Archimedes Scouting Info

[Joe Matt]

Since others have done it, why don't we? All Archimedes teams, post a profile of your robot with a gallery linked photo of your bot. Also include the awards you won if you can.

Team: 384
Sparky

Pros: Self-righting, stack 3 high, arm can knock down lots of bins, good auton, very good driver (4 years), agile, good king of the hill

Cons: can't stack high, can't stack well.

Awards: VCU Winning Alliance Captain, MD Winning Alliance, VA Judges Award

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?s=&action=single&picid=4066&direction=DESC&sort=date&perrow=3&trows=4&quiet=verbose

[tonyargote]

OK, here ya go
http://ramtech59.dadeschools.net/PictureGallery/Mini's/Picture5%20020_small.jpg

Team: 59

Robot Name: GoldMember

Pros: Speedy, stacks, arm can knock down lots of bins, fast and effficient autonomous mode, good "stage crew" (Driver, coach, Mentor & Human Player), tank drive, good king of the hill, Tourqy and can go under the bar

Cons: Can't knock down the whole wall.

Awards: uh..... we smiled a lot!

For More Pics Visit www.ramtech59.com, or e-mail me.

[Jeff Waegelin]

Team 201:
The FEDS

Pros: Self-righting mechanism, 9.5' wings, can hit 6 out of 7 stacks in 5-6 seconds every time, 2-speed transmission, good human player, good drivers, good coaches/strategists.

Cons: No stacker, can't go under bar, auto speed is good but not fastest out there.

Awards: Great Lakes #2 seed (Avg QP 173), semifinalist, Midwest quarterfinalist

Pics:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?s=&action=single&picid=4120&direction=DESC&sort=date&perrow=3&trows=4&quiet=verbose
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?s=&action=single&picid=4119&direction=DESC&sort=date&perrow=3&trows=4&quiet=verbose

More info:
http://fbi.feds201.com/201


Also, if anyone is looking for concise match data, go to fbi.feds201.com/(the team number you're looking for) and you can get the FIRST match data, plus links to that team's info on all the other scouting websites.

[Jack]

For people who want to know, I'm going to take all the pictures in the CD gallery and dump them into folders by the uploader's team #. I'll size some down in the process to prevent a huge file.

I'll do this sometime this weekend, and will upload a zip of them on like Sunday.

(I'll be doing this on a per division basis)

Jack

PS: Don't worry brandon... I'll wait till 1 AM to grab all the pics ;)

[Joe3]

Team 365: The Miracle Workerz starring: GeroniMOE

Pros: Many autonomous modes, can take out the wall on top of the hill consistently. Ability to "right" and stack a box reliably and has the capability to stack 8-10 bins. 4 motor, 4 wheel drive, multipurpose wings.

Cons: Can't go under the bar.

Awards: Annapolis Regional Finalists, Philly Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award, Philly #4 seed.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?s=&action=single&picid=4449&direction=DESC&sort=date&perrow=5&trows=4&quiet=verbose

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?s=&action=single&picid=4176&direction=DESC&sort=views&perrow=5&trows=10&quiet=verbose

Moe information is available at http://www.moe365.org

[Elgin Clock]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by JosephM
[B]

Team: 237

Team Name: Sie-H2o-Bots, T.R.I.B.E.

Robot Name: umm.. it's either PAL, or KURTBOT.. I haven't found out for sure yet.. lol I think it's PAL officially, and might be KURTBOT unofficially.

Pros: Stacker arm, goes under Bar, drop-down caster for better manuverability on carpet, silly-sick autonomous mode!!!

Cons: :D umm... well, that has to be proven in practice on Thursday I guess.

Awards: Delphi Driving Tomorrows Tecnology award in NYC, Finalist in NYC.

Picture:??? Go Here and click broadband if you dare to look at the 2003 bot during construction in the flash animation we got there! http://www.sieh2obots.org

[Richard Neese]

Team: 147

Team Name: Deep Thunder

Second seed at University of Central Florida and
on 1st Alliance. Made it into semi-finals.

