2015 IRI Invitation List

[Chris Fultz]

Below is the listing of invited teams for the 2015 IRI.

74 Teams, with the expectation of a final field of 66-70 after teams make final decisions.

The list includes all 4 teams from the 2014 IRI Winning Alliance, a team from Israel, and a total of 18 teams who will be attending their first IRI.

Thank you to all of the teams that applied. We had a real challenge to select teams.

Invited teams should receive an email invitation and also a Paypal invoice to the main contact listed on the application form.


The IRI Planning Committee

[Chris Fultz]

Invitation List - Team Number Order

1 16 Bomb Squad
2 20 Rocketeers
3 27 Team Rush
4 33 Killer Bees
5 48 Delphi Elite
6 67 HOT Team
7 68 Truck Town Thunder
8 107 Team ROBITICS
9 111 Wildstang
10 118 Robotnauts
11 125 Nutrons
12 135 Penn Robotics
13 148 Robowranglers
14 179 Children of the Swamp
15 195 Cyberknights
16 217 ThunderChickens
17 225 Techfire
18 226 Hammerheads
19 233 Pink Team
20 234 Cyber Blue
21 245 Adam Bots
22 316 LuNaTeCs
23 330 Beachbots
24 340 GRR
25 359 Hawaiin Kids
26 379 RoboCats
27 384 Sparky 384
28 469 Las Guerillas
29 503 Frog Force
30 548 RoboStangs
31 624 CRyptonite
32 744 Shark Attack
33 829 Digital Goats
34 1023 Bedford Express
35 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
36 1114 Simbotics
37 1218 Vulcan Robotics
38 1310 RUNNYMEDE ROBOTICS
39 1325 Inverse Paradox
40 1619 Up-A-Creek Robotics
41 1625 Winnovation
42 1640 Sab-Bot-age
43 1657 Hamosad
44 1711 Raptors
45 1720 PhyXTGears
46 1730 Team Driven
47 1741 Red Alert
48 1756 Argos
49 1806 SWAT
50 1817 Llano Estacado RoboRaiders
51 1923 Midnight Inventors
52 2056 OP Robotics
53 2122 Team Tators
54 2337 EngiNERDS
55 2338 Gear it Forward
56 2468 Team Appreciate
57 2502 Talon
58 2512 Duluth East Daredevils
59 2590 Nemesis
60 2614 MARS
61 2826 Wave Robotics
62 2852 DM High Voltage
63 2867 ElkLogics
64 3015 Ranger Robotics
65 3098 The Captains
66 3130 ERRORS
67 3641 Flying Toasters
68 3824 HVA RoHAWKtics
69 4039 Makeshift Robotics
70 4143 MARS/WARS
71 4678 Cybercavs
72 5188 Classified Robotics
73 5254 Robot Raiders
74 5413 Stellar Robotics

[Zach101]

Can't wait to compete with you guys! This will be our team's first time going and we are so excited!:D :D :D :D

[Gregor]

Definitely disappointed in not seeing 865, but overall that's a stunning list of teams.

[Justin Montois]

Teams 340 & 3015 are extremely excited to have a chance to play with all of these incredible teams!

As always, IRI is a world class event and we can't thank the planning committe enough for their efforts. See you all in a few weeks!

[Dylan179]

Stoked :D

[Mastonevich]

Congratulations to all invited teams.

That looks to be one tough competition. It will be awesome to watch as usual.

I will be rooting for the Missouri teams.

[Kevin Leonard]

Some incredible machines both on and off this list.
I'm excited to attend my third IRI, and I'm pumped to see both 20 and 5254 on the list.
Other New York teams 340, 3015.
I'm interested to see how well New York's best perform at the most competitive event in FIRST.
Although I am disappointed 1126 and 1511 didn't make it in. Both machines were capable of 2+ stacks per match pretty consistently.

[MARS_James]

I am both ecstatic and shocked that we made the final list. I am looking forward to seeing how IRI plays out in person

[AndrewPospeshil]

Congrats to all the teams who've been accepted! I know this year will be a great event as usual.

One thing I noticed is the absence of a few powerhouse teams - namely 254 and 987. I heard that 987 will be in China during this time; I assume the Poofs are also committed or simply won't be traveling so far this time, seeing as they didn't send in an application. Regardless, there's still an incredible number of powerhouse teams from around the globe on this list, and I'm excited to see all of them once again! :D

[AllenGregoryIV]

Texas has some pretty awesome teams headed to Indiana. I'm disappointed 4587 didn't make it in, they have an awesome robot this year.

[Doug Frisk]

Alrighty then, anyone have hotel recommendations?

[Koko Ed]

Alrighty then, anyone have hotel recommendations?
The ones around the event will be sucked up in seconds.
The Extended Stay me, Mojo, my niece and Garrick stayed at suited us perfectly fine and wasn't too far away from the event. I'll definitely look into staying there again.

