Pa robot challenge

[Dave_222]

Hey folks it is that time again regionals then natts then PARC. It is PARC's 6th year and we hope that lots of teams will sign up. we are holding it may 10th and we hope to see all of you regulars there and even some new faces.

[Christine G.]

Team 61 is registered and have already made the hotel reservations.

Hope to see lots of great teams at this AWESOME event :D

[Dave_222]

Welcome back for year #3 we look forward to having you and all the regulars back again.

[Wayne C.]

team 25 will be there if we can find Tunkhannock again....

Please keep the deer off the interstate!!

WC
:rolleyes:

[cbudrecki]

There's also a thread about an FLL competition at the PARC, check it out! (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18539)

[Ashley Weed]

As usual..... I see no reason why Chuck & 84 will not be competing... looking forward to a good 'ol hometown showdown!

[Mr.T]

Team 522, The Robo Wizards form McKee H.S., the #1 Robotics Team in N.Y.C, graciously accepts your invitation to compete in this years Pa. Robot Challenge. "Gloria" and her team mates anxiously await the competition, from the finest collection of Robotic Teams on the entire east coast. Providing we can scrape together the necessary funding, we wouldn't miss it for the world!
Good luck to all the teams in their respective regional competitions.

[Dave_222]

Hurry and register fast the comp is fast aproaching and only about 5 teams have signed up. It wouldnt be right if less than 20 came so lets see some names going on the list.

[Keith Chester]

Where's the list to sign up for, because 25 will definately show up after the blast that was the last one. (You guys were great last year.)

[evulish]

That would make for an interesting finals alliance selection :) And for once, I don't think PARC conflicts with any school dances :) (Last year, I went to PARC instead of prom...not like I would have gone to prom anyways...but still :P)

[K. Skontrianos]

We'll be there. We plan to threepeat, of course. :)

[Mike Schroeder]

Originally posted by Wayne C.

Please keep the deer off the interstate!!

ahh you tried to dodge it, i would have kept driving, ran it right over :p

[cbudrecki]

Here's the site to register your team for the PARC:

http://tahsroboticsteam.org/PARC/register.htm and don't forget about the LEGO Leage post! (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18539)

[Dave_222]

Yeah what he said.

[Collin Fultz]

234 would love to be there...anybody from indiana interested in sharing a bus???

[Dave_222]

If 234 would come that would be soooooo awsome that would be teams from 7 states that come and a new team to the park and an awsome team at that.

[Mike Norton]

Is there going to be any competition like you had last year.

Just some thoughts

1) Human player stack 8 high in the fastest time.

2) Robot knocking the most bins in 15 sec.

[Wayne C.]

Can we bring some other NJ locals? I think 1089 wants to come and we talked to Manville about it too.

WC

[Dave_222]

Absolutely and gratts on your volunteer of the year award.

[petek]

Originally posted by Wayne C.
Can we bring some other NJ locals? I think 1089 wants to come and we talked to Manville about it too.

WC

I sure hope they come. Those rookies were great at J&J. Manville really earned their 4th seed.

[galewind]

Originally posted by Wayne C.
Can we bring some other NJ locals? I think 1089 wants to come and we talked to Manville about it too.

WC

We're up for it, for sure!

We need to rake up some cash, but yeah, we'd love to. I couldn't find detailed info re: cost and date on the site, but I just got back from the regional (and dinner) and my brain didnt try to look too hard. Will try tomorrow, and talk about it with the team on tuesday (read: making sure they're able to scrape more money together).

Our entire team has FIRST fever now -- it's nuts :)

[camtunkpa]

for all information concerning the PARC, please visit our website...also feel free to browse around and sign our guest book.

www.tahsroboticsteam.org (http://www.tahsroboticsteam.org)

[camtunkpa]

As of today we are up to 15 teams.....we are still looking around, we currently a bunch of tough players from this year's game signed up. It's gonna be a battle of the best this year!!! We have finalists and winners all over the boards.

[GregT]

YAY its on AP WEEKEND!!!! WEEE!!!

Greg

[Yan Wang]

ARGGGGGHHHHHHHH!

We'd love to come considering it'd be close and we could get transportation easily, but being in the middle of exam week does not help most teams.

ARGGGGGHHHHHHHH!

