Championship Matches from the Catwalk 2013

[MooreteP]

Here are six matches that were filmed from the catwalk over the fields at the CMP.

It is interesting to watch Ultimate Ascent from this perspective in that the frisbees are not lines, but circles.

First up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04SqQQWxzE0
Match 90 on Newton, featuring my favorite FCS blocker, Team 3574 HIGH-TEKERZ from Burien, Washington, and their inflatable tube. They effectively shut down 195 CyberKnights from their FCS strategy. Note how 195 could still move to the other side of the field and easily make their shots. They probably had the most effective FCS with its targeting control.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFoMD6hGVGQ
Match 89 from Curie featuring 67 HOT and 2 FCS's. Climb and dump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X26EMNudDqg
Match 91 from Archimedes featuring 254 Cheesy Poofs with great floor pickup and their relatively fast 30 point climb. (not the 7 seconds they showed, but still one of the fastest this year)
Note how their floor pickup stopped at 4 discs. Very cool from this vantage point.

I need help with the next 3 matches. If anyone can help identify the match number and division, please do. It was hard to see the team numbers from overhead.
All of the matches were on Friday afternoon and were between 80 and 95.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rVz7pNFVI
Newton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYG-AOs80Os
Newton or Archimedes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjiXyfBBfkc
Curie

Other videos of matches from the floor:
Match 109 Archimedes Killer Bees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkd_0KRB6Xs
Sorry for the shakiness. Killer Bees build the most beautiful machines.

1114 Match 75 climbing almost dump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMBTmfBnjsc
I apologize for the audio and missing the dump. 1114 = crazy good.

Match 39 MOE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io3WG2roTBY
MOE, always on task with the only centerline autonomous pickup that I was able to capture.

Galileo Match 11 Coyotes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z3Chw2ZXSY
Our eventual world champions. I saw them at GSR, where their win earned them a CMP berth. Their excellent drivers complemented a well designed cycler.
Also featured here is 2648 from Maine, and 295 from Cali. Both Coasts and two countries.

Match 40 WPI Team 190 Wombo Combo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue-eJSJlYMQ
Autonomous, good shooter, 30 point climb and dump.

Match 42 Cyber Rolling Thunder Chickens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4uHF5OjS-g
Great FCS by 195, again. The match was lost due to two failed climbs. :-(

Team Titanium Match 116
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fcYiMqs0Ww
They didn't quite pull off their 30 point climb, but Titanium was one of my favorites on all levels. Their POV video was the best of the year for this game. I picked them to go much further.

Here is a great quote from them in the local paper:
"Going into the divisional finals — as with any sport — there were favorites. One was Team Titanium from Lee’s Summit, outside Kansas City.

“We have a really good program,” said Cameron Lerch, a junior at Lee’s Summit West High School. “We start grooming kids when they’re freshman.”

Yet despite their winning record and all the buzz suggesting they might end up on top this year, they were eliminated before the final. Lerch wasn’t particularly worried, though. He has his eye on the future.

“I used to play baseball,” he said, “but then I went to a couple meetings and fell in love. I saw I had better opportunities with robotics than baseball.”

Still, he planned to be among the cheering thousands as the victorious alliance emerged on Saturday evening."

Class Act.

[Koko Ed]

Here are six matches that were filmed from the catwalk over the fields at the CMP.

It is interesting to watch Ultimate Ascent from this perspective in that the frisbees are not lines, but circles.

First up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04SqQQWxzE0
Match 90 on Newton, featuring my favorite FCS blocker, Team 3574 HIGH-TEKERZ from Burien, Washington, and their inflatable tube. They effectively shut down 195 CyberKnights from their FCS strategy. Note how 195 could still move to the other side of the field and easily make their shots. They probably had the most effective FCS with its targeting control.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04SqQQWxzE0
Match 89 from Curie featuring 67 HOT and 2 FCS's. Climb and dump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X26EMNudDqg
Match 91 from Archimedes featuring 254 Cheesy Poofs with great floor pickup and their relatively fast 30 point climb. (not the 7 seconds they showed, but still one of the fastest this year)
Note how their floor pickup stooped at 4 discs. Very cool from this vantage point.

I need help with the next 3 matches. If anyone can help identify the match number and division, please do. It was hard to see the team numbers from overhead.
All of the matches were on Saturday afternoon and were between 80 and 95.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rVz7pNFVI
Newton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYG-AOs80Os
Newton or Archimedes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjiXyfBBfkc
Curie

Other videos of matches from the floor:
Match 109 Archimedes Killer Bees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkd_0KRB6Xs
Sorry for the shakiness. Killer Bees build the most beautiful machines.