[Mike Marandola]

316 is extremely excited to attend this year. We can't wait to talk and compete with some of the best teams in FRC.

[Abhishek R]

Main surprises to me would be the lack of 4587 and 865, both had incredible machines.

The list still looks insanely stacked, we are excited to attend!

[akoscielski3]

I am also extremely surprised 865 did not make it. They were one of the top robots in Canada this year.

[ronlottem]

thank you very match for inviting us to go all the way to the IRI!
altough we didnt make it to the championship this year i hope we will be able to give a fight to the big guys!

[Alex2614]

We are excited to attend our 3rd IRI this year!! So many great teams, they might actually make this exciting to watch!

[Woolly]

Alrighty then, anyone have hotel recommendations?

Avoid this place: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g37104-d240132-Reviews-Studio_6_Indianapolis_Fishers-Fishers_Hamilton_County_Indiana.html

We stayed there last year. Never again.

[bkahl]

So surprised to see 4587 absent from the list.

[BrendanB]

Kudos to the teams who made it in IRI will be very exciting!

Very sad to see 4587 and 865 off the list. 865 has created a very deadly machine that is unfortunately a late bloomer.:(

[Boe]

Congrats to all the teams that got in, especially our Minnesota friends 2502, 2512, and 3130!

[Kevin Leonard]

865 is definitely the best landfill bot to apply and not make it in.
4587, 1987 had awesome and creative designs that were also effective that would have been sick to see in action at IRI.
1126, 1511, and many others on the list were consistent stackers at the feeder station making 2+ stacks/match as well.

But we all knew amazing robots were going to be left out, and thats definitely not limited to just these five. These are just the ones that stood out the most to me.

[carpedav000]

A bit surprised to not see 868 in IRI, any reasoning for that?

[FRCmediaMan]

I am amazed and excited we made it on the list. I think we will be planing to make another IRI Robot Reveal Video for the event as we did last year. Super excited to be able to go back to the city of Indiana yet again! :ahh: :D

[Travis Hoffman]

Many thanks for inviting 48, 379, and 5413 from Ohio. We're looking forward to the trip!

[Clayton Summerall]

Great list of teams! I'm soooo ready to watch!!

[tindleroot]

Super excited to be able to go back to the city of Indiana yet again! :ahh: :D

Last I checked Indiana was a state. Perhaps you're thinking of Indianapolis?

[Hadi379]

Thank you!

[Peyton Yeung]

A bit surprised to not see 868 in IRI, any reasoning for that?

With the number of great teams that applied it is inevitable that a good team doesn't make it.

[evanperryg]

Very excited to be invited to IRI! Disappointed to see 4655 and 2194 not be invited. Two great teams who have a lot of potential.

[Clem1640]

Team Sab-BOT-age looks forward to seeing friends both old and new; near and far at IRI!

IRI Rocks!

[BenGuy]

Looking forward to our second IRI! Good luck to all the teams going, and we will see you there. :D

[Brian Maher]

Six MAR teams are invited (225, 316, 1218, 1640, 1923, 2590). These teams all have incredible robots; our region is well represented :)

[Schnabel]

With the number of great teams that applied it is inevitable that a good team doesn't make it.

Yeah but 45 isn't on the list. Are they no longer involved? At first I assumed none of the hosts were there, but 234 and 1024 are.

[Peyton Yeung]

Yeah but 45 isn't on the list. Are they no longer involved? At first I assumed none of the hosts were there, but 234 and 1024 are.
They opted out of competing this year to focus on volunteering.

[Derek Rouse]

A big congratulations to teams 125 and 195 on their invitations. They've both performed excellently all year and it's good to see it all pay off. Go get em' guys! ;)

[Mammaloon]

Lack of NE teams is sad...

[Koko Ed]

Lack of NE teams is sad...

Only a few applied. It's a pretty long trek to Indiana from the eastern shores.

[Jeremy Germita]

Looks like a great team list! 5012 will be cheering on our Texas Friends 118 and 148! Good luck to everyone!

[mman1506]

Congrats to the invited teams!

It will be interesting to see how teams manage 3 HP robot alliances. A number of top teams require a stationary mechanism (1325,148,1023...) at the HP station. Keeping the flow going could be very rewarding.

A couple of our members will probably be spectating again this year. We had a great time last year.

[Alan Anderson]

Yeah but 45 isn't on the list. Are they no longer involved? At first I assumed none of the hosts were there, but 234 and 1024 are.

With the TechnoKats' mediocre* robot performance this season, we decided not to apply. We didn't want the selection committee to have to pass us over. :-)

* Precisely middle-of-the-road -- we were ranked 50th in Galileo.

