Just like what we did for other competitions, we held a scrimmage in our lab to prepare ourselves. We definitely learned a lot of strategy and our problems from it.
Since we have already qualified, we chose to use the same robot with some modifications. The autonomous programs and skills strategies were also similar as before.
The first day was pretty easy, there were 1 practice match and 2 qualification matches, along with optional skills challenges.
Unfortunately, for autonomous skills, blocks kept on getting stuck on our robot. We were only able to get 50 points. The driver skills was better, though our robot had unstable match loading speeds, so we didn't have enough time to achieve higher scores, resulting in 73 points. Overall, these are pretty disappointing scores.
We lost the practice match as our teammate had limited scoring capabilities. Though we soon lost again in our first qualification match because we were entangled with our teammate for the first half of the match. Luckily, we secured the final match of day 1.
Day 2 is when the rest of the qualification matches were played. We had a decent schedule and managed to win all 6 matches while getting 5 AWPs. In total, we have 19 WPs, ranking us 4th on the ranking. We ended up choosing 96969Y, forming the 4th seed.
The round of 16 match and the quarterfinal match were pretty easy. However, we soon met 4253S and 4253Z in the semifinal match. The opponents played really well. Luckily, we pulled off a last second score and descore combo, securing the match.
Finally, we faced 66994D and 17022A in the finals. Both were really good teams and really put pressure on us and we didn't have a lot of opportunities to score. In final 2, we even had our intake getting stuck. After losing the 2 final matches, we ended up as the tournament finalists.
Throughout the tournament, we were interviewed twice by the judges. We explained our robot, programming, strategies, and team management. In the end, we were honored to receive the Create Award.
Even if we didn't get the best results, it was definitely still a memorable experience. This time, since we don't have much pressure, we could fully enjoy the tournament.
Congratulations to our sister team, 66994D, along with 17022A for winning the tournament. Also congratulations to 66799X for winning the Innovate Award and 66994T for winning the Design Award.
Overall, huge thanks to 96969Y for being our eliminations partner. Also thanks to our sister teams, we were able to learn a lot from each other throughout the practice matches.
Finally, huge thanks to all of the referees, judges, and volunteers for making this tournament run smoothly.
