pic: 461 Stacks! [Archive]

Greg Powers

15-03-2003, 23:24

nice, and far from common but not the most impresive ... but we did that the first weekend at sacramento for a stack of 3 durring one match.

Alaina

16-03-2003, 16:43

Originally posted by Greg Powers
nice, and far from common but not the most impresive ... but we did that the first weekend at sacramento for a stack of 3 durring one match. And if the stack didn't stay, it was my fault. =P

Josh Hambright

17-03-2003, 12:20

stackers unite or something!!

(Just call me CerialKiller)

^--- Sorry bought the horribly cheesy movie references:)

T967

17-03-2003, 12:23

unite all you want we'll just keep knocking those stacks down.:cool:

Soukup

17-03-2003, 12:24

our robot stacks like that too...and it has acouple extra advantages. We're able to make a stack of 2 in about 5-10 seconds, and we can make alot of them (if it were to get knocked down)

Josh Hambright

17-03-2003, 12:50

Exactly...
Speed is the best advantage we have.

We dont need no stinking ramp till the end of the match, we just zip under the bar, and our arm is REALLY fast, and the gripper is super fast too cuz its pneumatic powered.

We came to a junction half way through cleveland were we had to decide if we were goign to stick out the stacking and keep doing it or just go with flow and become a bulldozer and we stuck with stacking and are very pleased with that decision...

Its not picture but we have detachable protector arms that we can put on for finals and things like that when we just need to sit and protect.

SuperJake

17-03-2003, 12:51

Stacking is deffinetly the way to go. Need an example of a stacker that works? Here ya go:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/pics/bin/1047869491mdmoestack.jpg

Josh Hambright

17-03-2003, 13:00

go go green robot:)

Jim McGeehin

17-03-2003, 13:09

Hooray for stacking...Let's show 'em that the stack is where it's at. Keep on stackin', until the motors burn out and the drivers say that they can't take anymore...then put one more box for good measure.

Have fun and good luck on your season

Josh Hambright

17-03-2003, 14:52

right on!

Our team even made a cheer for stacking!

Look out for it in chicago!

Anarkissed

17-03-2003, 14:58

STACK THE PLANET! =)

Josh Hambright

19-03-2003, 13:35

w0rd..

that movie is cool
i think i may watch it later!

Ianworld

19-03-2003, 16:10

hehe, well LOLA my teams stacker bot is competing tomorrow. We've been working hard on the code to make stacking easy. So hopefully we will be able to stack quickly and well. we have some nice advantages which a lot of other robots didn't have. A cavity to protect our stack, and a flexible(it can pick up and use boxes on most sides) arm. We have a maximum hieght of 6 high for top stacking. Also we have a vector drive to line up the grabbing of boxes quickly and to use our arm as a giant wing. :D I can't weight to see our robot in competition.

Pin Man

29-03-2003, 22:51

I thought it was called stack attack... but at the BAE regional only 2 robots stacked....

OneAngryDaisy

29-03-2003, 22:59

stack- noun
1 : a large usually conical pile (as of hay, straw, or grain in the sheaf) left standing in the field for storage

stack- verb
1 a : to arrange in a stack

purplehaze357

29-03-2003, 23:10

Anyone see Royal Assault stack in Match 98 of the qualifying rounds...unfortunately...it wasnt able to be unloaded...

Josh Hambright

30-03-2003, 13:10

For anyone that needs proof that stacking is important...

Check this out: http://www.soap108.com/2003/scouting/first/bigview.cfm?event=15&match=84

In this match we went out there with baxter... we ended up getting most of the wall on our side of the field but one our big stack got knocked and we lost some boxes...luckily being a stacker our team was able to put a box back on top, with another box in the way even...and we scored 220 point, which at that point was the high score for the day...

Woo baxter wooo stacking woo robots!!!

Watch match 84 from chicago to see the match.

Mike537Strategy

30-03-2003, 22:30

Hey! 537 stacks too! We almost made that stack of three at Chicago, but some came and rammed the stack of 2 we were about to put the third box on...so close to making Balint do 81 pushups!

Josh Hambright

31-03-2003, 08:02

Stackers rule!

Pin Man

31-03-2003, 17:15

stackers do rule yet I have only seen like a third of the teams stack...(not even that many)

Josh Hambright

31-03-2003, 17:29

Thats why the ones that do stack are so cool!

Alaina

06-04-2003, 14:47

Our robot doesn't even have to stack to be kool...But it stacks anyway. :D

We made a stack at SVR even though we knew it was going to get knocked over...We just felt like showing off. :D

Our claw is deadly, man. We have a pic of Mark sticking his head in between them before a match...Ahh...Priceless stuff... :]

AlbertW

07-04-2003, 00:58

i'll stack your boxes yesterday! ;)

our robot USED to be able to stack, until we reduced the lifting ability to cut down on the top-heaviness. now it only lifts stacks a few centimetres off the ground (it used to be able to lift high enough to get it ontop of another box to stack.)

Josh Hambright

07-04-2003, 09:10

Did anyone else find the lack of stacking in the finals a bit boaring at some regionals?

I mean every match was basicly the same:
1> Autonomous either kills the robot directly behind you or dashes for the top
2> Kill the wall of boxes in the middle
3> Autono ends, humans kill the HP stacks...
4> Fight for the top.

Where's the dynamic in that...thats not much fun to watch after a few matches...

I think there were only like 1 or 2 times that someone stacked in the finals in chicago!

Amanda Morrison

09-04-2003, 00:45

I agree. The most exciting matches are the (appropriately titled) 'flailers' that come and sweep the bins over the lexan, and the stackers. That's where the points are, and while pushers and under the bar bots are also great strategies, flailers and stackers seem to be the key.

Thorin

09-04-2003, 01:05

RAWR 701

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/bryan.mcdonald/_uimages/pose1.jpg

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/bryan.mcdonald/_uimages/xcorpion4.jpg

Stacker, part "flailer", pusher, and under bar ;)