Newton 2012!

[Bjenks548]

Looks like Divisions are out for next week! Quite a few power house teams are here!
(These are just the numbers I recognize)

45, 79, 111, 118, 330, 469, 610, 1023, 1126, 1717, and many more!

[Justin Montois]

340 is pumped to be in Newton for the 6th time in 8 years!

Some incredible robots in this division and we are lucky to have some good friends (Who also have good robots) as well.

Let the scouting begin, see erryone in a week!!!!


ISSAAACCCCCC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Siri]

We're definitely a loaded division this year! Both of the top 2 OPRs and 4 of the top 10. Should be a great time, good luck to everyone!

[GCentola]

Let the scouting begin

Oh yeah! See you guys there! FLR is bringing us, you guys (340), 191 and 639!! (if I missed anyone, sorry!!! let me know!)

[Dr. Shocker]

This'll be my first time going to Championships, and needless to say I'm excited. I'm sure it'll be a ton of fun. I even looked up a few local teams that I knew were going, and many of them were in Newton. Good luck everyone!

[MrForbes]

the two Arizona teams I'll be spending time with are both in Newton! 842 and 4183





NEWTOOOONNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Grim Tuesday]

I will be disappointed if I don't see a Fingerlakes team Newton Champions.

That said, this division looks insanely packed. My friends and I were listing the top four shooters this year: 469, 67, 341, and 1717. We've got two of them in Newton.

[Coach Norm]

2468 - Team Appreciate is excited to be in Newton.

We have been in Galileo our other two trips.

We are excited to be competing again with 118, 457, 488, 2936 and 3310 from our previous Regionals this year. Hope to be on the field with them again. We are also looking forward to seeing some of the other machines we have watched on webcasts this year.

[AlecMataloni]

I'm a little frightened. But I know we'll be bringing our A game. Can't wait!!!

[Mr MOE]

MOE 365 is excited to play in NEWTON this year! Looking forward to seeing old friends and makikng new ones! :D

[Dorr]

Good luck!!!
4320 is wishing good luck for all the teams;) !!

[ahartnet]

Looks like Divisions are out for next week! Quite a few power house teams are here!
(These are just the numbers I recognize)

45, 79, 111, 118, 330, 469, 610, 1023, 1126, 1717, and many more!

where is this information? I'm not finding it on the FIRST website.

[Madison]

Looking forward to reminding people that we don't suck. :)

[mikemat]

where is this information? I'm not finding it on the FIRST website.

Here
https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....2012&event=cmp

[Kit Gerhart]

where is this information? I'm not finding it on the FIRST website.
...or on FRC Spyder. Where are you finding the info??

[Coach Norm]

...or on FRC Spyder. Where are you finding the info??

You can find the listing on the Regional Events Page:
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/regional-events
(http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/regional-events)

Click on Championships - the first link on the events listed.

[princessnatalie]

Team 2471 Mean Machine is looking foward to playing with many of our PNW Friends, 360, 488, 1983, 1540, 2517, 4043 and 4089 (:

Oh and Kirstie and Natalie are excited to meet you Justin ;D

[Kit Gerhart]

You can find the listing on the Regional Events Page:
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/regional-events
(http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/regional-events)

Click on Championships - the first link on the events listed.

Thanks. I was looking at the Championship Event page. It's still not there. I never thought to look at the Regional Events page.

[Yankeefan181]

Team 2471 Mean Machine is looking foward to playing with many of our PNW Friends, 360, 488, 1983, 1540, 2517, 4043 and 4089 (:

Can't wait to see you guys there and show you the big improvements we've made since Oregon! This is going to be an awesome division!

[torihoelscher]

https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=teamlist&event_type=FRC&sort_teams=number&year=2012&event=cmp&division=newton

This is the link to all the teams in Newton! Enjoy!! :)

[RobotMom]

Looking forward to reminding people that we don't suck. :)

You guys definitely do not suck. :) Best of luck to 488 on Newton. We'll be representing the Pac NW over at Archimedes.

What time is it? ;)

[vikesrock777]

This is just a quick spreadsheet I made up from Ed Law's scouting database (thanks Ed!) All OPR data-points are from the co-opertition bridge adjusted values. It looks to be a very competitive division! Apple Pi is excited :D

[torihoelscher]

You guys definitely do not suck. :) Best of luck to 488 on Newton. We'll be representing the Pac NW over at Archimedes.

What time is it? ;)
I agree, you guys do not suck.

We all strive for the same goal, to be role models of F.I.R.S.T and of our communities.

Of course KRUNCH TIME!!! LOL.

[Rangel(kf7fdb)]

842 is totally pumped and ready for another year in Newton. List of robots is very interesting. Many of the top teams are super fenders robots that can shoot from the key if need be but not as much pure super key shooters. Time to start looking to see who is wide and long :D

[JohnSchneider]

842 is totally pumped and ready for another year in Newton. List of robots is very interesting. Many of the top teams are super fenders robots that can shoot from the key if need be but not as much pure super key shooters. Time to start looking to see who is wide and long :D

Dont forget the long ones who can hang half off and not even show a difference ;)

[Rangel(kf7fdb)]

Dont forget the long ones who can hang half off and not even show a difference ;)

How can we forget. We're one of them;)

[djohnso]

Team 3018 is super excited for our first Championship. We can't wait to see all the great robots and compete with all the teams!

[SGK]

Buzz 175 is all Smiles and ready for fun on Newton!

[aspiece]

FIRST Team 68 plans to "Bring It"!

[ken3255]

Team 3255 is so ready for the Championship next week! It's so awesome to be in Newton with a bunch of other great teams! Can't wait for our first time at the Championships!

[1629GaCo]

1629 GaCO would love to shoot hoops with all of these teams!!!! Good luck to everyone, see ya next week!

[Peyton Yeung]

Team 45 Technokats would love to rumble with all the great teams in this division

wide base (37" not including bumpers)
6 wheel center drop with 6' colson wheels
AM SuperShifters
bridge lowering arm (lowers and raises from the front and sides)
Firing range of ~50' using 2 recurve bow limbs
Can shoot 2 points from the fender at about 95%
Can shoot from far side of the field and score
Front and back ball pickup
Triple balanced 3 times in the elims of Queen City

[eaglesfan51520]

Should be a great division! I am very excited to compete against all these great teams!

[Debbie]

BX 1023 is anxious to play with old friends and meet new friends! Glad we get to play with MOE - Your team was a huge factor in influencing our FLL kids to start an FRC team many years ago at Disney! Very excited for next week! Good luck Newton!

[loyal]

Team 4055 is pumped for getting to play in the big league with such great robots and show off some rookie team spirit!

[z_beeblebrox]

4183 Bit Buckets is excited to be there and see the other awesome teams. (Especially you, 842) Hopefully we'll learn a lot at our first Championships.