Pros: Lots of speed and torque, big wheels, high/low gear. Multiple autonomous modes. Knock down arm gets to 4/5 stacks in 4.5 seconds in autonomous mode. Can go under rail. We have a stacker configuration that we can add on, but haven't used much. We alternate two field teams (5 students and 2 coaches). Each team is capable of running all aspects of robot.

Cons: We can get hung up if we run over a robot on the top, but we are working on that.

Pictures at:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?s=&action=single&picid=4578&direction=DESC&sort=date&perrow=3&trows=4&quiet=verbose

See www.soap108.com for movies of us at UCF.

[MichalSkiba]

Team Number: 854
Team Name: Martingrove Institute of Robotics (M.I.R.)

Pros:
We can stack 5+ high, knock down stacks, swinging punmatic arms that can effectivly get stacks/boxes out of corners and knock down other stacks even with robots in the way, good gear ratios for a good balance of speed and torque, experianced, comitent, and rational drivers (4 years experiance), wheel chair drive can get us out of corners, we fit under the 14 3/4 inch bar, wheels have VERY good grip on carpet and HDPE

Cons:
Questionable electronics (the connections that is), aluminum arms as oppose to steel, autonomous mode needs work, but then again we have a 30+ hour bus ride to houston from toronto so someone will end up doing a good job out of boredom.

Awards:
Delphi's Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award winner at the Canadian regional.
Esthetically pleasing "Warwagon" Awards from teams 48 and 378 at the Canadian regional.

More info:
www.mcirobotics.org

Good luck to all Archimedes teams!

[Jason Rudolph]

Team: 168
The Flashbacks

Pros: Good balance of speed and torque with excellent traction both on HDPE and on carpet, Large suction cup that keeps us on ramp (in a practice match at UCF, aces high spent 30 seconds of constantly pushing against us, and they couldn't push us off the ramp). Auton takes out 2-3 rows of boxes in 5-6 secs. Can fit under bar.

Cons: Drivetrain was not very reliable at UCF, but we have new improved gearboxes that should solve all driveability problems. Our auton mode does not always work right.

Awards: UCF winning alliance

http://chargerrobotics.dadeschools.net/picpage/page4.htm#

[Matt Reiland]

Team 226
TEC CReW Hammerheads

Pros: Tank Drive on the fly shifting tank. Blue Supergrip Brekoflex treads. Drive = CIM + Drill on each side. Very, very fast in high (actual 9+ ft/sec can jump the plastic top) Very powerful in low (2 ft/sec) Robust - No failures at GLR in any system. Can stack 4+ holds 4 in the cage. 110 lbs in the base one of the lowest CG stackers out there. Diamond plated armor. Reliable auton about 4 sec to the top. Hilarious Shark mascot that loves to dance! Calm Driver and quick thinking coach.

Cons: Having some difficulty with turning in high due to new treads, will make mods in Houston to compensate (Solid center belts are 2x strong but fit tighter in the pulleys. Can only stack bins that are right side up. No ability to self right, but haven't needed it. Can not go under the bar in stacker configuration. Inability to take out more than 3 stacks in auton.

Awards
Semi-Finalist at Buckeye
Champions at GreatLakes (w/302! and 67!)

[camtunkpa]

Team #222
Tigertrons


Pros: reliability, good autonomous programming, 7 1/2' wingspan, can go under the bar, two speed, shift on the fly 2 wheel/4 wheel drive, can right boxes from any posistion and build a three stack, can carry two boxes in our gripper, we can right ourselves with our arm, low CoG, can go under the bar, very very powerful, great traction on all surfaces thanks to our wheels, easy to work with due to several autonomous programs and experienced drive team, fast uner the bar autonomous mode for thrashers.

Cons: autonomous wall bust isn't fast, but we still push most bots back up the ramp along with the bins they brought, not shift on the fly transmission

2003 Awards: see signature

other doodads: cool bobble light, gum rubber tires, and if anyone needs anything stop by our pits.

[Dave_222]

http://www.tahsroboticsteam.org/pictures.htm Link to pics.