[Bob Bonczyk]

Team 107 would like to thank the committee and we are look foward to Competing in Indiana again!

[IndySam]

The Digital Goats are thrilled to making the long drive and returning to IRI.

[HolyLandBrand]

It's awesome that 1657 is invited. They missed out on champs this year and they certainly deserve to attend IRI based of their cool robot design.

[Coach Norm]

FRC 2468 Appreciates the opportunity to compete at IRI again.

We are looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting/making new friends.

It is going to be a blast to be on the field with some many high quality teams as it always is at IRI.

[mwmac]

Team Tators greatly appreciate the invitation from the selection committee to participate for a second time in the IRI tournament. We look forward to playing with some of our old friends and meeting new ones.

PS. Coach Norm, we are bringing Stoller....

[Bennett548]

548
1023
1711

Cool to see the whole Michigan State Championship winning alliance made it on the invite list. It doesn't look like any of the other districts have all three winning alliance members going.

Makes me wonder if there are any regional winning alliances that will all be there together.

[SoccerTaco]

Team 3824 can't wait to stack some trash cans with ya'll. :D

Steve


(That statement would sound so weird outside of FIRSTville...)

[Cory]

Congrats to all the teams who've been accepted! I know this year will be a great event as usual.

One thing I noticed is the absence of a few powerhouse teams - namely 254 and 987. I heard that 987 will be in China during this time; I assume the Poofs are also committed or simply won't be traveling so far this time, seeing as they didn't send in an application. Regardless, there's still an incredible number of powerhouse teams from around the globe on this list, and I'm excited to see all of them once again! :D

We're not busy. Unfortunately this game sucks and is not worth the added expense (and time off work, for mentors) to travel to Indiana for.

We will miss seeing our friends and look forward to a game worth playing, so we can see them next year!

[MARS_James]

We're not busy. Unfortunately this game sucks and is not worth the added expense

Man this quote should be included in the history book when talking about this game

[seg9585]

We're not busy. Unfortunately this game sucks and is not worth the added expense (and time off work, for mentors) to travel to Indiana for.

Wow, after all that work you guys put into re-vamping your robot for SVR and then Champs, suddenly the game is not worth playing!

Everyone's entitled to their opinion I guess, but that's definitely not an attitude I've encouraged students to have when participating in any engineering challenge, regardless of how interesting the project is. Definitely couldn't get away with saying that at an engineering job even if the project isn't the most interesting you've worked.

[Michael Corsetto]

Wow, after all that work you guys put into re-vamping your robot for SVR and then Champs, suddenly the game is not worth playing!

I can imagine the conversation went something like this:

254 Student 1: "Hey man, want to spend thousands of dollars to fly out to middle-of-nowhere Indiana, do the same thing on the field that we've been doing in the shop for 4 months, and then maybe loose in the end because some kid can throw a fun noodle further than 35 feet?"

254 Student 2: "Not really..."

254 Student 1: "Yeah, me either..."

[Mike Marandola]

Wow, after all that work you guys put into re-vamping your robot for SVR and then Champs, suddenly the game is not worth playing!

Everyone's entitled to their opinion I guess, but that's definitely not an attitude I've encouraged students to have when participating in any engineering challenge, regardless of how interesting the project is. Definitely couldn't get away with saying that at an engineering job even if the project isn't the most interesting you've worked.

The thing is that it's an off season event which is 2000 miles away from them, that costs real money and time to attend.

[artK]

Wow, after all that work you guys put into re-vamping your robot for SVR and then Champs, suddenly the game is not worth playing!

254 knew they would be attending CVR, SVR, and Champs (qualified by winning champs last year and Hall of Fame) before the game was released. To back out of a regular season event because of the game would be silly.

Picking which offseasons to attend is like choosing which regionals/districts to attend. Some teams (359, 341, and 233 come to mind), choose to travel across the country for regionals. Why? Because they believe travelling would benefit their program and the students within it, despite the additional costs of travel. 254's decision to not apply to IRI demonstrates that they believe the costs outweigh the benefits (It's almost like the decision was made by a bunch of engineers). Should they attend other offseason events, it would because the cost benefit analysis comes out with positive results.

[MARS_James]

254 knew they would be attending CVR, SVR, and Champs (qualified by winning champs last year)

They are hall of fame they qualify every year

[seg9585]

254's decision to not apply to IRI demonstrates that they believe the costs outweigh the benefits (It's almost like the decision was made by a bunch of engineers). Should they attend other offseason events, it would because the cost benefit analysis comes out with positive results.

Yes, and what you describe is the cost benefit analysis we used when we decided not to go to Champs this year (we had a wild card spot). And deciding not to go for the reason of cost/time is perfectly reasonable, rather than saying "this game sucks so we're not going".