[tylerobot]

The Power Hawks are excited to be part of Newton this year!

Hopefully we will be able to form an alliance of 11 (MORT), 111 (WildStang), and 1111 (Power Hawks). How cool would that be?!?!

[JakeD]

Team 2471 Mean Machine is looking foward to playing with many of our PNW Friends, 360, 488, 1983, 1540, 2517, 4043 and 4089 (:

Oh and Kirstie and Natalie are excited to meet you Justin ;D

I have to include Team Tators (2122) in the PNW too. Looking at the OPR data 4 of the top 12 are PNW teams.

#3 1983
#5 2122
#11 488
#12 1540

Can't wait to see the scores any of these teams together can put up. Add in 469, 1717, plus the fact that the entire Division OPR average is a point and a half higher then any other division and there will be lots of baskets being scored.

[falconmaster]

Ok Lets roll! Its nice to finally find out who is in Newton!

Just like to add here that Newton also has something the other divisions do not have. Some one in Time's Top 100 most influential people in the world! She will be attending the championships!

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2112161,00.html

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Hopefully we will be able to form an alliance of 11 (MORT), 111 (WildStang), and 1111 (Power Hawks).
That would really confuse the opposition wouldn't it? A sea of 1111111111's.

[IKE]

That would really confuse the opposition wouldn't it? A sea of 1111111111's.

Too bad team 1 is clear over in Archimedes...
1
11
111
1111
11111... should be able to join the crew in about 2030!

[camtunkpa]

222 is excited to be in Newton! This is a very interesting field of machines and teams. There should be lots of very exciting matches in our division. We currently have a peg leg and a new shooter that we installed for MAR championships. We are looking to improve our shooter by implementing the "Bang-Bang" motor controller to help shooter wheel speed control.

Time to start looking to see who is wide and long :D

Just keep in mind when it comes to balancing some long bots are equivalent to wide bots ;)

See everyone next week!

[PaW]

Looking forward to reminding people that we don't suck. :)

488 sucked in 2010 (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/35688)...

... as designed. ;)


Best of luck to all !

[Madison]

488 sucked in 2010 (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/35688)...

... as designed. ;)


Best of luck to all !

We disliked that robot so much that we decided not to go the Championship even after winning Seattle so we wouldn't have to keep fixing it.

[3098 callahan]

This divisions seem like a lot of powerhouse teams are going to be grinding it out to be number 1

[Bjenks548]

With all the long bots in this division, who can hang and how far? Who has a stinger (used in competition)? Finally who has tripled and how many times?

548: Long Robot
Space on Bridge: ~19.5" with bumpers
Stinger: No
Tripled/#? Yes, 7 times

[tylerobot]

With all the long bots in this division, who can hang and how far? Who has a stinger (used in competition)? Finally who has tripled and how many times?

548: Long Robot
Space on Bridge: ~19.5" with bumpers
Stinger: No
Tripled/#? Yest, 7 times

Team 1111 is also a long bot that can hang off the end of the bridge to make room for a triple. Our CG is back-biased so with the middle of our center wheel at the edge of the bridge we are balanced. We also have a brake mode.

1111: Long robot
Space on bridge: 24" with bumpers
Stinger: No
Tripled: In our shop, but not yet at competition since we only had 1 regional

See picture:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/37888?
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img/2bd/2bd08fedab27bf17e2e8276cd3862170_m.jpg

[Grim Tuesday]

639: Wide Robot
Space on Bridge: 24" with bumpers
Stinger: No. But we do have a special balance feature: Super treads. I invite anyone in Newton to come by and feel up our treads, or to a pushing match with any other robot. They are incredibly sticky on both carpet and the bridge.
We have two balance strategies that take advantage of this outlined below:

Have both our partners get onto the bridge from either side that is convenient
Cross over into barrier into alley so we can be protected from defense (not that we couldn't barrel straight through it if we needed to, but better safe than sorry)
Once we reach the end of the bridge, and begin pushing the other two up, we tell them to drive against us so they don't fall off the other edge. We can push the other two robots up the bridge no sweat, and in low gear we have the granularity we need to get the balance.

Option two, we played around with at DC with a stinger enabled team, 1218:

Be first one on the bridge.
Allow middle robot on
Allow stinger robot on to push up the bridge. The combination of low gear and the sticky treads make our robot unable to slip or slide off the bridge like so many others, so we make an ideal endcap.

Tripled: Yes, once (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNPPihOZ1K0), as alliance captain. We would have done it many more times but robot failure not on our part precluded it.

[Rangel(kf7fdb)]

Team 842:

Long Robot
Have brakes and treadpads to increase traction on the bridge when hanging off.
Can hang off a pretty good amount don't know how much room we leave.
Have a stinger to help with triple balance further if needed. Must be deployed opposite of traditional way due to robot height.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEy596leBjA
Have not done triple balance in actual match but have done it multiple times while practicing with teams 610 and 4183. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NDBSpexx5w&feature=plcp&context=C465d056VDvjVQa1PpcFOQwj4GZDGr3_c-rEo1EdmR6bPWnqCezto=

[Bill_B]

Team 842:
Have a stinger to help with triple balance further if needed. Must be deployed opposite of traditional way due to robot height.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEy596leBjA


You didn't even bother to edit the giggles off the sound track of that video. Good to see the pressure isn't getting to you guys. Nor is it getting to your stinger deployment according to that video. :D

[Peyton Yeung]

With all the long bots in this division, who can hang and how far? Who has a stinger (used in competition)? Finally who has tripled and how many times?



45 has tripled 3 times in competition and quite a few times in practice. We are a wide base.

[rees2001]

As long as teams are posting videos and pictures about their robots and new features. Here's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6CMCwlW5k&context=C46a98e4ADvjVQa1PpcFNvR6sjJYLevzU5prlWPnHq z4goRRFKFcA=) something we started working on in January and just finally added to our robot. We had to lighten up a few other components to make weight for our “stinger” but it is functional and works well. You can also see that we can cantilever quite a bit of our robot off the edge of the bridge. In the video our 2004 robot is attempting to push our dead off-season robot up the bridge. Then our practice robot finishes the job and deploys the balance assist mechanism. We designed around the possibility of a triple balance and hope to get the chance to use our it at Championship.

[JagDad]

With all the long bots in this division, who can hang and how far? Who has a stinger (used in competition)? Finally who has tripled and how many times?

548: Long Robot
Space on Bridge: ~19.5" with bumpers
Stinger: No
Tripled/#? Yes, 7 times

Stinger....not yet?

[V_Chip]

Buzz 17 is also a long bot but looking to triple!

Capable and ready. We were able to triple balance twice on the practice field in CT with three long robots, courtesy of our partners 126 Gael Force and 869 Power Cord.