[Ed Sparks]

Team 34 - Rocket City Robotics

http://www.rocketcityrobotics.com/robot/Robot-Isometric.jpg

Awards
2003 Peachtree Regional Winner
2003 Peachtree Regional #1 Seed
2003 Peachtree Regional DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit Award
2003 Peachtree Regional Motorola Quality Award
2003 Peachtree Regional Website Design Award

2003 Lone Star Regional Winner
2003 Lone Star Regional #8 Seed
2003 Lone Star Regional Judge's Award
2003 Lone Star Regional Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship award
2003 Lone Star Regional Website Design Award

Features
- 4 Wheel Drive
- Pneumatic Wheels
- Good Balance of Speed/Power
- Reliable Autonomous Programming
- Can Pass Under the Bar
- Able to Build a Stack
- Very Effective Brake System that "Locks" on the top of the ramp
- Very Experienced Drivers & Coach that know how to play the game
- Reliable Hardware - No Major Breakdowns over 2 Regionals

For more pics & info see Rocket City Robotics (http://www.rocketcityrobotics.com)

[:Skinny Me:]

here is a little preview of what we can do. i know people have been wanting some video, so our head engineer has done some editing, and here you go.

http://personal.vallnet.com/mrozar/...s/547_wall3.wmv

and here is a picture of us knocking down the whole wall in st. louis.

http://personal.vallnet.com/mrozar/...ockdown_547.jpg

enjoy

we look forward to seeing ya'll in houston in a few days.

happy trails

[T967]

Yah I remember us getting pancaked by 547 when they knocked the whole stack on top of us.

Our bot:No pictures really, very low Under 14", wingspan allows it to be able to go under limbo bar with wings out, wings can be variable lengths, good combo of speed/power, REALLY big tires, pimpin' body work, an obvious and visable secret, and a non-visable and hard to detirmine secret.
cons:ummm.... not the fastest, not the most powerful, if it really matters we can't stack:D, our human player is not a 7ft. tall basket ball player.:(


#5 seed at St. Louis
Motorola Quality Award at St. Louis

[ngreen]

Team 1108 - Panther Robotics - Paola, KANSAS
Robot Name- HYO (Japanese For Panther)
AWARDS- Lone Star CHAMPIONS
Lone Star #1 SEED
Lone Star TEAM SPIRIT
Lone Star ROOKIE ALL-STAR
Lone Star MOTOROLA QUALITY
Best rookie showing in the history of FIRST. Yay!
PROS- Reliable, great driver, stacked twice at LSR but only 2 stack, can stack up to 7, DOES NOT TIP( Watch LSR), Works well with other robots (Ask Team 34), reliable autonomous mode, wide pushing arms, strong drive-(ask Team 118-twice), easy to handle (esp. with turning caster) Four wheel drive with big wheels, lots of traction, great fans, great pit, great attitude
CONS- Stacking and arms can be useless at some points but driver recognize this time, not extremely fast or have extremely fast autonomous but made the top everytime, need for two new motors after win at LSR (watch 2nd match of finals when we are on top of 704, ouch), can't go under bar, have got lodged on top of another bot once but generally does happen, easy to move if hit high or if hit really low (roll back if front wheels are push off the ground. Don't get the whole wall

There are picture on our website at:
http://www.usd368.k12.ks.us/ROBOT/index.html

A pro for 34 is they have those cool light up rockets, I thought we had taken one but I couldn't find it when we got back, oh well, see y'all in Houston.

[team222badbrad]

2003 Awards/Accomplishments????

2003 Championship winners????????

2003 J&J Mid-Atlantic Regional Finalist
103/87/222
2003 J&J Mid-Atlantic Regional Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship Award

2003 Philadelphia Regional Finalist 87/222/272
2003 Philadelphia Regional Motorola Quality Award

2003 Arizona Regional Semi-Finalists
2003 Arizona Regional DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit Award

Other 2003 (TEAM given awards): Gracious Professional award from 365 and Best Mascot Award from 316

http://www.tahsroboticsteam.org/robot.htm

For lots more information: www.tahsroboticsteam.org

SEE YOU AT NATS WE LEAVE 2 AM Wednesday

BADBRAD

[Shanan]

S.W.A.T.
Team 771

Robot Name: Mildread II

Pros:
Differential Steering, Direct Drive (2 wheel drive), two casters located at back for tight turns (spins on a dime!), two side flaps (17" each, pneumatically driven for a total wingspan of 60"), one top flap pneumatically driven (at max. extension is 48" tall), autonomous mode: dead-reckoning programs for various situations (reliable and work well - will be tweaked on Thursday), all components are enclosed by an aluminum frame making a solid and strong shield against other robots, fits underneath the bar, 122 lbs, doesn't tip over, speedy, can take out 4/6 stacks of boxes at top of ramp, top flap angled slightly forward to ensure that stack will topple. The robot is also extremely reliable, not having any parts break or fail during the Canadian Regional.

