Archimedes!!!

[DanDon]

So...........who's excited????

Here's a team list:

Team #
4
20
33
47
60
69
75
87
120
126
138
159
174
179
191
203
217
226
233
245
271
292
296
308
330
343
357
375
383
386
401
433
447
468
486
499
522
538
555
585
647
686
744
768
812
836
862
888
922
945
973
999
1023
1057
1108
1138
1184
1250
1266
1279
1302
1323
1367
1394
1414
1450
1492
1508
1538
1549
1568
1595
1610
1626
1654
1675
1714
1723
1743
1756
1803
1816
1880
1902
1941

Feel free to post about your bot, about other bots, your top robot list, and any other discussion about the division itself.

LET'S GO ARCHIE, LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Koko Ed]

I'm always excited about the championships.
Alot of familiar teams from last year.
As I learned from last year (when Archie was considered the toughest division. Perhaps ever) Just because you don't have the strongest division doesn't mean Archie doesn't have a chance to take it all.
WHole divisions don't go to Einstien. A three team allaince does and that team could be better than what comes out of those "tougher" divisions ( As Archie learned last year).

[chaoticprout]

Can't wait, second archie year in a row for 1138. =D

[Jeff K.]

Can't wait!!

Woot for userbars!:D

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/EagleEngineering/archimedescopy.jpg

lol

[rufu5]

I think this is the first time we have been in Archimedes.

But this division doesn't look weak at all. We have metal being motioned towards a flock of chickens dressed in pink doing a thunder dance while being chased by a swarm of KillerBees, while the chief watches a technical panther, who is stalking a hookie but carefully eyes the guard which is directly behind Mr Roboto ... who views his newfound home in amazement :yikes: and an eagle playing chess with the cat just eXclaimed a cyclone is moving in!

Its going to be fun!

[looneylin]

ARCHI - MEDES!!!!

I'm soo pumped! I've even written our division a story! :D

[Rafi Ahmed]

Everyone over here in SoCal is excited. See you all at Championship!

[Rohith Surampudi]

ARCHIMEDES = SOOO AWESOME







Jai Archimedes Ki Jai

[akshar]

Jai Archimedes Ki Jai

lol im with you on that

[neo]

is there a difference between each division? i have no clue man. i was thinking it was separated by what part of the US they were from, but that isnt it.

[Joe J.]

is there a difference between each division? i have no clue man. i was thinking it was separated by what part of the US they were from, but that isnt it.

Teams get sorted into their division by their team number, If you look at the list most of the time every fourth team is in the same division (where that doesn't happen theres usually a team pending and they will fill in the missing spot for each division).

If you look at the 8 lowest number teams:
1 Galileo
4 Archimedes
9 Curie
11 Newton
16 Galileo
20 Archimedes
22 Curie
25 Newton

every fourth team

At least thats how I understand it working.

[neo]

this is when i notice that i'm not good with patterns.

[rufu5]

has anyone compiled the stats to see how many:

regional winners
EI winners
chairmans winners
past national winners
regional award winners

are in our division? or any other helpful stats to stack our division against the others? think it would be pretty interesting to see ;)

[Jeff K.]

has anyone compiled the stats to see how many:

regional winners
EI winners
chairmans winners
past national winners
regional award winners

are in our division? or any other helpful stats to stack our division against the others? think it would be pretty interesting to see ;)

This was in the Official 2006 Championship Divisions Thread (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=46534)


Division Winners Finalists Chairmans
Archimedes 19 11 11
Newton 28 7 10
Galileo 25 9 4
Curie 22 11 7

We have 330, last year's national champions and Southern California Regional Finalists.

Here is a list of the teams that are regional champions.

4-Southern California Regional
60-AZ Regional
174-Buckeye Regional
217-Detroit Regional
233-Boston Regional
271-SBPLI Long Island Regional
343-NASA/VCU Regional
375-NYC Regional
1057-Peachtree Regional
1138-Southern California Regional
1184-Chesapeake Regional
1279-New Jersey Regional
1414-Peachtree Regional
1568-Boston Regional
1610-NASA/VCU Regional
1743-Pittsburgh Regional
1756-Midwest Regional
1816-Wisconsin Regional
1880-NYC Regional

[pyroslev]

The division has 2 of the 3 winners from VCU. Ought to make for some fun times.