1114 Match 75 climbing almost dump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMBTmfBnjsc
I apologize for the audio and missing the dump. 1114 = crazy good.

Match 39 MOE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io3WG2roTBY
MOE, always on task with the only centerline autonomous pickup that I was able to capture.

Galileo Match 11 Coyotes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z3Chw2ZXSY
Our eventual world champions. I saw them at GSR, where their win earned them a CMP berth. Their excellent drivers complemented a well designed cycler.
Also featured here is 2648 from Maine, and 295 from Cali. Both Coasts and two countries.

Match 40 WPI Team 190 Wombo Combo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue-eJSJlYMQ
Autonomous, good shooter, 30 point climb and dump.

Match 42 Cyber Rolling Thunder Chickens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4uHF5OjS-g
Great FCS by 195, again. The match was lost due to two failed climbs. :-(

Team Titanium Match 116
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fcYiMqs0Ww
They didn't quite pull off their 30 point climb, but Titanium was one of my favorites on all levels. Their POV video was the best of the year for this game. I picked them to go much further.

Here is a great quote from them in the local paper:
"Going into the divisional finals — as with any sport — there were favorites. One was Team Titanium from Lee’s Summit, outside Kansas City.

“We have a really good program,” said Cameron Lerch, a junior at Lee’s Summit West High School. “We start grooming kids when they’re freshman.”

Yet despite their winning record and all the buzz suggesting they might end up on top this year, they were eliminated before the final. Lerch wasn’t particularly worried, though. He has his eye on the future.

“I used to play baseball,” he said, “but then I went to a couple meetings and fell in love. I saw I had better opportunities with robotics than baseball.”

Still, he planned to be among the cheering thousands as the victorious alliance emerged on Saturday evening."

Class Act.
You guys are far braver than I am going up there.

[MooreteP]

You guys are far braver than I am going up there.
We called you on your phone while you were queueing Newton, you could of looked up if you answered, we had to settle for your shiny head. :-)

[Koko Ed]

We called you on your phone while you were queueing Newton, you could of looked up if you answered, we had to settle for your shiny head. :-)

I was preoccupied.

[Chris_Ely]

Curie match 89 links to Newton match 90.

[Anthony Galea]

Curie match 89 links to Newton match 90.

This is the link you are looking for:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFoMD6hGVGQ&list=UUaN_y8r2itH3hUljz8wc_Vw&index=2

[Koko Ed]

You guys are far braver than I am going up there.You guys (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimsrobot/8710978996/in/set-72157633424708682/) are crazy!

[cjrazdar15]

How does one get on the cat walk? Is it possible for a simpleton like myself to scamper up there???

[Mark Sheridan]

wow nice videos! In some of the videos you start zoomed out, thats when I realized how high you guys were. Gave me vertigo.

[MooreteP]

How does one get on the cat walk? Is it possible for a simpleton like myself to scamper up there???

U haz 2 be a cat.

[MooreteP]

You guys (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimsrobot/8710978996/in/set-72157633424708682/) are crazy!

Atlanta was crazier.

[Koko Ed]

Atlanta was crazier.

guh...

[IndySam]

Atlanta was crazier.

Hey I can see myself!

[MooreteP]

guh...

Is that for Lunacy, or Acrophobia?
:)

[Koko Ed]

Is that for Lunacy, or Acrophobia?
:)

Now that I think about it...both.

[dictionaria13]

Match 90 on Newton, featuring my favorite FCS blocker, Team 3574 HIGH-TEKERZ from Burien, Washington, and their inflatable tube.

Thanks for the compliment! We cooked it up between Portland and Seattle.

The view from the catwalk looks awesome! (I'm weird. I like heights, often more than I like the ground.)

Also entertaining to me: being able to identify not only Alistair (our robot) from that height (he was rather distinctive, wouldn't you say?), but our drive team (they're the ones whose heads are lit up. We had fun with LEDs this year, and plan to do more with them in the future).

(Parentheses are awesome.)

[pcbob444]

Sure these weren't from Friday?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rVz7pNFVI
Newton

Not positive, but I think this is Galileo division, match 83.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYG-AOs80Os
Newton or Archimedes

It looks like
Newton, QM 84, part 1. the match that did not count.