Human Players:
Beyond our robot, the group on the playing field is also well organized, consisting of the driver, a strategist (communicates with the driver), a timer (keeps everyone updated on the time), and a communicator (speaks with a member of our alliance team to make sure we're on the same page). Our stacker is fairly quick, usually making it back to the pad within 7 seconds. We communicate well with our alliance team well before matches so we can determine each other's strengths and weaknesses, ensuring a well-played match!

Cons:
Doesn't stack (though it hasn't put us at much of a disadvantage)

2003 Canadian Regional Judges Award
2003 Canadian Regional quarter-finalists

Awards given by other teams:
Team 235 - Best dressed team! woo hoo
Team 47 - Best Defense
Most Inspirational Team

See you all in Houston!!!!!!!! (GO ARCHIMEDES!!)

[miketwalker]

I posted this awhile ago but only a few teams have been able to respond and I haven't been able to e-mail all teams unfortunatly. Very few teams have been able to contribute their parts they'll be bringing to Houston for the database. It allows you to search for parts you need to repair you robot with and find what teams have it. If you could please download that and fill it out and send it back that would be excellent. This system will be in our pits for all to use, we just ask that everyone try to pitch in to make it work it's best. Thanks guys! You can download it from http://www.combbat.com/PartsForm97.xls. If you have any questions send me an e-mail at miketwalker@cfl.rr.com or reply to this thread. The sooner you can get them back the better since we'll be leaving Tuesday night so at the latest please try to send them back by Monday night or bring them to our pits Thursday morning. Thanks again! Good luck guys! Time for good ole' fun at Houston! See you there.

[DougHogg]

Team 980, The ThunderBots

Robot name: Yoda

Pros:
Our long telescoping arm hits the stack in 1.5 seconds (a little longer when the motor is reversing) and knocks over 5 to 6 columns of bins. The bins will be hit the ramp in 3 seconds (a little longer in reverse) with half or more making it to the carpet.

We also have grabber arms that can rotate out 5 stacks wide for plowing the bins into our zone.

We shift gears on the fly by rotating 2 sets of wheels up and down. They are all spinning constantly so we don't have to worry about grinding our gears when we shift.

We have good pushing power in low gear (conveyor tread) and medium speed in high gear.

We can also stack if the opportunity arises.

Cons:
We have chains running to each of the 8 wheels and we lost some in S. Calif., so we are stiffening our drive train.

Our robot can't go under the bar, and it isn't as fast as some robots.

Our center of gravity is higher than under-the-bar robots. (We didn't tip in Arizona but tipped once in S. Calif. Thanks a lot for ruining our record 696! [Just joking. They got us fair and square.])

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/pics/bin/1048894573team_980__az_1st_contct.jpg

[Mike Martus]

We have gone to three regionals and have steadly improved at each one making improvements.

We are now at 100% with the following:

4 drive motors on a two speed gear box. Fast is fast and slow is powerful, we have shown we can push bots around. With six pneumatic tires we have super traction.

Our automous mode ( we have many ) will hit the bins in ramp run in 2.4 seconds to 2.8 consistantly taking down 60% or more of the bins.

We use a Virtual Compass Guidance system in automous mode. This is a self correcting system that uses a virtual heading of north and all movements are relative to this using redundant encoders on the drive motors.

We are strong and can use our arm to reach stacks blocked by a bot.

Note: For durability we have each joint clutched to prevent overloading and stress reducing repairs.

Stop by our pit and have a look.

[Jack Jones]

Originally posted by Mike Martus
...
Stop by our pit and have a look.

For those not going to Houston, take a look here
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18438&highlight=cd8