Best Reveal Videos

[Bryce Paputa]

Which reveal videos from this year are your favorites and why?

[Mrcope9]

I'd probably say the Killer Bees and Robowranglers. They make great robots every year. I especially liked the Star Wars theme to the Robowrangler machine this time around. The Killer Bees, in my opinion had the best design this year.

[Joe G.]

For me, it'll take quite a bit to ever surpass FIRST Team 148's Breakaway reveal video. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hTyXQUgYLE)

For those who weren't around in 2010, it's important to understand and appreciate not just the video itself, which is very well done, but the context in which it was released. The 2010 build season was an ugly one, due to the extreme amount of snow many areas of the country received, but more importantly, the game. The game rules severely limited means to control the soccer balls (no more than 3" into the frame perimeter), and presented enough brand new "grand challenges" (kicking, hanging, suspending). A very large number of teams basically accepted the idea that the game was intended to prevent robots from gaining proper control of the balls, and to simply "dribble" them like real soccer. Teams that refused to accept this limitation faced a build season with a nasty prototyping challenge that I don't think FIRST has surpassed since. The only footage, and presumably for most teams, the only results, were loose "dribblers" which spun the ball backwards into the robot and only really worked at slow speeds in ideal conditions, and suction systems which created a death grip, but required pinpoint accuracy to acquire a ball.

And then 148 posts their video. It was already a great piece of work, with the detailed photo log of an intense prototyping process, the tease at the thunderchickens collaboration, and the beautiful as always Robowranglers sheet metal work. Drops mind blow #1 with the first articulating drive of the modern era and the reveal of the Nonadrive. And then, the shot at 1:46 of the robot accelerating into a ball, reversing, with the ball stuck to the front like glue, dropped the jaws of the entire FIRST community. It was simply on another plane of performance from what the majority of us had experienced, providing pure functionality seen as impossible to achieve.

And it wasn't done yet. It was also the first reveal video of the year to feature a vertical post hang, yet another paradigm shift for many teams.

Many videos have matched it's quality in recent years, but nothing has touched it in terms of making teams realize that they needed to up their game. It was simply orders of magnitude above what we thought was possible.

[Akash Rastogi]

For me, it'll take quite a bit to ever surpass FIRST Team 148's Breakaway reveal video. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hTyXQUgYLE)

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I have to agree here.

[NWChen]

In a more cinematic way, Team Alberta Tech Alliance (4334)'s reveal video (http://youtu.be/aWpSX5VQavk) this year was amazing. Had it not been Premiere Night I would have thought I was seeing a sci-fi film.

[lynca]

best Parody Reveal in FRC History

#TehChezyPofs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpSgUrsghv4

[Abhishek R]

In a more cinematic way, Team Alberta Tech Alliance (4334)'s reveal video (http://youtu.be/aWpSX5VQavk) this year was amazing. Had it not been Premiere Night I would have thought I was seeing a sci-fi film.

I'll second this one.

[Michael Hill]

In a more cinematic way, Team Alberta Tech Alliance (4334)'s reveal video (http://youtu.be/aWpSX5VQavk) this year was amazing. Had it not been Premiere Night I would have thought I was seeing a sci-fi film.

Wow, that was really good.

[BJC]

For me, it'll take quite a bit to ever surpass FIRST Team 148's Breakaway reveal video. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hTyXQUgYLE)

This was the video that inspired me to start making reveals for 33 back in 2011. (It's still as awesome as I remember.:] )

Shout out to 971 this year for their awesome video. here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy27Om57GbM)

, Bryan

[BBray_T1296]

Best Robot (related) Reveal Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMquMHmielc&list=UU3Bg2-7JLfl3vr3B2OpoTJA). I felt motivated after I saw this one

[Joe Ross]

Team 857's 2002 drivetrain reveal. First time most people had seen an omnidirectional drive train. Unfortunately, the video appears to have disappeared from the internet. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22207

Team 118 2007. Fully functional robot in 3 weeks. 6 motor crab drive and a turret. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3l6Xqts4to

[lynca]

wildstang had some great videos back in the day. They also had a great playlist of technical videos from 2012 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo-0Ga9xXuyRXsSwGCyxcskgpTaXrOpK1)

2004 Encore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgdGtwQQIo) was my favorite

[Steven Donow]

For me, it'll take quite a bit to ever surpass FIRST Team 148's Breakaway reveal video. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hTyXQUgYLE)



This is a great one and one of my favorites. Not to mention the usage of one of the greatest hardcore songs of all time (Refused-New Noise).

I've always been a big fan of 2012 and 2013 Robonauts videos.