I'm sitting in my class waiting for the boredom to end and putting together different teams on alliances. We may have fewer "Awesome Robots" but the stategy coming out of these matches should make for some fun times Friday night, trying to figure out who you want to be alligned with.

[geeknerd99]

The division has 2 of the 3 winners from VCU. Ought to make for some fun times.

Last year it had all three. :p

[Jeff K.]

has anyone compiled the stats to see how many:

regional winners
EI winners
chairmans winners
past national winners
regional award winners

are in our division? or any other helpful stats to stack our division against the others? think it would be pretty interesting to see ;)

Found some more time to get EI and Chairman award winners in our division. TGSB! (Thank God for Spring Break):p
Chairmans
159
217
245
357
375
522
812
922
1108

EI
75
433
447
1266

Strangely, after going through the FIRST site and looking at all the regional awards, I'm missing 2 chairman award winning team, because I only have 9, and the earlier post said there are 11.

[Dylan]

Can't wait 'till the nationals, this will be 1549's first year there! :D
Our robot is excellent at defense.

[KakashiHatake]

I love the Archimedes field. It rox the sox of all... muahaha.

[av11d]

ARCHI-MEDES!

Going to be awesome. Looks like there are some excellent teams in our division. See you all there!

[DanDon]

Does anyone know who the MC and play-by-play announcers for our field are going to be?

[JoeCallahan]

I look forward to competing with 375 again :) They were a great teammate in trenton.

[DanDon]

I look forward to competing with 375 again :) They were a great teammate in trenton.


As were you guys........we sure gave 25 and 103 a run for their money.....are you ready to face 1279 (and 103 if they pay) again? ;)

[mrs. p]

Found some more time to get EI and Chairman award winners in our division. TGSB! (Thank God for Spring Break):p
Chairmans
159
217
245
357
375
522
812
922
1108

EI
75
433
447
1266

Strangely, after going through the FIRST site and looking at all the regional awards, I'm missing 2 chairman award winning team, because I only have 9, and the earlier post said there are 11.

think you missed us - 233 from the florida regional and
one of the brazillian teams 383 from the boston regional.

[looneylin]

I think 357 won EI at Florida

[Kit Gerhart]

Found some more time to get EI and Chairman award winners in our division. TGSB! (Thank God for Spring Break):p
Chairmans
159
217
245
357
375
522
812
922
1108

EI
75
433
447
1266

Strangely, after going through the FIRST site and looking at all the regional awards, I'm missing 2 chairman award winning team, because I only have 9, and the earlier post said there are 11.
We, Team 233 are one that you missed. We won the Chairman's Award at the UCF regional. Also, interestingly, we have been in Archimedes every year since about 1999. The chances of that happening are 4 to the 7th. power or something like that.

[Jeff K.]

Revised Version

Chairmans
159
217
233
245
357
375
383
522
812
922
1108

EI
75
357
433
447
1266

Sorry for missing the teams. :o Haven't slept in two days.

[Josh Murphy]

I am looking forward to playing with all of you. I am sure there will be a lot of competitive robots on Archimedes. well good luck and see you guys on the field next week!! :)

[akshar]

I love the Archimedes field. It rox the sox of all... muahaha.

are the fields really that different?

[Pat Fairbank]

are the fields really that different?
The only difference as far as I can see is that it's a longer trek to Archimedes, since it's usually all the way across the Georgia dome from the robot entrance.

[looneylin]

and that Archimedes brings all the bots to the yard! YAY!

[Kevin Kolodziej]

I can't believe Atlanta is NEXT WEEK already. While team 1675 may not have qualified to get in, I'm extremely glad I pushed for us to take advtage of the opening of tier #1 - the teams my kids will be exposed to in this division (and the others of course) and have a chance to directly interact with are some of the teams that I am continually inspired by year after year. While I have a feeling that our robot will perform better than ever in the dome, the people the kids will meet and knowledge from the conferences they will gain will be an invaluable experience. Archimedes will be represented well and be the best we can be! ARCHI-MEDES! ARCHI-MEDES!

