THE GAME
AERIAL ASSIST is played by two competing Alliances of three robots each on a flat 25’ x 54’ foot field, straddled by a truss suspended just over five feet above the floor. The objective is to score as many balls in goals as possible during a two (2)-minute and 30-second match. The more Alliances score their ball in their goals, and the more they work together to do it, the more points their Alliance receives.
Game Strategy
Truck Town Thunder has assembled many game strategies in order to effectively play any position on the field. Despite our plan to be an all-around robot, the team will mainly play a midfield position, supporting and assisting other robots in their endeavors. However, if our allies happen to be playing similar positions as us, we have other strategies developed to help our alliance succeed.
THE ROBOT
Autonomous
- Shooting in the high goal and shooting when the goal is hot
- Moving to get mobility points
Teleoperated
- Playing in the white zone as a “midfield” player
- Taking on the role of an “assist” robot, shooting over the truss and catching the ball as the situation demands
Secondary Strategies
- Acting as an “inbounder” robot, collecting the ball from the human player and passing it to an alliance member
- Acting as a “shooter” robot, collecting balls from an alliance partner and scoring them in the high goal
- Acting as a “carrier” robot, both inbounding and shooting while possibly passing the ball to an alliance member in the process
Strategy Session Recorded 1/6/2014
NEWS
Between the end of the 2013 official season in April and the start of the 2014 season in January, Truck Town Thunder (T3) competed in numerous off-season competitions, kicked off a Youth Program, and welcomed its new members into the team. On June 1 and 2, 2013, Truck Town competed in the Michigan Science Center…
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During the first week of build season, T3 decided on the strategy for the Aerial Assist game. Some of the members went to Baker College to meet with other teams and present the team’s strategy. There were also had quite a few of snow days, which put the team behind a little bit. Also, a…
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Truck Town Thunder competed in the Great Lakes Bay Region District Competition over the weekend. On Friday and early Saturday, the team competed in qualification matches and seeded 11th. T3 turned the tides of the competition by allying with team 4819, the Flat Mountain Mechanics and team 288, the RoboDawgs. However, because the RoboDawgs’ robot…
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On Saturday, March 29, 2014, the Truck Town Thunder Robotics, FIRST Robotics Team 68, exhibited tremendous professionalism at the Waterford FIRST Robotics District Competition. The team was able to make it to the Quarter-Finals with FRC Team 240, Tempest from Jefferson High School and FRC Team 5084, Fridgebots from Corunna High School. At the end…
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