NEU CT Regional PF Triple Balance #1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAKBXKEK4mk&feature=youtube_gdata_player)

NEU CT Regional PF Triple Balance #2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-BasVh4beo&feature=youtube_gdata_player)

We weren't able to pull it off on the real field due to varying complications, but we're ready to give it a go. Our robot has an offset CG so that we may hang more than half of the robot off the edge.

Photos to be added soon.

[Starke]

As long as teams are posting videos and pictures about their robots and new features. Here's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6CMCwlW5k&context=C46a98e4ADvjVQa1PpcFNvR6sjJYLevzU5prlWPnHq z4goRRFKFcA=) something we started working on in January and just finally added to our robot. We had to lighten up a few other components to make weight for our “stinger” but it is functional and works well. You can also see that we can cantilever quite a bit of our robot off the edge of the bridge. In the video our 2004 robot is attempting to push our dead off-season robot up the bridge. Then our practice robot finishes the job and deploys the balance assist mechanism. We designed around the possibility of a triple balance and hope to get the chance to use our it at Championship.

Nice job with the "stinger" 340! I look forward to seeing it in action!

[stundt1]

As long as teams are posting videos and pictures about their robots and new features. Here's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6CMCwlW5k&context=C46a98e4ADvjVQa1PpcFNvR6sjJYLevzU5prlWPnHq z4goRRFKFcA=) something we started working on in January and just finally added to our robot. We had to lighten up a few other components to make weight for our “stinger” but it is functional and works well. You can also see that we can cantilever quite a bit of our robot off the edge of the bridge. In the video our 2004 robot is attempting to push our dead off-season robot up the bridge. Then our practice robot finishes the job and deploys the balance assist mechanism. We designed around the possibility of a triple balance and hope to get the chance to use our it at Championship.

With this stinger you guys will do very well maybe well see a triple from you guys. I wish you guys had it on during FLR or Buckeye to see it. You guys are going to do well in Newton!

[Coach Norm]

2468 Team Appreciate Bot

Long Bot with six AndyMark pnuematic wheels for drive but can balance with only four wheels on the bridge due to CG being located closer to end opposite of the stinger add on. We have put tripled balanced on the practice field but not on the competition field. Link to picture (http://i.imgur.com/tUGOb.jpg). The middle robot (456) was a mecanum robot turned sideways.

We have since added a stinger to our robot as well. Link to Youtube Video with two of our old robots. (http://youtu.be/EXiiPqDJVAQ) Our driver, Claude was pushing bot of these robots up with the robot. The middle robot is a mecanum drive base.

We take up about 24" on the bridge to balance with the use of the stinger for a triple balance.

We can tip the bridge to us or away from us on one and away from with the other end.

Can cross the barrier or the bridge to move from end of the field to the other.

Balanced on the Coopertition Bridge in Dallas West seven matches.

Good luck to all next week.

Let the fun begin.

Will we see any strategies revealed at Championships that have not been shown yet?

[JosephC]

68: Wide Bot.
Space on Bridge: I'll check it tomorrow and edit this post.
Stinger: No.
Tripled/#? Yes, 3 times on the practice field at Northville.

Be prepared to have all your scouting captains blown away. =)

See you all at Saint Louis!

[Michael Corsetto]

1662: Wide Bot
Space on Bridge: ~18"
Stinger: Yes
Tripled/#? Yes, 3 times at CVR in elims. Easy money.

Proof. (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/37878)

[Joe Ross]

Similar to what I did in previous years (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=735425&postcount=165), I ran through 200 simulated qualification match schedules (with 9 matches per team, using the FIRST match generator).

I used each team's highest adjusted opr at any event to choose that team's "best event". Then, for that event, I used their unadjusted OPR for their contribution to a match. I also used the hybrid OPR, bridge OPR, teleop OPR to help calculate the standings. For the co-op bridge, I summed the co-op OPR for all 6 robots in the match and compared that to a threshold. When back-testing against regionals, if the threshold was chosen to be close to the number of actual co-ops at the regional, it had a relatively high correlation to the actual results on the co-op bridge. Almost all regionals had a correlation co-efficient of between 0.6 and 0.85. However, at the Michigan State Championship, the correlation coefficient was only 0.3. I believe this is because almost all of the robots there were able to balance so the balances that didn't happen weren't be cause of the robots, but because of luck. I used this method for calculating the co-ops, trying to get a co-op percent of around 60% (higher then most regionals, but lower then MSC). Overall, this isn't a very good way to do it, as it punishes teams at early regionals and regionals where teams did not co-op that much. However, it's included to help simulate the randomness of the rankings this year. All OPR data is from Ed Law's spreadsheet.

I calculated the results for each of the 200 simulated qualification schedules, and then looked at some statistics from the aggregate results.

Since the standings are much more complicated this year, and the co-op bridge is so important, and there isn't a very good way to simulate it, I looked at both the ranks, the number of qualification points, and the number of wins.

Everyone should attend Karthik's presentation (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=105540) at the championships where he covers "Why 'OPR' is a flawed indicator in Rebound Rumble".

