Hi, today I am going to talk about the TAI-VEX IQ competition I participated. This competition lasts for 2 days, from 1/6 to 1/7 because there are 36 teams in total. We had 1 practice match, 8 qualification matches, and 1 final match.
For our practice match and our first qualification match, we met the same teammate, 6699F. They used an elevator robot, and they could almost clear the outside field, while we took cubes from the supply zone. We got 125 points in the practice match and 119 points in the qualification match.
Our teammate in our second qualification match was 6699M, which was a very powerful team. We got 129 points at last.
Then we had 3 qualification matches where we unfortunately didn't reach the second level in the goals, so they ended up with 103, 104, and 100 points.
On our 6th qualification match, we met 6768B, which had a decent elevator robot. We expected to get over 120, or even 130 points. But in the last 10 seconds, one of the goals was blocked by red and purple cubes, so our teammates couldn't dump all the green cubes inside. They could've dumped at least some of the green cubes in, but they hesitated and missed the chance. So we had one of the goals completely empty, resulting in 92 points.
Our 7th qualification match was with 6699J, we successfully cleared the outside field, but we couldn't reach the second level in one of our goals. So we only got 101 points.
Our last qualification match was with 6699H, they used a Ben Lipper Robot. We had a great game until we missed one of the goals, so we didn't reach the second level. We ended up with 103 points.
Our average score ended up with 110 points. Ranking us 3rd on the rankings, therefore we paired up with 66799Z on our final match. We decided that we would go take cubes in the supply zone, and our teammates cleared the outside field. This strategy ended up working and we ended up with 125 points. Which earned us the teamwork champion award.
The final match that was played by 66799T and 6699M, which were the two best teams ended up with 89 points because of an unfortunate mechanical problem.
In this competition, we also did the skills challenge. We got 104 points in driver skills and 79 points in programming skills. That made us second on the skills ranking. And I was happy about that.
I am glad that I joined this competition because it let me realize that there is still a lot that we can improve in the future, especially our robot's ability to take in cubes. After the changes, we will try to get a nice result in the Taiwan Open Championships. See you in the next blog, bye bye!
