What are Driver Skills?
In this challenge, Teams will compete in sixty second (1:00) long Matches in an effort to score as many points as possible. These Matches consist of Driving Skills Matches, which will be entirely driver controlled, and Programming Skills Matches, which will be autonomous with limited human interaction. Teams will be ranked based on their combined score in the two types of Matches. The skills round determines your robot's abitlity to score and the profiency of the driver as well.
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My Experiece
Performing a driver's skills run was highly nerve-racking for me as I had never driven a robot before this event. I always say that I am a builder, not a driver, so this was going . I did not understand the controls of the robot and which functions on the controller would make it drive, move, and scores goals. I was also extremely nervous, knowing that many people would be watching me and might criticize me if I had any fatal mistakes. Therefore I decided that I would conduct a practice run to comprehend the robot's controls and learn how to move mobile goals. I started from the left side and Since I was not proficient enough with using the conveyor belt. I decided that I will be using the tilter to bring in goals from the other sides. My. I moved two neutral goals onto my side of the field but could not move the last one before time expired. I did the same thing a couple of times and ended up having the best score of 60. Although it is very low, that was the best that I could have done. Still, this experience made me appreciate drivers even more because they must contend with many different factors during the actual competition.
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Review
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I would I had a lot of fun and altohugh I did not do so well, I learnt that how hard it is for a driver to drive this robot in a game. This was a great way for us builders to relize how tough of a job, drivers do. Still, this experience made me appreciate drivers even more because they must contend with many different factors during the actual competition. Alot of times, We yell and blame the drivers but this was a great way for us to learn how this actuall works. I would love to try this again and get a better score.
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