2016's 2011 one is also one of my all time favorites (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ7jTKJNLzg) (as well as one of my all time favorite robots)

[ks68]

4488 had a great reveal this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEhQnKbRz-0

[Abhishek R]

If we're talking about all time, definitely hard to beat 118's 2013 video, (www.youtube.com/watch?v=DojyJ9bZ4fk) for me at least. The song choice was too good.

[cadandcookies]

I absolutely loved 33's robot reveal video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btQtnyxyY8E) this year, for a variety of reasons-- excellent song choice, some good syncing, and an excellent robot.

I'd say the all time best for me though is still Robonaut's 2013-- the video that, at least for me, proved that robot reveal videos could be something other than dubstep laden dropfests or classic rock swagger. To this day, even though I dislike the song, I still get a smile on my face when I hear "Can't Hold Us" on the radio or at a party. The video was just that darn good. There was a genuine artistry that I don't think many reveal videos have that makes it unforgettable for me.

[Vladi03]

"Can't Hold This"

I think you mean "Can't Hold Us".

[Mrcope9]

If we're talking about all time, definitely hard to beat 118's 2013 video, (www.youtube.com/watch?v=DojyJ9bZ4fk) for me at least. The song choice was too good.

Agreed. I still watch it in amazement.

[ekapalka]

If we're talking about all time, definitely hard to beat 118's 2013 video, (www.youtube.com/watch?v=DojyJ9bZ4fk) for me at least. The song choice was too good.
That robot looks an awful lot like a copy machine... :P

[asid61]

33's video this year. It was very well fitted and thought out.

[Arman1266]

I really enjoyed 610's reveal video this year. The musicality and the amount of work they put into a 3 minute video is absolutely astounding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USqCQIQbtLk

[cadandcookies]

I think you mean "Can't Hold Us".

All the more proof that I don't particularly like the song... (Except in context of course :P)

[MrTechCenter]

624's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtUeZnuL4bs) reveal video for this season was really good. Pretty cool song mashup, and I love when the robot rolls out all slow. Although I do have to agree that 118 from 2013 was probably the best of all time.

[Max Boord]

2014: ??? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpSgUrsghv4)
2013: 118 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DojyJ9bZ4fk)
2012: 33 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJREahxuy4Q)
2011: 118 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lRtC8wBUa0)
2010: 148 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hTyXQUgYLE)
2009: 148 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCVLZFyEI1Y)
2008: 148 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fLf71xlVhE)

[magnets]

2004: Wildstang Encore: Great choice of music, epic articulated-bump-climbing swerve, and cool shot of robot falling down. **Don't think it was a reveal video though.

2008: Robonauts. They somehow had a turreted swerve drive with an insane shooter and a functional intake after only 3 weeks of build.

2008: Robowranglers Tumbleweed: 3 Wheel, 6 Motor Swerve, on a 9 sided frame.

2009: Robonauts, Pacman was kind of cool. The game wasn't.

2010: Robonauts, 3 week robot that flew over the bump, kicked the ball hard, and had an awesome eagle thing on the side. Also, it had the best clip I've ever seen: http://youtu.be/yqVVCRmXdiE?t=1m39s (at 1:39).

2011: Robonauts. End of build video with human player throws across the entire field. Fast elevator with cool music.

*Reveals become more popular now
2012: Robonauts. Bridge balancer
Wildstang. Ball camera
179. Unique design that started the "trolling" arguments

2013: Robonauts- Cool climber, robot that does everything, helicopter gets hit with frisbee
Cheesy Poofs: Insanely fast terrifying computer controlled swinging climber.

**Reveals are way too popular now.
2014:
Cheesy Poofs: Two perfectly symmetrical powerdercoated robots score max points in autonomous mode filmed by quadcopter.
Robonauts: Good song choice

[thatprogrammer]

My favorite would have to be the thunderchickens in 2013. Excellent cinematography, wonderful background noise, and just hints at the features of the robot without revealing too much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmHIQgQZXj0

[jblay]

I love seeing threads like this, basically costs me an hour of my life, because I have to watch old reveal videos, but it is so worth it.

[Joseph Smith]

In addition to those already shared, one of my favorite videos from this season was this video by Wave Robotics. Awesome music, awesome robot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwtabB9_04k

[BrendanB]

My favorite from this year has to go to 2485. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BdVP3kF41M

[DJB11]

Aside from the teams that have already been said, 1241 had a pretty good reveal this year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezujJJEYXp0 Definitely one of my favorites

[Canon reeves]

My favorite from 2012 is definitely team 16 Bomb Squad. From 201, team 118 and team Titanium. When I first started FIRST I watched all of 148's reveal videos and was instantly hooked, I was just so surprised at the quality of robot and the great designs.