Obviously the cost-benefit analysis from prior years led to the decision to go, and Cory even followed up with the plan to attend next year in anticipation of a more positive cost-benefit analysis. With all else the same, that leaves the single variable here as "this game sucks" as the reason they are not attending. So be it, doesn't really matter. Just hope this doesn't translate to several years in a row of the same decision point because the game didn't meet the team's hopes and desires.

[SenorZ]

We're not busy. Unfortunately this game sucks and is not worth the added expense

Great advertisement for Chezy Champs...

[AGPapa]

Great advertisement for Chezy Champs...

Chezy Champs has a dramatically different rule set than IRI. I'd also be shocked if any team from Indiana flew across the country to compete there.

[The other Gabe]

Chezy Champs has a dramatically different rule set than IRI. I'd also be shocked if any team from Indiana flew across the country to compete there.

I wouldnt say dramatically different. I'd say goes further than IRI in changing the game.

on an unrelated note, I'm sad to see no PNW teams, but that's probably a cost/distance issue (I imagine we'll see a few at Cheezy Champz)

[ice.berg]

Can we argue about this years game somewhere else? (maybe in one of the hand full of threads already out there)

Lets try to keep this thread related to the awesomeness of IRI and the teams invited to it.



In other news!
Team 2512 is extremely excited to attend this year and will be our teams first outing at IRI. Cant wait to catch up with other teams as well as meet the ones we haven't yet!

[waialua359]

254 knew they would be attending CVR, SVR, and Champs (qualified by winning champs last year and Hall of Fame) before the game was released. To back out of a regular season event because of the game would be silly.

Picking which offseasons to attend is like choosing which regionals/districts to attend. Some teams (359, 341, and 233 come to mind), choose to travel across the country for regionals. Why? Because they believe travelling would benefit their program and the students within it, despite the additional costs of travel. 254's decision to not apply to IRI demonstrates that they believe the costs outweigh the benefits (It's almost like the decision was made by a bunch of engineers). Should they attend other offseason events, it would because the cost benefit analysis comes out with positive results.
Sponsorship is everything. Without it, there is no way we do what we do. The main reason we travel though is due to our location. With only one FRC Event, we feel it's not worth doing FRC if it's just going to be a one weekend thing after all the work put into it.
One could also say it's the building experience that's the most important part, which is absolutely true. But there are tons of other STEM experiences that are much less expensive.

Does anyone know when the deadline to accept is? We are still waiting to tag this trip with either the EP VEX Summit or Air Force Academy teacher training for some of us who want to go to IRI.
Airfares are killer this year too!

[carpedav000]

middle-of-nowhere Indiana

Whats so terrible about IN? Also, middle-of-nowhere Indiana has a name; Morgan County.

[IndySam]

middle-of-nowhere Indiana

Being from Southern Calfirnia I'll take the "middle-of-nowhere Indiana" every time.

[Coach Norm]

Team Tators greatly appreciate the invitation from the selection committee to participate for a second time in the IRI tournament. We look forward to playing with some of our old friends and meeting new ones.

PS. Coach Norm, we are bringing Stoller....

Super on Stoller.

[BrendanB]

Whats so terrible about IN? Also, middle-of-nowhere Indiana has a name; Morgan County.

If you hold an event in an area that also doubles as a travel destination of sorts you have more incentive to spend the time/money to attend an event. Indiana isn't a bad place to travel to and we all are entitled to our own opinions but it doesn't have the same appeal as attending a regional in Florida or Southern California for us Northerners who need some time in warm weather in the winter.

Even then it is a considerable cost and if you've had a long exhausting competition season some years you need a summer break even if you have one of the top robots of the year.

[Chris Fultz]

Status Update -

We have 54 teams that have accepted and no declines at this point.

Looks like a good, strong field!

[lovelj]

Chris, thanks to you and the rest of the team for pulling this together. I'm sure it's tiring and difficult but the efforts are greatly appreciated. 3824 really looks forward to the opportunity to learn from so many great organizations. We'll try to bring the printed Cobra if you have space.

[mwibbels]

This is a 5 minute response – too busy for more – so please don’t put more thought into this post than I have

It is GREAT to have highly competitive events in the Midwest and the west coast for the teams who value the competition.

We have not had a chance to experience Chezy Champs but based of feedback from friends it must be a tremendous event and we hope to participate in the future.

We have been fortunate enough to experience the Midwestern warmth and competition of IRI and are eager to do it again this year.

All that said, I think that it might be more constructive if the folks who choose not to travel to participate in one event or the other would aim for a bit higher ground and not belittle the experience, the game, or the events for others.

Just one mans opinion.

Thanks,

Mark

[Galum]

It's awesome that 1657 is invited. They missed out on champs this year and they certainly deserve to attend IRI based of their cool robot design.