The following were the values that were used in the simulation
Team OPR Teleop Hybrid Bridge Coop
469 42.33 23.31 8.33 10.69 0.98
1717 40.83 26.85 14.19 -0.60 0.64
548 32.99 20.58 7.62 4.78 0.87
1983 32.69 17.72 9.23 5.61 0.60
330 30.11 14.90 10.96 4.20 0.65
365 29.98 11.17 11.24 7.58 0.73
118 29.80 15.84 9.79 4.46 0.81
842 29.13 21.23 5.13 2.53 0.27
2122 27.59 12.00 7.82 4.21 0.60
111 27.42 15.30 8.80 3.67 0.28
1629 25.78 10.36 10.21 5.41 0.38
1023 25.02 14.22 8.51 3.52 0.50
488 24.31 13.29 7.61 3.62 0.39
222 22.71 9.72 6.58 6.36 0.29
2067 22.50 7.79 9.83 4.85 0.30
1662 22.10 13.83 3.32 4.76 0.51
1540 22.05 11.50 6.12 4.42 0.80
610 21.94 7.52 9.97 4.44 0.35
340 21.85 9.78 7.70 4.11 0.54
3018 21.56 10.78 6.67 4.26 0.56
175 21.08 4.69 6.78 9.66 0.67
107 18.38 6.30 7.95 4.14 0.31
68 17.72 5.86 5.72 6.14 0.32
3357 17.57 8.40 6.30 2.83 0.25
2834 17.54 13.67 4.62 -0.74 0.67
1241 17.37 7.95 6.19 4.04 0.33
4294 17.14 6.86 4.11 6.16 0.96
1635 16.78 -2.04 5.01 10.41 0.64
2468 16.31 9.44 0.41 6.98 0.19
79 15.54 1.95 6.17 8.06 0.75
3930 15.46 4.70 4.86 5.90 0.75
181 15.15 2.78 8.96 3.16 0.72
3245 15.01 4.31 5.78 4.69 0.46
3630 14.85 2.79 6.85 5.19 0.42
329 14.61 5.75 6.45 2.69 0.50
2471 14.45 5.50 5.73 3.26 0.47
840 14.29 2.80 7.98 4.18 0.32
639 14.11 0.59 6.74 6.77 0.73
11 14.00 2.54 9.89 1.58 0.78
191 13.96 7.11 3.60 3.54 0.26
3310 13.85 4.65 8.75 0.64 0.41
816 13.85 3.61 6.23 4.01 0.54
3937 13.69 2.05 7.28 1.26 0.27
2062 13.61 -0.05 9.89 3.77 0.34
2936 13.38 5.39 6.72 1.64 0.93
271 13.09 4.47 3.47 6.65 -0.40
3230 12.89 4.96 4.40 3.89 0.41
115 12.33 6.29 2.12 3.96 0.83
714 12.13 4.41 5.14 2.73 0.69
1640 12.08 2.64 7.60 1.84 0.39
1519 11.28 3.96 1.88 5.58 1.08
555 10.98 5.33 0.61 5.12 0.13
4089 10.96 2.73 3.82 4.73 0.42
2640 10.32 1.16 5.60 3.81 0.60
360 10.23 2.39 2.86 4.97 0.22
3990 10.22 2.71 4.59 2.92 -0.03
3504 9.87 5.49 0.85 3.97 -0.33
435 9.67 2.57 2.09 4.75 0.03
4183 9.16 4.03 5.86 -0.71 -0.08
1209 9.08 6.64 1.16 1.29 -0.17
2194 9.04 3.63 3.11 2.30 0.15
2705 8.79 2.86 6.85 -1.06 0.13
1772 8.68 1.47 3.44 3.67 0.14
2059 8.36 2.55 4.14 1.82 0.33
1622 8.06 9.01 0.51 -0.93 0.33
1506 8.05 3.30 0.35 3.84 0.19
4086 7.98 3.73 3.18 1.54 0.62
1219 6.86 -0.03 0.78 5.50 0.32
1937 6.80 1.96 2.80 1.99 0.15
4055 6.72 1.01 2.92 3.10 1.21
4021 6.48 3.14 2.88 0.42 -0.15
3627 6.36 1.02 2.77 2.44 0.27
378 6.04 -0.37 3.02 3.55 0.09
3512 5.93 1.37 3.11 1.64 0.09
41 5.84 2.37 2.68 1.01 0.21
1111 5.67 -0.83 1.99 3.80 0.16
86 5.61 1.73 2.45 1.58 0.49
4320 5.38 -1.06 4.53 1.90 0.16
375 5.30 4.29 1.10 -0.09 0.44
3255 5.30 2.61 -0.23 3.69 0.06
2460 5.23 4.59 1.74 -1.08 0.01
2200 5.18 1.73 0.53 2.73 0.13
4043 5.01 0.73 4.01 0.27 -0.08
4122 4.60 0.53 0.59 3.89 0.76
1126 4.43 3.46 2.27 -1.11 0.11
3566 4.38 2.43 -0.44 3.02 0.23
3083 4.05 4.84 -2.78 1.89 0.06
4188 3.90 1.62 -0.06 2.50 0.01
1178 3.72 1.77 4.53 -2.47 0.46
45 3.09 -1.05 3.62 0.27 0.87
4228 3.08 0.76 -2.44 4.75 0.14
1329 2.43 -0.15 -1.61 4.62 0.50
457 2.06 0.92 -1.50 3.31 -0.08
3176 1.68 3.78 0.01 -2.11 0.28
611 1.05 0.25 1.03 -0.21 -0.23
2902 0.76 -0.64 1.31 0.15 0.01
2574 0.67 1.00 0.94 -1.27 0.45
4379 0.35 0.99 -0.52 -0.65 0.18
2517 0.16 1.81 -0.76 -0.87 0.72
4262 -0.86 0.63 -1.04 -0.28 -0.22