[Jared Russell]

Miss Daisy will be there again...PARC is one of the best off season events that we attend, IMO.

(the obvious exception is Ramp Riot :D ;) )

[kristen]

Exams.. APS.... who cares about them anyways ;p

[Yan Wang]

Originally posted by kristen
Exams.. APS.... who cares about them anyways ;p


The smart people who are in APs and want to get into good colleges.

(this i actually take seriously)

[Dan-o]

I would love to see a mini game where there were 20 bins on each side of the field, and 2 at a time, robots battle it out for who can make the biggest stack within oh say 3 minutes. That would be so cool. Or even a stacking contest for humans where they would have to make the highest stack in 2 minutes. With a little help from some people on my team, I put 14 in the air. We would've made 15 if it weren't for the ceiling. Who needs that anyway... ceiling HA.

Is there any way you could put out a listing of mini-games before the event? That would be cool. Thanks. See you there.

[Dave_222]

There is speculation as to what the mini rounds are going to be and i will post them later tonight all i can say right now is there will be a stacking round auton round and king o the hill round. I will fill you in on specifics when i get them .

[The Lucas]

Originally posted by Dave_222
There is speculation as to what the mini rounds are going to be and i will post them later tonight all i can say right now is there will be a stacking round auton round and king o the hill round. I will fill you in on specifics when i get them .

I think the autorun mini game should be a most creative autorun dance program. I have been dying to write some code to do some figure 8s. U could get someone from every team to judge it.

[Erin Rapacki]

judge AI based on how many bins they knock down in one shot... if there is a tie, you can consider speed and such

ByE

erin

[Jared Russell]

Whatever it is, PLEASE don't make the minigame focus on something intrinsic to a particular robot -

No "knock down all the bins fastest"
No "who can make the biggest stack"
No "tug of war"

Successful minigames are those which require skill, creativity, and are just fun. Not those that focus on a particular robot trait potentially leaving many robots unqualified.

That said, I think that games that focus on autonomous dances or the like would be most enjoyable; the idea of a human player contest also sounds like fun. Or maybe a game that handicaps a driver through blindfolds or earmuffs...

[camtunkpa]

Our fun rounds are going to be pretty much robot focused....as for the details we have not layed them out. We will tink about non-robot specific games in the future, we just didn't have much time to come up with games. Can't wait to see you all at the PARC!1

[Dave_222]

Like cliff said we are really short on time and didn't have too much time to tinker with specialty rounds and i do apologize to the teams that will be left out but i think we will more or less get all of the robots into some sort of niche. As for next year we will tinker with new options.

[evulish]

Heh. Just have fun with the specialty ones. Last year, there was a goal pulling contest. Chuck had no way to attach to the three-goal fixture so instead of using the robot...the entire team just ran onto the field and shoved it. I think we won, too :P

[The Lucas]

We tied for first in the robot pull. I think team 75 was the other winner. We didnt think our speed geared robot could pull all that weight, so we were thinking of just figure skating with the bot to the music of our green kazoos. Some poeple may have witnessed the kazoo music practice session.:eek: We just tried it and found out that not only could our robot pull the goals but it quickly accelerated to over 10 ft/s. It made a tremendous shockwave when it hit the alliance station..:D We lost the secret coin toss so we didnt get the trophy.:mad: However, the Tigertrons made good on their word and mailed us a replica trophy.

[Christine G.]

We tied for first in the robot pull. I think team 75 was the other winner.

Just for the record it was Team 61 that you tied with. Looking forward to seeing you at this years PA Challenge :)

[Jared Russell]

You should have recieved the special rounds via email from your coaches. I think they should be very interesting.... ;)

[camtunkpa]

In response to a great turn out every year, we have once again upped the bar to 28 teams. We currently have 25 teams registered if you are holding out, you better sign up quick don't let your robot miss a walk in the PARC!!!!!!


sign up on our website....www.tahsroboticsteam.org (http://www.tahsroboticsteam.org)

check out the team list and imagine your team there....don't wait!

[Meredith Rice]

433 is planning on attending, but I am not sure we are officially registered. If we arent let me know, and I will make sure we do. Thanks. Cant wait, I am sure it will be another great year.