We thought so too ;-) At the moment we're trying to gather the funds to travel to IRI, I'm optimistic, but we should know soon enough

[Abhishek R]

Just one mans opinion.

At least two now, I agree completely.

[AdamHeard]

Great advertisement for Chezy Champs...

He's not promoting Chezy Champs in that post, or criticizing IRI.

His point is that it's not worth spending a huge pile of money to go across the country for a poor game.

[Chris Fultz]

Now back to the original topic -

The following 59 teams have formally accepted -

16 Bomb Squad
20 Rocketeers
27 Team Rush
33 Killer Bees
48 Delphi Elite
67 HOT Team
68 Truck Town Thunder
107 Team ROBITICS
111 Wildstang
118 Robotnauts
179 Children of the Swamp
217 ThunderChickens
225 Techfire
226 Hammerheads
233 Pink Team
234 Cyber Blue
245 Adam Bots
316 LuNaTeCs
330 Beachbots
340 GRR
379 RoboCats
503 Frog Force
548 Robostangs
744 Shark Attack
829 Digital Goats
1023 Bedford Express
1024 Kil-A-Bytes
1114 Simbotics
1218 Vulcan Robotics
1325 Inverse Paradox
1619 Up-A-Creek Robotics
1625 Winnovation
1711 Raptors
1720 PhyXTGears
1730 Team Driven
1741 Red Alert
1756 Argos
1806 SWAT
1817 Llano Estacado RoboRaiders
1923 MidKnight Inventors *
2056 OP Robotics
2122 Team Tators
2337 EngiNERDS
2338 Gear it Forward
2468 Team Appreciate
2502 Talon
2512 Duluth East Daredevils
2590 Nemesis
2614 MARS
2826 Wave Robotics
2867 ElkLogics
3015 Ranger Robotics
3641 Flying Toasters
3824 HVA RoHAWKtics
4039 Makeshift Robotics
4143 MARS/WARS
5188 Classified Robotics
5254 Robot Raiders
5413 Stellar Robotics

Team 2852 had to decline.

We are waiting on final responses from the remaining teams. If you think you have responded, please re-submit the accept or decline.

* Spelled correctly this time :)

[waialua359]

Chris and Andy,
I am not sure if others are inquiring about this also, but I sent an email yesterday concerning shipping quotes to and from North Lawrence HS or AM.
We will need that in order to finalize trip documentation on our end before officially accepting.

-Glenn

[Libby K]

1923 MidKnight Inventors *

* Spelled correctly this time :)

You're the best, Chris :)

[RomeroFRC5012]

I will be rooting on our friends at home! Cant wait for the broadcast to be up!

[JOClarke]

Team 384 can't wait to play recycle rush at our FIRST time at IRI. Any suggestions of where to stay in Indianapolis.

[Speeder]

Team 384 can't wait to play recycle rush at our FIRST time at IRI. Any suggestions of where to stay in Indianapolis.

The LuNaTeCs, Team 316, are staying here:

https://wwws.druryhotels.com/PropertyHotelServices.aspx?Property=0145

Haven't stayed there before so can't give rating.

[JB987]

We've stayed at he Drury several times. Awesome place all around! Highly rated...

[waialua359]

Team 359 has decided to decline our invitation for several reasons.
Thank You to the committee for selecting us, and good luck to everyone attending such a prestigious event.
After going the previous 5 years, we hope to be back the following year.

-Glenn

[JB987]

Geese, Glen,it's not like you guys will be doing anything else this summer :D

[logank013]

Team 359 has decided to decline our invitation for several reasons.
Thank You to the committee for selecting us, and good luck to everyone attending such a prestigious event.
After going the previous 5 years, we hope to be back the following year.

-Glenn

Sad to see. Good luck to 359 in any other off season event planned for this summer and fall. ;)

[logank013]

Hey guys. I made a pre-scouting sheet for the fun of it. It includes lots of data! Using Ed Law's (Coach for 2834) Scouting Database and The Blue Alliance, I was able to make this sheet. It includes every team invited to IRI except for any team Chris has already said declined to come (1 team). I will update it if any other teams decline.

If you have any suggestions on what to add, just comment in the stream. I will re-upload if I add or edit anything. If I am capable of doing it, I will add whatever suggestions you have. Thanks and enjoy!

Update 6/6/15: Re-uploaded after seeing that 359 declined. Now including any off-season event teams have gone to up to 6/6/15. Only including off-season events Blue Alliance has data for. Some events that have already happened have no data on them.

[BenGuy]

Hey guys. I made a pre-scouting sheet for the fun of it. It includes lots of data! Using Ed Law's (Coach for 2834) Scouting Database and The Blue Alliance, I was able to make this sheet. It includes every team invited to IRI except for any team Chris has already said declined to come (1 team). I will update it if any other teams decline.