Kev

:D

[pyroslev]

86 Team in Archimedes!

The whol thing snuck upon me. Right now I'm in a state of dissarray. English Paper due the Monday before, persuasive speech and 8 Hour Workday the TUESDAY before. (My Brain is either asleep due to allergy medicine or hyper thanks to caffeine.)

Can't wait for the madness and and insanity.

[mrmummert]

86 Team in Archimedes!

The whol thing snuck upon me. Right now I'm in a state of dissarray. English Paper due the Monday before, persuasive speech and 8 Hour Workday the TUESDAY before. (My Brain is either asleep due to allergy medicine or hyper thanks to caffeine.)

Can't wait for the madness and and insanity.


Hey all...

Arch from what I can see has a lot of the same teams that were in
Curie last year (us, X-cats,killer bees,etc.) Somehow we've dodged the triplets and team 25. 401 was in Arch last year and I'm glad to be with them
this year. Too bad 1598 is'nt with us again like at VCU. I had hoped we had gotten Galileo because Jeff Seaton is the MC, But I'm happy with what we got.

Am looking forward to the trip...VCU was better the second time around because we had a larger team this year I had more free time.
Last year was so hectic at Atlanta not being there before with a small
team. I think this year will be better.

While Arch might be far away from the Dome entrance...its the closest
(ala the pits) walking without the robot) from the GWCC to the Dome.

[JulieB]

The only difference as far as I can see is that it's a longer trek to Archimedes, since it's usually all the way across the Georgia dome from the robot entrance.

Yeah be sure to bring your walking shoes its a LONG LONG LONG WALK. :eek:

[Nica F.]

ARCHIMEDES!


im excited! < week !

[karinka13]

ARCHI-MEDES!!!!!!

last year we were in galileo and we got in a screaming fight w/ people from archimedes...

OMG im soooo excited!!!

AND we'll totally have the most physically fit division by the end... or just the most giddy from exhaustion... but hey! thats fun too! (lol)

[Jon Jack]

YES!

This is The Holy Cows' first time in Atlanta. Everyone is really excited! We'll be coming with our 'Got FIRST?' t-shirts and some other cool give aways. We'll also be traveling with our mascot, a cow!

[DanDon]

Hey Archi teams!!!! I've got some questions for y'all:

Disclaimer: Borrowed from Newton thread

If you get the chance can you answer the following questions:

1. Team name and number
2. Shooter/Dumper
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
4. Ramp capabilities?
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
7. Average scoring?
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/Manual
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!


Can't wait to meet you all soon,

[Joe J.]

1. Team name and number
2. Shooter/Dumper
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
4. Ramp capabilities?
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
7. Average scoring?
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/Manual
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!




1. Lightning Robotics 862
2. Shooter
3. ~22
4. Need a push (for stability)
5. Shoots for Center from postitions A & B, Defnse
6. Mid range
7. Veryies
8. Top center ~4 feet
9. Have the camera but shoot manually
10. Icarus (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/23269) upper panels are now gone and the IFI's are now in the front & the Skyways in back

[Jeff K.]

Eagle Engineering-1138
Dumper
Up to 40
Can ramp and can push other robots up ramp
Several autonomous modes suited for opposing alliance

For #6:
1138. They pushed us up the ramp. Sideways. And our robot is a six wheel drive with 4" wheels covered in roughtop tread. They even pushed 40 around when their traction plates were down. The traction plates were 16" square covered in tread (can't remember which kind). Yeah, talk about sick drives.
...1276 was mentioned because they...can push almost anyone around and are extremely hard to push around with their 6 traction wheels and AM shifters.

Avg Scoring about 15 pts from dumping

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/EagleEngineering/2005-2006%20Season/So%20Cal%20Regional/robot.jpg

[JamesBrown]

Eagle Engineering-1138
Dumper
Up to 40
Can ramp and can push other robots up ramp
Several autonomous modes suited for opposing alliance

For #6:



Avg Scoring about 20 pts from dumping

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/EagleEngineering/2005-2006%20Season/So%20Cal%20Regional/robot.jpg

I will personally vouch for the fact that 1138 can play defense, they were excellent at BAE and pushed around any one who got in their way.