Mer

[camtunkpa]

The firebirds are no registered yet but we look forward to you attending, register ASAP to ensure your spot

[Charlie222]

Here's who's coming to PARC thus far:

25 Raider Robotix NJ
61 Intimidators MA
84 WATTNESS PA
87 Rancocas Valley PA
102 Gearheads NJ
103 Cybersonics PA
175 Buzz Robotics CT
176 Aces High CT
222 Tigertrons PA
225 William Penn High School PA
272 Lansdale Catholic PA
284 The Crew PA
303 Panther Robotics NJ
316 The LuNaTeCs NJ
341 Trojans PA
365 DuPont Miracle Workerz DE
433 Mount Firebirds PA
484 Hal PA
487 Spartans PA
522 Robo Wizards NY
528 The Dark Knight PA
618 E.A.R.T.H. Squad PA
714 The Panthers NJ
834 Southern Lehigh PA
1048 Manvillians NJ
1143 Cruzin' Comets PA

Only 2 more open slots left.
First come, First serve!!!

http://www.tahsroboticsteam.org/PARC/

[OZ_341]

Can't wait to see everyone at PARC!!

What will the Playoff Format be? (the same as regular season?)


341 is considering 2 out of 3 for the play-offs at Ramp Riot in November.

[camtunkpa]

We are going to be using FIRST format as far as I know.

[Dave_222]

At the PARC it has always been FIRST rules apply so yes the playoffs will be in first format.

[camtunkpa]

Hey we're almost full we are jsut looking for two more teams. We have a couple of seasoned PARC teams that have not replied yet. 145 you know we can't have a PARC without you. Your team has been there since the beginning and you have too good of a robot to stop playing, if you plan on coming please sign up soon!!!!!

[OZ_341]

Hey I know CHA, Team 1218 wanted to go.

I will check with them. They are an excellent Rookie.

Philly Regional Champ, Rookie Allstar & #11 seed at Pittsburgh Regional. I'll give them a heads up.

[camtunkpa]

We'd like to see 1218 there! they are a really good team!

[kristen]

Team 639 is hoping to be able to attend. We are currently trying to getting enough people from our team interested in attending :)

[camtunkpa]

Hope you can pull together enough students to come...it's a great competition. Registration is on a first come first serve basis and must be completed via our website www.tahsroboticsteam.org

[camtunkpa]

Well, one slot left for the PARC...who wants it. 1218 just signed up this morning. Don't worry if you still want to come there will be a waiting list. If there are any teams that change their minds on attending let us know ASAP so that we could inform teams that would be on a waiting list. Can't wait to see you all there!!!

[team222badbrad]

WE HAVE JUST ONE AND ONLY ONE SLOT LEFT

WHO EVER WANTS TO COME BETTER SIGN UP!!!

WE MIGHT CREATE A WAITING LIST INCASE SOMEONE DROPS OUT....

[Yan Wang]

And I believe we took it ::.. 639

[adunakin]

Team 618 is looking forward to reprising the 433/222/618 alliance from the Arch. division!!! We'll be there with some new and improved gear boxes!!:D

[Jared Russell]

Team 341 is looking forward to recreating 2/3 of the GALILEO DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP alliance:

341, 175, XXXX

^ your team number could go here!

[Charlie222]

Registration for PARC is now officially closed.

To the registered teams:
Good Luck, this looks like it's going to be an AWESOME competition!! :D

To the teams that wanted to come but didn't get registered in time:

Sorry!! We do have a waiting list in the event that a registered team is not able to attend. Go ahead and register your team to be on the waiting list if you still really want to come. (First come, First serve.....if a registered team drops out we will inform you immediately and expect your team to be able to come)

For the latest news on PARC, check out:

http://www.tahsroboticsteam.org/PARC/

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These Teams will be competing in the PARC VI

# Team Name State
25 Raider Robotix NJ
61 Intimidators MA
84 WATTNESS PA
87 Rancocas Valley PA
102 Gearheads NJ
103 Cybersonics PA
175 Buzz Robotics CT
176 Aces High CT
222 Tigertrons PA
225 William Penn High School PA
272 Lansdale Catholic PA
284 The Crew PA
303 Panther Robotics NJ
316 The LuNaTeCs NJ
341 Trojans PA
365 DuPont Miracle Workerz DE
433 Firebirds PA
484 Hal PA
487 Spartans PA
522 Robo Wizards NY
528 The Dark Knight PA
618 E.A.R.T.H. Squad PA
639 Code Red NY
714 The Panthers NJ
834 F.R.E.D. PA
1048 Manvillians NJ
1143 Cruzin' Comets PA
1218 Chestnut Hill Acadamy PA

[Yan Wang]

Lol, last to register :)

For PARC Participants, please go to this thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20389 for some preliminary scouting info.