If you have any suggestions on what to add, just comment in the stream. I will re-upload if I add or edit anything. If I am capable of doing it, I will add whatever suggestions you have. Thanks and enjoy!

Update 6/6/15: Re-uploaded after seeing that 359 declined. Now including any off-season event teams have gone to up to 6/6/15. Only including off-season events Blue Alliance has data for. Some events that have already happened have no data on them.

Cool, thanks for data, this should help our scouters

[Chris Fultz]

We have not had contact from Team 3098 the Captains.

If someone has a contact with them, can you ask them to contact us about their IRI plans?

[tr6scott]

I send Steve a note on FB, and point him to your post.

EDIT: DONE.

I just noticed Steve had a daughter on the 16th... Robots may be at a lower priority at this moment. Congrats to the new Captain Steve. :)

[Debbie]

If anyone is holding spare rooms at the Drury Inn that are not needed, can you please release them? I got distracted with too many things and didn't book hotel rooms, and they are all booked. If you are going to release some, and are willing, please pm me when you plan to do it, so I can call in and get them. I'm looking for 3 more rooms. Thanks!!

[Travis Hoffman]

Some rooms at the Super 8 just opened up, if anyone feels adventurous.

[FIMAlumni]

There are 16 FIM teams heading to IRI, just thought I would throw out their MSC and CMP finish positions.
27 Team Rush: State Finalist: Galileo Finalist
33 Killer Bees: State Quarter-finalist : Hopper Semi-Finalist
67 HOT Team: State Quarter-finalist: Carson Finalist
68 Truck Town Thunder: State Quarter-finalist: Archimedes Quarter-finalist
107 Team ROBITICS: State Semi-finalist: Curie Quarter-finalist
217 ThunderChickens: State Eighths-finalist: Archimedes Finalist
226 Hammerheads: State Eighths-Finalist: Tesla Quarter-finalist
245 Adam Bots: State Eighths-finalist: Galileo Quarter-finalist
469 Las Guerillas: State Eighths-finalist: Hopper Quarter-finalist
503 Frog Force: State Eighths-finalist: Archimedes Semi-finalist
548 RoboStangs: State Champion: Hopper Finalist
1023 Bedford Express: State Champion: Archimedes Champion
1711 Raptors: State Champion: Carson Champion
2337 EngiNERDS: State Quarter-finalist: Carver Quarter-finalist
3098 The Captains: State Finalist: Hopper Quarter-finalist
3641 Flying Toasters: State Quarter-finalist: Newton Quarter-finalist

[Kevin Leonard]

There are 16 FIM teams heading to IRI, just thought I would throw out their MSC and CMP finish positions.
27 Team Rush: State Finalist: Galileo Finalist
33 Killer Bees: State Quarter-finalist : Hopper Semi-Finalist
67 HOT Team: State Quarter-finalist: Carson Finalist
68 Truck Town Thunder: State Quarter-finalist: Archimedes Quarter-finalist
107 Team ROBITICS: State Semi-finalist: Curie Quarter-finalist
217 ThunderChickens: State Eighths-finalist: Archimedes Finalist
226 Hammerheads: State Eighths-Finalist: Tesla Quarter-finalist
245 Adam Bots: State Eighths-finalist: Galileo Quarter-finalist
469 Las Guerillas: State Eighths-finalist: Hopper Quarter-finalist
503 Frog Force: State Eighths-finalist: Archimedes Semi-finalist
548 RoboStangs: State Champion: Hopper Finalist
1023 Bedford Express: State Champion: Archimedes Champion
1711 Raptors: State Champion: Carson Champion
2337 EngiNERDS: State Quarter-finalist: Carver Quarter-finalist
3098 The Captains: State Finalist: Hopper Quarter-finalist
3641 Flying Toasters: State Quarter-finalist: Newton Quarter-finalist

548 was not a division finalist, they lost in semifinals. Although they definitely had an einstein-caliber machine. :)

[FIMAlumni]

548 was not a division finalist, they lost in semifinals. Although they definitely had an einstein-caliber machine. :)

Correct, I was looking at rankings and saw them second and for some reason assumed they made the finals. Nice catch.

[Chris Fultz]

If you think there is an error below, please send me a PM!