Seeds:
avg med mode min max stdev top8 #1
469 3.45 3 1 1 16 2.97 184 59
1717 5.63 4 1 1 32 6.04 161 39
548 6.88 5 2 1 32 5.81 141 21
1983 12.21 9.5 6 1 57 9.87 91 8
330 11.24 9 2 1 47 9.11 99 7
365 11.49 9 5 1 41 8.97 96 9
118 8.86 6 1 1 38 8.00 124 26
842 27.23 26 17 1 65 14.25 14 1
2122 16.83 14 4 1 56 11.91 61 1
111 28.39 25 22 2 86 16.67 16 0
1629 24.81 22 4 1 80 16.83 38 1
1023 20.50 18 6 1 73 14.27 50 2
488 26.44 24 18 1 84 16.06 20 2
222 33.86 32 35 3 87 18.97 14 0
2067 32.88 29 22 1 86 18.91 8 1
1662 27.83 26.5 28 2 71 16.15 17 0
1540 17.20 15 9 1 63 12.02 54 5
610 32.19 31 22 2 88 17.08 13 0
340 25.04 23 9 1 76 14.45 18 1
3018 24.41 21 20 1 82 15.23 31 1
175 21.45 18 16 1 72 14.27 40 2
107 40.54 40 43 9 90 17.44 0 0
68 41.16 39 31 2 88 20.34 9 0
3357 44.83 45 29 7 93 19.07 1 0
2834 27.62 25 16 2 78 16.73 18 0
1241 41.55 40 23 4 96 18.98 3 0
4294 21.78 19 5 1 70 13.73 36 5
1635 31.50 30.5 11 1 82 17.43 11 1
2468 55.86 56 51 11 97 19.45 0 0
79 28.86 27 35 1 82 16.01 15 2
3930 30.81 28.5 22 2 82 17.28 15 0
181 26.49 24 10 2 67 15.49 27 0
3245 38.29 37 24 5 90 18.32 8 0
3630 42.38 42 44 1 92 20.60 8 1
329 40.98 38 36 6 87 20.52 4 0
2471 39.42 39 39 4 91 18.15 4 0
840 47.82 49 54 4 100 19.65 5 0
639 30.25 28 35 1 83 17.55 15 1
11 23.80 21 13 1 75 15.65 29 1
191 52.16 51 56 5 96 18.76 2 0
3310 44.04 43.5 42 3 96 19.98 2 0
816 39.88 38 32 3 94 18.28 5 0
3937 48.48 47 47 6 93 19.94 1 0
2062 45.11 43 39 6 93 20.28 4 0
2936 24.76 22 27 2 71 14.52 25 0
271 80.84 83 100 37 100 14.95 0 0
3230 46.89 46 60 6 97 20.10 3 0
115 34.02 33 19 1 87 17.88 10 2
714 37.62 37 47 3 84 18.52 4 0
1640 48.53 45 45 9 92 20.10 0 0
1519 28.44 27 27 2 74 15.42 19 0
555 67.46 70 72 24 99 18.66 0 0
4089 49.80 48 56 4 96 20.38 1 0
2640 45.50 46 53 1 99 19.19 6 1
360 64.56 64 51 13 97 18.51 0 0
3990 70.39 72.5 92 23 100 17.96 0 0
3504 83.98 87.5 94 46 100 12.53 0 0
435 71.83 75 84 23 100 18.58 0 0
4183 74.92 78 92 24 100 17.17 0 0
1209 82.13 85 95 36 100 14.40 0 0
2194 66.98 68 67 8 99 19.16 1 0
2705 66.84 69 76 22 99 17.37 0 0
1772 67.83 67 65 13 100 17.54 0 0
2059 62.36 64 75 13 99 19.50 0 0
1622 62.99 63 49 21 99 17.77 0 0
1506 70.47 72 78 23 100 17.56 0 0
4086 51.05 50 49 2 89 17.74 2 0
1219 62.72 63 65 19 100 17.60 0 0
1937 70.90 72 91 19 99 16.83 0 0
4055 31.92 30 30 2 73 15.50 13 0
4021 82.28 86 96 41 100 14.69 0 0
3627 68.23 71 83 12 99 19.20 0 0
378 74.10 75 91 18 100 17.29 0 0
3512 74.79 78 93 3 100 17.58 1 0
41 70.64 72 61 16 98 17.03 0 0
1111 74.22 77 84 19 100 15.60 0 0
86 60.28 60 71 15 98 18.40 0 0
4320 71.93 75 84 10 99 18.80 0 0
375 63.06 65 69 8 98 17.81 1 0
3255 77.66 82 88 30 100 16.53 0 0
2460 80.06 84 89 28 100 14.88 0 0
2200 76.63 80 90 26 100 17.17 0 0
4043 79.60 82 95 40 100 14.49 0 0
4122 49.41 49.5 60 11 91 18.61 0 0
1126 76.62 79 70 24 100 16.09 0 0
3566 72.57 73 67 14 100 16.31 0 0
3083 83.62 86 91 36 100 12.92 0 0
4188 82.75 86 93 31 100 14.65 0 0
1178 60.87 63 67 10 96 18.02 0 0
45 43.10 43 38 7 90 16.03 1 0
4228 81.47 84 89 16 100 13.81 0 0
1329 67.77 70.5 73 7 100 19.24 1 0
457 87.52 93 98 40 100 12.75 0 0
3176 76.68 79 73 30 100 14.54 0 0
611 92.02 96 99 56 100 9.39 0 0
2902 85.55 90 98 31 100 13.31 0 0
2574 68.83 72 68 18 99 18.79 0 0
4379 84.23 88 90 30 100 12.60 0 0
2517 62.24 61.5 50 18 100 17.76 0 0
4262 93.36 97 100 54 100 8.56 0 0


QPs:
avg med mode min max stdev Perfect
469 31.98 32 32 26 36 2.24 15
1717 29.86 30 28 22 36 2.99 6
548 29.93 30 30 22 36 2.69 1
1983 27.47 28 28 18 34 3.05 0
330 27.57 28 28 19 34 3.09 0
365 27.57 28 28 21 34 3.07 0
118 28.89 29 30 20 36 3.09 3
842 24.04 24 24 18 32 3.12 0
2122 26.31 26 26 18 34 3.37 0
111 23.18 24 24 12 31 3.62 0
1629 23.90 24 24 14 32 3.74 0
1023 25.09 26 26 16 32 3.51 0
488 23.77 24 22 12 34 3.65 0
222 22.37 22 22 12 32 4.01 0
2067 22.12 22 24 12 32 3.77 0
1662 24.30 24 24 15 32 3.63 0
1540 26.58 26 26 18 36 3.37 2
610 22.22 22 22 11 32 3.61 0
340 24.04 24 24 14 34 3.39 0
3018 24.55 24 26 14 32 3.58 0
175 25.23 26 26 16 34 3.45 0
107 20.68 20 20 11 28 3.39 0
68 21.03 21.5 22 12 32 4.16 0
3357 20.17 20 20 10 28 3.77 0
2834 24.03 24 26 14 34 3.77 0
1241 20.78 22 22 10 30 3.64 0
4294 25.68 26 26 16 35 3.50 0
1635 23.19 23.5 26 14 35 3.77 0
2468 18.98 18.5 18 10 28 3.73 0
79 23.57 24 22 14 34 3.54 0
3930 23.33 24 26 14 31 3.65 0
181 23.63 24 24 16 32 3.46 0
3245 21.45 22 22 11 30 3.67 0
3630 20.67 20 20 10 32 4.21 0
329 21.06 22 24 12 30 4.06 0
2471 21.21 21 22 10 30 3.59 0
840 19.33 19.5 18 5 30 3.93 0
639 23.19 24 24 14 34 3.71 0
11 24.13 24 26 14 32 3.52 0
191 19.06 19 18 10 30 3.70 0
3310 19.91 20 20 10 32 3.89 0
816 21.20 22 22 10 34 3.70 0
3937 19.29 20 20 8 29 3.79 0
2062 19.60 20 20 10 30 3.78 0
2936 24.34 24 24 16 34 3.35 0
271 12.80 13 14 4 22 3.78 0
3230 20.18 20 18 8 30 3.94 0
115 22.99 22.5 22 13 34 3.63 0
714 21.94 22 20 14 32 3.76 0
1640 19.15 20 20 10 28 3.83 0
1519 24.22 24 26 16 33 3.35 0
555 16.45 16 16 8 24 3.81 0
4089 19.46 20 20 8 30 3.95 0
2640 20.13 20 18 6 32 3.88 0
360 16.81 17 18 8 26 3.66 0
3990 15.06 15.5 16 4 26 3.80 0
3504 12.46 12 12 3 20 3.36 0
435 15.24 15 14 5 24 4.07 0
4183 13.92 14 14 4 24 3.79 0
1209 12.94 12 14 4 22 3.50 0
2194 16.09 16 18 6 30 4.00 0
2705 15.67 16 16 7 24 3.44 0
1772 15.95 16 18 6 26 3.78 0
2059 17.06 17 18 6 26 3.85 0
1622 17.34 18 18 8 26 3.54 0
1506 15.95 16 16 6 26 3.73 0
4086 19.53 20 20 11 32 3.40 0
1219 17.39 18 18 6 25 3.53 0
1937 15.40 16 16 8 26 3.54 0
4055 23.40 24 24 16 32 3.26 0
4021 12.42 12 12 4 21 3.69 0
3627 15.87 16 16 5 28 4.01 0
378 14.47 14 14 4 26 3.93 0
3512 14.35 14 14 6 31 3.99 0
41 15.40 16 16 8 26 3.65 0
1111 14.85 14 14 6 26 3.41 0
86 17.75 18 18 8 28 3.60 0
4320 14.71 14 16 6 28 4.02 0
375 17.44 18 16 8 30 3.49 0
3255 14.20 14 12 6 23 3.84 0
2460 13.31 14 16 4 24 3.68 0
2200 14.29 14 16 4 24 3.90 0
4043 13.16 13 12 4 21 3.38 0
4122 20.05 20 18 12 28 3.36 0
1126 14.14 14 14 4 24 3.67 0
3566 15.53 16 16 6 26 3.47 0
3083 13.05 14 14 0 22 3.54 0
4188 12.98 12.5 12 5 23 3.62 0
1178 17.18 17.5 18 8 28 3.58 0
45 20.84 20.5 22 12 28 2.98 0
4228 13.68 14 14 4 26 3.40 0
1329 16.77 16 16 8 29 3.75 0
457 11.60 12 10 4 22 3.66 0
3176 14.70 14 14 6 24 3.27 0
611 9.57 10 10 0 18 3.55 0
2902 11.99 12 10 2 24 3.53 0
2574 16.16 16 16 8 26 3.84 0
4379 12.86 12 12 6 24 3.31 0
2517 17.82 18 18 8 26 3.44 0
4262 9.45 10 8 2 19 3.40 0


