LookingForwardFRC

We stand against racism and hatred, and we stand together in solidarity with the Black community and with all those feeling hurt right now. We're pausing to make room for other voices to be heard. Together, let's keep building a better future. blacklivesmatter

Official FRC events are starting! ISR1 District evebt is underway. #omgrobots

Has the lack of bag day opened the door for your team to attend a “week zero” scrimmage? Are there more scrimmages in your area than before? #omgrobots

Fun historical read to consider when designing your robot: chiefdelphi.com/t/your-tall-op… Robots aren’t the only things that block vision this season, either.

Is your practice space big enough (and with high enough ceilings) to test out some of the long range shots in Infinite Recharge? #omgrobots

Most FRC games tend to funnel cross-field robot traffic to the sides of the field. Infinite Recharge funnels it to the middle. Where there’s pillars and a bunch of berms that will interfere with movement. Have fun driving out there, teams. #omgrobots

A lot of comparisons between driving underneath the trench and the low bar in 2016 are being made. The better one to consider is being able to drive underneath the pyramid in 2013.

If you need a story that’s iconically Woodie, this is a good one. His shirts with signatures are of all the students he got the chance to meet that season. It was the reverse of signing autographs for kids, “because YOU guys are the rockstars!” (Dave Wilson Photography)

Thank you, Woodie, for being you and for bringing your light to the world. FIRST, among many other places, won’t be the same without you. 💔

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The father of gracious professionalism has passed. The world has lost a truly amazing human. He will be missed. #omgrobots firstinspires.org/community/insp…

With heavy hearts, we share the sad news that Dr. Woodie Flowers has passed away. He will be greatly missed by the entire FIRST community. A message about Woodie can be found on the Inspire Blog: firstinspires.org/community/insp… #WoodieFlowers

Houston - Avg Quals Score 66.44 pts, 11.8% rocket completion, 61.28% hab docking, Avg Playoff Score 89.39 pts Detroit - Avg Quals Score 76.10 pts, 19.15% rocket completion, 79.09% hab docking, Avg Playoff Score 91.27 pts

Houston Einstein teams also had a higher rate of multi-hatch sandstorm routines than Detroit teams, but this isn't directly reported via the API so I have no hard numbers.

Some of the tele-op difference may have been the result of the more assertive defensive play from the Michigan alliances. No Detroit alliance played triple offense, and their defenders were much more aggressive in their lock outs than the soft zone coverage seen in Houston.

Detroit Einstein finals once again prove the value of the double climb (with the failed climb in F3 being the pivotal moment). It's not surprising that the two alliances playing in Ford Field were the two best at getting multi-climbs on Det Einstein.

36 HAB points happened 5 times. 30 HAB points happened 7 times. 27 HAB points happened 3 times. Overall there were 19 instances of an alliance having 2 or more HAB3 climbs in the same match, out of 36 chances (18 matches * 2 alliances). So a 52.8% rate of 2x HAB3 climbs!

Double and triple HAB3 climbs went from being nifty to an absolutely essential feat. HAB3 climbs had a 51.85% accomplishment rate on Einstein. A 33% rate would be one robot getting up for 100% of alliances. This means the AVERAGE match had 1.5 robots per alliance on HAB3.

Many game aspects that were novelties earlier in the season were vital on Einstein. Null panels were only loaded onto the near bays in 44% of Einstein matches. Overall null panel rate was 69%. At match's end, hatches were scored on nearby bays 90% of the time and 94% overall.