[MooreteP]

Thanks for the compliment! We cooked it up between Portland and Seattle.

The view from the catwalk looks awesome! (I'm weird. I like heights, often more than I like the ground.)

Also entertaining to me: being able to identify not only Alistair (our robot) from that height (he was rather distinctive, wouldn't you say?), but our drive team (they're the ones whose heads are lit up. We had fun with LEDs this year, and plan to do more with them in the future).

(Parentheses are awesome.)

Your Robot was unique and creative. I spent some time talking to your team in the queue and found them to be knowledgable and engaged.

[MooreteP]

Sure these weren't from Friday?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rVz7pNFVI
Newton

Not positive, but I think this is Galileo division, match 83.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYG-AOs80Os
Newton or Archimedes

It looks like
Newton, QM 84, part 1. the match that did not count.

Thank you, I amended my OP to reflect that. (Still recovering from the season)

[protoserge]

Awesome. Thanks for the stills!

[Mike Marandola]

That was a nice full court bank shot off the pyramid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=04SqQQWxzE0#t=116s

[Kims Robot]

A couple more videos from the Catwalk :)
Galileo Match 88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2WQlyU65vA

Pretty Certain this is another Match 90 on Newton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJVGTyXQol4

This one is Archimedes, but I don't know which match...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyu50EQYFbo

I also have a bunch of catwalk photos of teams & people in my photoset. I have more coming, but I need some more editing time, so I only have the preview posted so far :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimsrobot/sets/72157633424708682/

It was an amazing opportunity to get up there and see things from a whole new perspective. I was absolutely amazed at how slow the frisbees from the full court shooters appeared to be from above!! Craziness!!

[Travis Hoffman]

How does one get on the cat walk? Is it possible for a simpleton like myself to scamper up there???

In order to be on the catwalk, they have to be....

too sexy for the floor. too sexy for the floor....

Sorry. Horrible early 90's music video flashbacks.

[pcbob444]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYG-AOs80Os
Newton or Archimedes

Definitely Newton QM 84, part one.
This match did not count.
RED:2612 ,604, 3171
BLUE:1251,128, 2052

Here is proof:
http://youtu.be/0DAQ5TpYdGg

[Kims Robot]

too sexy for the floor. too sexy for the floor....
I almost repped you for that one... and then I hit my head on the desk instead.... ::sigh:: :D

[Mike Marandola]

Now that I think about it...both.

I'm starting to think that I'm the only person on the planet that loved Lunacy.

[Koko Ed]

I'm starting to think that I'm the only person on the planet that loved Lunacy.

most likely.
Lunacy was the Grumpy Cat of FIRST games.

[Mike Marandola]

most likely.
Lunacy was the Grumpy Cat of FIRST games.

hahaha. The only thing that it was missing was a good end game.

[IndySam]

I'm starting to think that I'm the only person on the planet that loved Lunacy.

Lunacy was a great game behind the glass but an awful game to watch.

[MooreteP]

Lunacy was a great game behind the glass but an awful game to watch.

Now that I think about it...both.

Okay, you've made me look at the catwalk photos from 2009, Lunacy, a much maligned game.

In retrospect (they say it takes twenty years to write history) I like it more than I thought I did.

Here's why:
The white regolith from the catwalk made for very cool photos. It made the competition pictures look like reverse images.

The game theory, where the goal was attached to your butt and close proximity made for vulnerability, was very high level. (though it made for many circle matches that looked like two dogs chasing each others tails)

Check it out.

[Hallry]

Check it out.

Ah, the good ole' Georgia Dome...

[Koko Ed]

Lunacy was a great game behind the glass but an awful game to watch.

^this

[akoscielski3]

Now that I think of it Lunacy would have been a great game if they didn't use Regolith as the flooring.
Imagine how crazy some of the pushing matches or collisions would have been if there were robots running around the field at 14ft/s. I bet half of the robots wouldnt be square anymore... They'd all be parallelograms...

[MooreteP]

Ah, the good ole' Georgia Dome...

Yeah, I miss it too.

Here are some other pics from Lunacy 2009.

A half moon over Atlanta at sunset during the competition.

Trinity,40, a team that I really miss.

Fireworks at the Finale event.

[pcbob444]

MooreteP,
Hope you don't mind,
I 'borrowed' your overhead view and added to mine.

Newton - QM90
https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=YmYDiZBf4W4&ns=1