Wins:
avg med mode min max stdev Perfect
469 8.32 8 9 6 9 0.73 92
1717 8.33 8 9 5 9 0.76 97
548 7.67 8 8 5 9 0.94 38
1983 7.55 8 8 4 9 1.10 45
330 7.28 7 8 4 9 1.22 35
365 7.12 7 7 3 9 1.16 19
118 7.26 7 8 4 9 1.23 32
842 7.11 7 7 4 9 1.15 22
2122 6.81 7 7 3 9 1.25 15
111 6.82 7 8 3 9 1.25 11
1629 6.56 7 7 3 9 1.37 13
1023 6.59 7 7 3 9 1.40 15
488 6.44 7 7 2 9 1.42 11
222 6.31 6 7 3 9 1.38 11
2067 6.12 6 6 2 9 1.43 6
1662 6.15 6 6 2 9 1.40 6
1540 6.02 6 6 2 9 1.49 11
610 6.06 6 6 0 9 1.48 3
340 6.06 6 6 3 9 1.32 3
3018 6.03 6 6 2 9 1.32 3
175 5.91 6 6 2 9 1.27 2
107 5.36 5 5 1 9 1.38 1
68 5.41 5 5 2 9 1.54 1
3357 5.25 5 5 1 9 1.47 2
2834 5.39 6 6 2 9 1.45 4
1241 5.22 5 6 1 8 1.44 0
4294 5.13 5 6 2 8 1.47 0
1635 5.03 5 5 1 9 1.48 1
2468 4.95 5 5 1 9 1.57 1
79 4.76 5 4 1 8 1.35 0
3930 4.67 5 5 1 9 1.56 1
181 4.87 5 5 2 8 1.35 0
3245 4.89 5 5 1 9 1.42 1
3630 4.66 5 5 1 9 1.58 3
329 4.69 5 5 0 8 1.62 0
2471 4.74 5 5 1 8 1.40 0
840 4.52 4 4 0 9 1.54 1
639 4.81 5 5 1 8 1.53 0
11 4.90 5 5 1 8 1.46 0
191 4.75 5 5 1 8 1.46 0
3310 4.54 4 4 0 8 1.52 0
816 4.51 4 4 1 9 1.58 2
3937 4.63 5 5 1 9 1.51 2
2062 4.57 5 5 1 8 1.55 0
2936 4.55 5 4 1 9 1.45 1
271 4.59 5 4 0 8 1.56 0
3230 4.52 4 4 0 8 1.58 0
115 4.26 4 3 0 9 1.56 1
714 4.21 4 4 0 9 1.51 1
1640 4.27 4 4 0 9 1.49 1
1519 4.03 4 4 1 8 1.43 0
555 4.11 4 4 0 8 1.55 0
4089 4.22 4 4 0 8 1.57 0
2640 3.82 4 4 0 8 1.51 0
360 3.88 4 3 1 7 1.36 0
3990 4.10 4 4 1 8 1.51 0
3504 4.01 4 4 0 9 1.45 1
435 3.74 4 3 0 8 1.54 0
4183 3.77 4 3 0 8 1.52 0
1209 3.76 4 4 1 7 1.35 0
2194 3.79 4 4 0 8 1.53 0
2705 3.69 4 4 0 8 1.38 0
1772 3.78 4 4 0 7 1.36 0
2059 3.52 4 4 0 8 1.52 0
1622 3.64 4 4 0 9 1.40 1
1506 3.55 3.5 3 1 8 1.38 0
4086 3.49 3 3 0 7 1.33 0
1219 3.50 3 3 0 7 1.44 0
1937 3.31 3 3 0 8 1.44 0
4055 3.29 3 4 0 7 1.49 0
4021 3.23 3 3 0 7 1.44 0
3627 3.17 3 2 0 7 1.42 0
378 3.23 3 3 0 6 1.42 0
3512 3.30 3 3 0 8 1.50 0
41 3.27 3 3 1 7 1.30 0
1111 3.16 3 3 0 7 1.29 0
86 3.19 3 3 0 6 1.29 0
4320 3.05 3 4 0 8 1.51 0
375 3.15 3 3 0 7 1.49 0
3255 3.18 3 3 0 7 1.33 0
2460 3.04 3 3 0 6 1.38 0
2200 3.11 3 3 0 6 1.42 0
4043 3.28 3 3 0 6 1.37 0
4122 3.09 3 3 0 6 1.30 0
1126 3.00 3 3 0 8 1.35 0
3566 2.95 3 2 0 7 1.41 0
3083 2.80 3 4 0 6 1.39 0
4188 2.87 3 3 0 7 1.43 0
1178 3.02 3 3 0 8 1.41 0
45 2.94 3 2 0 6 1.34 0
4228 2.74 3 3 0 8 1.34 0
1329 2.58 3 3 0 7 1.42 0
457 2.59 3 3 0 6 1.32 0
3176 2.51 2 2 0 5 1.13 0
611 2.22 2 2 0 7 1.35 0
2902 2.45 2 2 0 6 1.33 0
2574 2.45 2 3 0 6 1.36 0
4379 2.17 2 2 0 6 1.18 0
2517 2.23 2 2 0 5 1.16 0
4262 2.13 2 2 0 6 1.17 0

[Grim Tuesday]

1/200 chance of being first seed? I'll take it.

