strategy that goes into each match is exciting
IF you like watching sports you might like scouting
Scouting
A lot of times seen as busy work It should be respected it is not punishment Scouts need to realize the data they collect
is what the team is using for alliance selections on Saturday
Scouting
Good scouting can create strong alliances that can overcome better alliances
Scouting doesn’t guarantee a win but doing it badly guarantees a loss
Scouting
The team uses the data you collected However if data is incorrect the team leads
and drivers have to work late in the night on Friday to reconstruct the data when everybody should be sleeping
Scouting
Scouting should be respected and fun◦ Some teams bet on matches to make them more
interesting If you are passionate about scouting other
kids will become passionate also Scouts are extremely valuable The data they create is used for alliance
selection
Scouting
The drive team should not be making the alliance selection rather they need to talk to the scouts and strategists on who they think is good
Scouting
Keep track of penalties, auto scoring, where teams line up robot at
What do they do in auto and during a match Are their drivers crazy or consistent Does the team carry out a strategy or wing
it
Match Scouting
Look for functionalities of a robot Unique subsystems or designs??? A design that complements your design well Maybe something you could use on your
robot◦ Don’t copy their design exactly
Pit Scouting
Drivetrain◦ What type and power what transmission
◦ Tank◦ Swerve◦ Mecanum◦ Holonomic or Slide◦ Kiwi◦ Omni◦ Grasshopper
Pit Scouting
http://www.simbotics.org/resources/mobility/drivetrain-selection
Drive Train
OPR and CCWM Are they reliable ways to assess teams OPR-Offensive Power Ranking OPR is the expected points contribution of
any given robot to an alliance. It is calculated using a system of
simultaneous equations
Scouting
CCWM- Calculated Contribution to Winning Margin
CCWM stands for "calculated contribution to win margin". It's similar to OPR in the sense that it's supposed to be a calculation of your teams contribution to your alliance's winning point margin in a given match (where as OPR is just a calculation of points contributed to your total score).
Scouting
List should be made Friday night and have around 28 teams on it
Discuss strategy what would be the ideal partner
Who is on the do not pick list ◦ Destroys landfill
Alliance Selection
Should we pick a robot that is a good shooter and another good shooter then maybe one for defense
If lower seed 6-8 try and pick 3 robots that are all pretty good maybe gamble a little
IF a high seed don’t make a pick that is a risk want all consistent robots
Alliance Selection
Should be a calm and level headed person Should not send someone who will get
angry, become worried or sad
Should we break up alliances??
Alliance Selection
The selector has more time than you think when selecting robots
Do not be pressured by crowd or announcer Say a team that was already picked to buy
time
Alliance Selection
Someone in stands should be keeping track of the other alliances points and strategies
That way you can develop a strategy to defeat them
Elimination Round Scouting
Teams and robots should not be getting in each other’s way
Where will you be cycling or building stacks What can there robot actually do not what
they say it can do Try and develop a strategy where everyone
is maximizing points
Pre Match Strategy
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