[Meredith Rice]

433 would love to team with two such great teams (618 and 222). We had a great time in Houston. Thanks to you both.

Mer

[Dan-o]

I really want one of those button-up firebirds shirts. I will be willing to trade one of my shirts for one of those.

[Meredith Rice]

The navy ones our mentors had or last year's maroon polos. We don't wear the maroon ones anymore. We opted for navy and orange this year. Maybe you can have one of our old ones.

[Dan-o]

I'm talking about the navy and orange ones that button all of the way up. They are really cool looking. I might even be able to throw in a couple moestix if I can get the one I want.

[Meredith Rice]

Well i think your out of luck because we just ordered those shirts and we didnt order extras. You are welcome to pay us (13 bucks) and we will order them for you but trading is not an option. Sorry to disappoint you. Did I already tell you this at the airport?

[Dan-o]

Yes, I was the one heckling you at the airport. If I send you the money now, could you have the shirt by PARC? If you could, I will send it out tomorrow.

[Charlie222]

The special rounds for PARC have been finalized.

Details can be found here:
http://www.tahsroboticsteam.org/PARC/specialrounds.htm

[ZACH P.]

dang, i wish i could go, but i cant. ill try to make it there next year though.

[Charlie222]

...a little birdie told me that the PARC officials decided to allow 30 teams this year and due to a team dropping out there is one slot left open....the birdie also said if there was a team out there who really wanted to come and could make the arrangements really fast (competition is May 10 as in this Saturday!!) ....and then were the first ones to register for the alternate list on the Tigertron's website that there is a chance they would be let in to compete in this AWESOME competition......*chirp chirp*

[Yan Wang]

Hm...

If only 1 team is signed up for a minicomp, what happens? Also, for minirounds with 2 teams, I think best out of 3 should be the format for it.

[Charlie222]

If only one team signs up perhaps Team #222 will compete in that special round just to give you some competition :D but seriously....if only 2 teams sign up I think we would at least consider best 2 out of 3 format just to give it some more flair. We'll let you know once we determine what special rounds each team is competing in.

[Yan Wang]

Hm... you guys should send the team list and minicomp info to Brandon so he can add it as a ventures offseason event. Might be too late or too early (as most teams haven't selected a minicomp it seems...).

[Charlie222]

It's all yours!!

http://www.tahsroboticsteam.org/PARC/teamslist.htm

Several Teams havn't told us which special round they wish to compete in....... *shrugs shoulders*

[camtunkpa]

Hey, just got done setting up the arena!!!!! We only hafta make the wiring look nice tomorrow and test it out. We can't wait for the PARC!!!!!!!!

[Yan Wang]

Any predictions on PARC?

I'm thinking that 25 will end up winning (and probably at the koh too) and that the stacking competition is very very difficult to determine because we stack at nearly identical speeds. I want to congratulate the team signed up for the figure 8 cause that's takes guts and a whole lot of testing :)

[GregT]

Originally posted by camtunkpa
Hey, just got done setting up the arena!!!!! We only hafta make the wiring look nice tomorrow and test it out. We can't wait for the PARC!!!!!!!!

Err "test it out" ? Usually when I "test something out" it ends up taking hours.

[Dave_222]

222 has yet to choose their special round... At this point it is looking like koh or figure-8.

[Ashley Weed]

can't wait till tomorrow ... the only robotics related evnt within a short driving distance of home! Yeah! PARC rules! I will actually get some sleep tonight.... see everyone bright and early in the morning!

[alytheearthchic]

433 is planning on attending, but I am not sure we are officially registered. If we arent let me know, and I will make sure we do. Thanks. Cant wait, I am sure it will be another great year.

Mer
hey it's julio whats up;-)

[Mike Schroeder]

wow way to bring back the dead.....