[Siri]

1640
Orientation: unicorn swerve drive, so we prefer wide during triples (and our bridge manipulator is on the wide side)
Balance assist: no stinger, but
- Drivetrain brake - twist Colson Performa wheels perpendicular or caddy corner. The swerve also lets us stay straight even if pushed up off-center, as well as get around or through bridge defense or cause serious fouls against the defender.
- Harpoon arm - not our normal bridge-lowering device (~1min modular change), but if we're the 1st bot in a triple balance, it keeps us from falling off and allows us to hang halfway off the bridge in wide configuration. If we're middle, it can also be helpful to hold most 1st (or 3rd) robots on the bridge, should you desire an extra safety net. The harpoon will not damage your robot, but please make sure your bumpers are legal. :)
Triple Experience: 5/6 in the MAR finals. 1 done under heavy defense, 1 lost to heavy defense in which our alliance caused 24 points in fouls against the defender. (Capable at Horsham, but not needed.) Another 12/12 as middle on the practice field with 7 different teams. Another 2/3 as first robot on the practice field without our harpoon (1 loss of driver control).

[Breakaway3937]

Team 3937 out of Searcy AR
Long bot
Drive - 6 wheel drop center west coast
Feeder -two stage feeder system for easy automatic loading
Can hold three balls
Shooter - dual 550 motor shooter
Can shoot in any goal
PID turret control for >180 degrees of movement quickly and efficiently
Three controls for shooting: automatic using an ultrasonic sensor, manual for simple pot control, feeder for defense
Bridge - dual pneumatic bridge lowerer
Lowers bridge and can feed bot at the same time to keep balls from rolling under bridge
Can flip the bridge both ways to remove balls without trouble if needed
Has balanced numerous single and doubles, haven't had the opportunity for a triple
Autonomous
Can shoot in top and middle reliably, can also back feed at time intervals from 0 to 10 secs based on what partners need.

[Bjenks548]

Anyone know the MC for Newton this year?

[AlecMataloni]

Anyone know the MC for Newton this year?

Since Dan Green MCs wherever we go, it's probably him.

[Grim Tuesday]

Chiniqua (Shiniqua?) usually does Newton, but I would like nothing more than Dan Green. Also, JonDarr.

[JV2073]

Good luck to all the teams in the Newton Divison.
-JV (2073)

[Grim Tuesday]

The pit map is out! Let's just say that Newton is closest to the bathrooms.

[Bjenks548]

Where did you find the pit map?

[Clayton Yocom]

Its only on the mobile app at the moment. Its in the android/app store under the name "FIRST Robotics". Pretty nifty.

[Ken Streeter]

Team 1519 (Mechanical Mayhem, from Milford, New Hampshire) Robot Info:

Wide orientation robot
Drive: 8 WD, 6" Pneumatic Wheels (extremely grippy on bridge and carpet)
2-speed transmissions; very low gear (~2fps) for fine control on bridge

Bridge Balance Assist: no specific mechanism; however, we designed our entire robot to optimize balancing. Can hang end wheels off of bridge with exceptional stability (see video (http://youtu.be/j0xDC5w6mzc) below) so that only 17.5" of our frame is over the bridge surface. As seen in the video, extremely low gearing effectively serves as a drivetrain brake.
Bridge Balancing Experience: Don't just take our word for it -- see 1114's scouting database (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2669?) which lists us as the #1 balancer at both GSR and NCR. Performed more co-opitition balances at both regionals (GSR and NCR) than any other team there. Fast double-balances in all of our elimination matches (except GSR finals where robot failure took our partner away!)
Bridge Tipper: tip down on one side (normal approach); can also use robot to flip bridge up for partner on opposite side
Ball Intake: Two-sided (front and back), each 21.5" wide
Ball Storage: Three balls, controlled by sensors to avoid pickup of 4th ball
Ball Shooter: Single axle, camera-processed PID controls of shooter wheel speed, shooter exit angle (elevation) and turret direction to increase shot accuracy (recent software tuning has increased our accuracy since NCR)

Autonomous:

Tip co-op bridge w/ball pickup to score up to 5 high baskets. (Normally only balls available for 4 high baskets.)
Tip own alliance bridge if an alliance member has autonomous which can score balls from co-op bridge
Configurable shot times to avoid ball congestion with partners. (Two balls shot 1-2 seconds apart, with time of first shot varying from 2-13 seconds into hybrid.)
"Sit and Score" including "A-Bomb" modes (send or receive)


Other Capabilities:

Barrier crossing
Defense: High-traction drivebase for pushing (used this to great advantage during GSR elimination matches - yes we were the defensive robot!)


2012 Tournament Performance:

GSR (Week 1): Finalists. #7 seed, most co-op balances of regional. Selected alliance partners of 885 and 2791. Went 5-0 in first five elimination matches against #2, #3, #1 seeds before catastrophic failure of alliance partner in 2nd finals match reduced our alliance to 2 robots.
NCR (Week 6): Winners. #1 seed, most co-op balances of regional. Selected alliance partners of 1311 and 2642.


2012 Robot Video:

Bridge Hang-off Demo: Our practice robot hanging off bridge, showing dynamic stability of the robot -- we can hang 10" off a moving bridge without danger of tipping. http://youtu.be/j0xDC5w6mzc
NCR Finals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tZXspeCOAM with teams 1311 and 2642.

[vikesrock777]

Where did you find the pit map?

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=105928

From what other people have been saying, it's only been released on the app, but has been posed in that forum for convenience.

[Debbie]

Try this. It worked earlier for me, but is blocked from me at school. Maybe it will work for you. http://postimage.org/image/qg1w2l945/full/ This was posted in a different thread .. thanks goes to him ! (jyh947 from 3322)

[Robotmmm]

Well Newton is playing out very differently than expected, just like other divisions. Anyone care to make new predictions at this point?

[stundt1]

Well Newton is playing out very differently than expected, just like other divisions. Anyone care to make new predictions at this point?

I'm confused what do you mean its not playing out as expected?
Do you mean 469 ?
1717 and 118 are seeded in the top 3.

[George Nishimura]

That was hilarious, what were 1241 thinking? I'm impressed that they held that triple co-op balance for even a few seconds, shame it didn't last the whole way.

Interested to hear what was going on in the driver's stations during that match.

[Deetman]

That was hilarious, what were 1241 thinking? I'm impressed that they held that triple co-op balance for even a few seconds, shame it didn't last the whole way.

Interested to hear what was going on in the driver's stations during that match.

Without the insight of being behind the glass it almost looked like 610 died in the way of the bridge and they figured try to triple to get the co-op points. Then 610 came back to life and upset the balance.

[Gregor]

Without the insight of being behind the glass it almost looked like 610 died in the way of the bridge and they figured try to triple to get the co-op points. Then 610 came back to life and upset the balance.