Right now we have 62 teams fully confirmed:
1 16 Bomb Squad
2 20 Rocketeers
3 27 Team Rush
4 33 Killer Bees
5 48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
6 67 HOT Team
7 107 Team ROBOTICS
8 111 Wildstang
9 217 ThunderChickens
10 225 Techfire
11 226 Hammerheads
12 233 Pink Team
13 234 Cyber Blue
14 245 Adam Bots
15 316 LuNaTeCs
16 330 Beachbots
17 340 GRR
18 379 RoboCats
19 384 Sparky 384
20 469 Las Guerillas
21 503 Frog Force
22 548 Robostangs
23 624 CRyptonite
24 744 Shark Attack
25 829 Digital Goats
26 1023 Bedford Express
27 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
28 1114 Simbotics
29 1218 Vulcan Robotics
30 1325 Inverse Paradox
31 1619 Up-A-Creek Robotics
32 1625 Winnovation
33 1640 Sab-Bot-age
34 1657 Hamosad
35 1720 PhyXTGears
36 1730 Team Driven
37 1741 Red Alert
38 1756 Argos
39 1806 SWAT
40 1923 MidKnight Inventors
41 2056 OP Robotics
42 2122 Team Tators
43 2337 EngiNERDS
44 2338 Gear it Forward
45 2468 Team Appreciate
46 2502 Talon
47 2512 Duluth East Daredevils
48 2590 Nemesis
49 2614 MARS
50 2826 Wave Robotics
51 2867 ElkLogics
52 3015 Ranger Robotics
53 3130 ERRORS
54 3641 Flying Toasters
55 3824 HVA RoHAWKtics
56 4039 Makeshift Robotics
57 4143 MARS/WARS
58 4678 Cybercavs
59 5188 Classified Robotics
60 5254 Robot Raiders
61 5413 Stellar Robotics
62 1310 RUNNYMEDE ROBOTICS

And 6 we are awaiting final confirmation from:
1 68 Truck Town Thunder
2 118 Robotnauts
3 125 Nutrons
4 179 Children of the Swamp
5 195 Cyberknights
6 1711 Raptors

And 6 Declines:
1 135 Penn Robotics
2 148 Robowranglers
3 359 Hawaiin Kids
4 1817 Llano Estacado RoboRaiders
5 2852 DM High Voltage
6 3098 The Captains

[Jay O'Donnell]

No 148 is sad. They were my favorite robot from this year.

[orangemoore]

No 148 is sad. They were my favorite robot from this year.

148 not going is a little bit of a surprise for me. Although it is reasonable to think they decided it wasn't worth it to play recycle rush again.

[JB987]

Pretty sure a big part of the decisions to decline by 118 (possibly decline), 148 and 359 has to do with their joining the group of several other teams going to China in August. Robots had to be shipped a week ago to get there on time.

[Abhishek R]

Pretty sure a big part of the decisions to decline by 118 (possibly decline), 148 and 359 has to do with their joining the group of several other teams going to China in August. Robots had to be shipped a week ago to get there on time.

From what I've heard 118 will still be attending IRI.

[carpedav000]

Why did The Black Knights decline?

[jijiglobe]

From what I've heard 118 will still be attending IRI.

The teams that are attending the China Robotics Challenge have all shipped their robots already. As one of them this means that 118 has already shipped their robot. They may have shipped their practice robot or plan to use their practice robot at IRI though so you never know.

[dodar]

179 confirmed on twitter they are going to IRI.

[Citrus Dad]

Has IRI ever NOT had at least one member of the championship alliance attending: 118, 1678, 1671 and 5012?

[waialua359]

Has IRI ever NOT had at least one member of the championship alliance attending: 118, 1678, 1671 and 5012?

118 is attending.

[logank013]

Why did The Black Knights decline?

That is sad to see. They are in Indiana and the fee for IRI isn't that bad but you do need to remember they are a Junior and Senior only team so they may not have a big enough team since I know most of them were seniors. It was great seeing them at very competition.

[Abhishek R]

The teams that are attending the China Robotics Challenge have all shipped their robots already. As one of them this means that 118 has already shipped their robot. They may have shipped their practice robot or plan to use their practice robot at IRI though so you never know.

Seems like they aren't going to China with their robot: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1488833&postcount=76

[BenGuy]

No 148 is sad. They were my favorite robot from this year.

Yeah, that's too bad, they were a fun team to watch, but not attending IRI for a chance to compete in China is a good reason! :D

[tindleroot]

Why did The Black Knights decline?

Sorry for a late response. I am in Amsterdam and haven't checked CD for a few days.

Team 135 has decided to deny for a few reasons. First and foremost, our senior class (my class) was the main reason we applied in the first place. We wanted to compete and have a fun weekend. However, our entire drive team experienced conflicts.

As Logan pointed out, we are a Junior-Senior team. Our incoming juniors are extremely hard-working and talented, and they are one of the biggest classes we have had to date (up to 40 students!) However, there was not enough support from these newcomers and our rising seniors to take a weekend out of the summer for something they barely knew about. To make the situation more difficult, none of our 3 main coaches were going, and we only had 2 mentors willing to go, neither on the pit team. Because of these reasons, we had no choice but to decline.