Does anyone have any video of that? I'm curious about this :D

[penguinfrk]

488 looks like a major casualty to the ranking system, sitting at less than half the matches with CP. If they had co-op'd every match (instead of 3/8), they'd be 2nd seed. Even 6/8 would land them 10th seed. They're at 40th right now.

MOE hasn't had fabulous luck in that regards either.

Despite that, seems like Newton's doing pretty good with getting co-ops, and the elims will be really exciting.

New guesses for first round picks:
1717 118
68 469
365 1023
2122 1519
79 111
548 488
1640 330
1662 1983

[basicxman]

2200:

Winner of GTR West with 2056 and 4001.


Six 8" pneumatic wheels
Wide orientation robot
Triple balance: Easily, seven times.
Dual speed gearbox: Approximately 4ft/sec and 12ft/
Flexible, tested autonomous - feed balls, knock down bridge in less than two seconds
Barrier crossing
Defensive

[Anupam Goli]

So apparently 118 got red carded in their last match for contacting the opponent's bridge while they were balancing.. but I don't think they did. I was watching, and They only hit the coop bridge once on accident. I hope they dispute that. Did anyone see 118 hit the opponent's bridge?

[George Nishimura]

They touched the co-op bridge as far as I remember.

118 accepting 548 makes their route to Einstein harder [because it allows 1717 and 469 to team up], but probably gets them the best alliance they could make. Big gamble, it could be a huge finals match [if they both get there].

[Kpchem]

Well, it wasn't like 118 could have declined from the 12th seed. These elimination matches will be very, very interesting, to say the least.

[George Nishimura]

Well, it wasn't like 118 could have declined from the 12th seed. These elimination matches will be very, very interesting, to say the least.

Wait, did they actually get a red? They hadn't updated the table for me... well then fair enough.

[EricH]

Wait, did they actually get a red? They hadn't updated the table for me... well then fair enough.
118 has the dubious distinction of being the only team in Newton with a DQ showing on their rankings. Refresh the page if you need to.

[George Nishimura]

118 has the dubious distinction of being the only team in Newton with a DQ showing on their rankings. Refresh the page if you need to.

Oh wow, then everything makes sense. That's quite a tragedy.

[372 lives on]

wows nice random field assignments.

6 pnw team in newton finals.
2 pnw team in all other finals :/

[Pauline Tasci]

whats happening to 1717!?

[EricH]

whats happening to 1717!?
330 and 1717 both had trouble--looked like comm problems.

[BHS_STopping]

What's with the communication issues? So far 1717, 330, and 610 have lost their connections to the field. The indicator light above the alliance station goes from disabled to enabled and then the robot sometimes comes back. Last match 1717 died and came back along with 330. Really disappointed that this has to happen.

[torihoelscher]

Newton was such a great field!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy we were able to be ranked 9th on the field!!! It was so awesome and amazing how everyone was so gracious to each other!! I can't wait to see you guys at IRI (either my team will go or I will volunteer myself!!!!!!!)

[JohnSchneider]

Newton was such a great field!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy we were able to be ranked 9th on the field!!! It was so awesome and amazing how everyone was so gracious to each other!! I can't wait to see you guys at IRI (either my team will go or I will volunteer myself!!!!!!!)

Newton was a great *division*. The field itself was terrible. Probably the worst field for communication outside of Einstein.

[Debbie]

Team 1023 would like to thank everyone on Newton division for an awesome experience. We enjoyed seeing old friends and getting to know new ones! We want to thank the alliances that followed through with co-ops with this Michigan team, and we want to thank all of the teams that played with us. It was great to work with you all.

11 - Thanks so much for picking us. We wish we could have made it further, but we really enjoyed working with you!

469 - From passing each other at lunch time on the way out and deciding to stop together for lunch, to playing an awesome match together, to helping us with a couple matches we missed scouting data on, to potential gummy bear kidnappings, to dinner on Saturday.. we greatly enjoyed sharing our world championship experience with you all! Would have loved to have a repeat of Detroit, but at least we enjoyed some fun together!

4294 - You inspire us. We enjoyed helping you with scouting data, and thank you for all the help you all gave with scouting. Sorry we had computer issues so you couldn't utilize it all the time, but I hope it helped you and gave you a feel for scouting! :) We loved getting to know you this year and working with you again in Newton!

365 - MOE - You inspired my Dana Unicorns way back in 2000 at Epcot and were one of the teams that planted a seed in a bunch of 4th - 8th graders which blossomed into the Bedford Express. It was an honor to watch you play and hang out with you!

610 - Coyotes - It was great to play with you and to see you in the hotel! We enjoyed getting to know you a little and look forward to seeing you again in the future.

548 - Congrats on being first seed and for leading your alliance to the Newton title!

To our honorary BX (123-COSMOS) team members, thanks for joining us on our trip and for adding so much to our experience. We enjoyed you greatly!

To all of our Michigan teams in Newton - it was great to see you and have a chance to play with you some more.

Thanks to everyone who played fair, exhibited gracious professionalism in their game, and made this experience a great one! The thing I love BEST about FIRST is not the robots, but the gracious professionalism that is taught and exhibited and which truly changes lives! Each act of gracious professionalism makes the FIRST program stronger. It is always a pleasure to be in the company of these teams!

Of course.. to all of the volunteers.. THANK YOU! You make everything in FIRST possible and without you, we couldn't have the spectacular competition that we do. Thank you for your time!

We hope you all had safe travels home and are (or are getting close) to your home! Hope to see you next year! We made many new friends, and we hope to see you soon!

[JosephC]

Newton was such an awesome field for my first year at worlds. I'd like to give a shoutout to a few teams in particular.

330 and 639 - Thanks to our scouting data we were able to grab 330 from 28th seed and 639 for 88th seed. That alliance made triple balancing look easy, and our full court defense strategy propelled us to division finalists. We had a great run, and I hope to see you all again next year.

548, 2194, and 118 - Congrats on winning Newton! the scoring from both 118 and 548, as well as the great defense played by 2194 took the field by storm and knocked down your opponents 1 by 1. It was an honor playing you in the division finals and I can't wait to see what you come up with next year.

1516 and 3357 - For doing a random unplanned triple balance with us on the practice field.

Everyone else - See you all next year, and may we meet at IRI.

Brandon Holley - Thanks for the signature on our robot. ;)

[Justin Montois]

Sorry for the bump but does anyone have match video?

[JosephC]

Sorry for the bump but does anyone have match video?

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLumXeb1tOUySFxOwAOc7cGLLI_PNaypQe&feature=plpp

You can find them there.

[Justin Montois]

Didn't know that existed. Thanks a lot!

[mwmac]

Anyone have Newton Eliminations?

[Peyton Yeung]

Anyone have Newton Eliminations?

Eliminations are here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Jm1vQ_bSk&list=PLumXeb1tOUySFxOwAOc7cGLLI_PNaypQe&index=5&feature=plpp_video

[mwmac]

Thanks!