Thank you to the IRI commitee for inviting us to this prestigious event. Although we won't be competing in July, you can expect 135 to come out in full force next March. I won't be involved with any teams personally as of now, but I am going to try and volunteer at the Purdue competition next year and maybe another one as well.

I hope everyone is having a great summer so far!

[Lil' Lavery]

148 not going is a little bit of a surprise for me. Although it is reasonable to think they decided it wasn't worth it to play recycle rush again.

It's more reasonable not to make assumptions about the motivations of other teams.

[Koko Ed]

Is there an update to the team list?

[Chris Fultz]

Here is the IRI team listing we are going to print with.
Match schedules won't be out for a few days yet.

68 teams

1 16 Bomb Squad
2 20 Rocketeers
3 27 Team Rush
4 33 Killer Bees
5 48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
6 67 HOT Team
7 68 Truck Town Thunder
8 107 Team ROBOTICS
9 111 Wildstang
10 118 Robotnauts
11 125 Nutrons
12 179 Children of the Swamp
13 195 Cyberknights
14 217 ThunderChickens
15 225 Techfire
16 226 Hammerheads
17 233 Pink Team
18 234 Cyber Blue
19 245 Adam Bots
20 316 LuNaTeCs
21 330 Beachbots
22 340 GRR
23 379 RoboCats
24 384 Sparky 384
25 469 Las Guerillas
26 503 Frog Force
27 548 Robostangs
28 624 CRyptonite
29 744 Shark Attack
30 829 Digital Goats
31 1023 Bedford Express
32 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
33 1114 Simbotics
34 1218 Vulcan Robotics
35 1310 RUNNYMEDE ROBOTICS
36 1325 Inverse Paradox
37 1619 Up-A-Creek Robotics
38 1625 Winnovation
39 1640 Sab-Bot-age
40 1657 Hamosad
41 1711 Raptors
42 1720 PhyXTGears
43 1730 Team Driven
44 1741 Red Alert
45 1756 Argos
46 1806 SWAT
47 1923 MidKnight Inventors
48 2056 OP Robotics
49 2122 Team Tators
50 2337 EngiNERDS
51 2338 Gear it Forward
52 2468 Team Appreciate
53 2502 Talon
54 2512 Duluth East Daredevils
55 2590 Nemesis
56 2614 MARS
57 2826 Wave Robotics
58 2867 ElkLogics
59 3015 Ranger Robotics
60 3130 ERRORS
61 3641 Flying Toasters
62 3824 HVA RoHAWKtics
63 4039 Makeshift Robotics
64 4143 MARS/WARS
65 4678 Cybercavs
66 5188 Classified Robotics
67 5254 Robot Raiders
68 5413 Stellar Robotics

[Chris Fultz]

Update - 67 Teams
(Removed 125)

1 16 Bomb Squad
2 20 Rocketeers
3 27 Team Rush
4 33 Killer Bees
5 48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
6 67 HOT Team
7 68 Truck Town Thunder
8 107 Team ROBOTICS
9 111 Wildstang
10 118 Robotnauts
11 179 Children of the Swamp
12 195 Cyberknights
13 217 ThunderChickens
14 225 Techfire
15 226 Hammerheads
16 233 Pink Team
17 234 Cyber Blue
18 245 Adam Bots
19 316 LuNaTeCs
20 330 Beachbots
21 340 GRR
22 379 RoboCats
23 384 Sparky 384
24 469 Las Guerillas
25 503 Frog Force
26 548 Robostangs
27 624 CRyptonite
28 744 Shark Attack
29 829 Digital Goats
30 1023 Bedford Express
31 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
32 1114 Simbotics
33 1218 Vulcan Robotics
34 1310 RUNNYMEDE ROBOTICS
35 1325 Inverse Paradox
36 1619 Up-A-Creek Robotics
37 1625 Winnovation
38 1640 Sab-Bot-age
39 1657 Hamosad
40 1711 Raptors
41 1720 PhyXTGears
42 1730 Team Driven
43 1741 Red Alert
44 1756 Argos
45 1806 SWAT
46 1923 MidKnight Inventors
47 2056 OP Robotics
48 2122 Team Tators
49 2337 EngiNERDS
50 2338 Gear it Forward
51 2468 Team Appreciate
52 2502 Talon
53 2512 Duluth East Daredevils
54 2590 Nemesis
55 2614 MARS
56 2826 Wave Robotics
57 2867 ElkLogics
58 3015 Ranger Robotics
59 3130 ERRORS
60 3641 Flying Toasters
61 3824 HVA RoHAWKtics
62 4039 Makeshift Robotics
63 4143 MARS/WARS
64 4678 Cybercavs
65 5188 Classified Robotics
66 5254 Robot Raiders
67 5413 Stellar Robotics

[Aidan Cox]

What's the story on 125?

[Andrew Schreiber]

What's the story on 125?

Logistics issues.