1.) 1568 The Mechanicatz
2.) We are a shooter
3.) 10
4.) No problem, have also helped others up.
5.) multiple defensive modes including high speed to beat dumper to the corner, and high speed to get to robot then high torque to push them away from the goal (watch our semifinal matches (2 and 3) from boston to see) Since boston I wrote an auto mode that wil score 4-6 in the center (camera aimed) It works in the debugger but is untested, It hould be available for use friday.
6.) Great speed in high gear, can Push almost any one in low.
7.) Not sure, I am sure the number is very low but will be higher in atlanta, we didn't get all of the bugs worked out untill saturday in boston and by then all of our partners wanted us to play defense.
8.) 42 inches off the ground
9.) camera aimed (pan and tilt) with manual over ride option.
10.) I will post as soon as I find one

[Kit Gerhart]

Hey Archi teams!!!! I've got some questions for y'all:

Disclaimer: Borrowed from Newton thread

If you get the chance can you answer the following questions:

1. Team name and number
2. Shooter/Dumper
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
4. Ramp capabilities?
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
7. Average scoring?
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/Manual
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!


Can't wait to meet you all soon,
You want us to make your scouting really easy, don't you? OK, I guess I'll help.

1. The Pink Team, Team 233
2. Shooter
3. 25 or so
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. 7-8 FPS/pretty good/pretty good
7. Not sure
8. High
9. Both
10. I think there are pics in robot "showcase."

[DanDon]

You want us to make your scouting really easy, don't you? OK, I guess I'll help.

C'mon Kit, don't deny that this is making everyone's scouting easier....:p

[Kit Gerhart]

C'mon Kit, don't deny that this is making everyone's scouting easier....:p
Yep... I'm taking notes on all replies to this thread.

[EricH]

1. Team name and numberBeach Bots, 330
2. Shooter/DumperShooter, with ability to score low
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?About 20, maybe a few more (may change in ATL)
4. Ramp capabilities?Yes
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?I hope so
6. Speed/Power/ManeuverabilityNot sure
7. Average scoring?Probably about 15-20 points/match
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/ManualLocation: high in back Aim:either/or
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!There are two on CD-Media already. Search by team number.

[Jon Jack]

Hey Archi teams!!!! I've got some questions for y'all:

Disclaimer: Borrowed from Newton thread

If you get the chance can you answer the following questions:

1. Team name and number
2. Shooter/Dumper
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
4. Ramp capabilities?
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
7. Average scoring?
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/Manual
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!


Can't wait to meet you all soon,

1. Team 1538 - The Holy Cows
2. Shooter *if everything works well*
3. We can hole about 20-30 balls
4. Ramp every time
5. We can block well
6. We have speed, power and some maneuverability
7. We didn't score in Vegas (outside of the ramp), but that should change in Atlanta
8. Our shooter is like 4' tall, the mussel is at about 4'
9. Camera, hopefully
10. This (http://www.team1538.com/engine.php?page=robots&style=cow-metallic) is our robot without its plastic sides, just before we shipped.

[Dan Richardson]

If you get the chance can you answer the following questions:

1. Team name and number: 1902 Exploding Bacon
2. Shooter/Dumper: Dumper
3. How many balls can you approx. hold? ~ 20
4. Ramp capabilities? Yup
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)? 100% 10 balls corner goal from all 3 spots. Also have a defensive mode.
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability AM 2 speed transy's
7. Average scoring? ~28 pts, usually 10 points in auton, 10 pts for winning bonus... and one dump from about 10-18 every match is typically what we do.
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/Manual
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can! Search frc 1902

[coldfusion1279]

Hey Archi teams!!!! I've got some questions for y'all:

Disclaimer: Borrowed from Newton thread

If you get the chance can you answer the following questions:

1. Team name and number
2. Shooter/Dumper
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
4. Ramp capabilities?
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
7. Average scoring?
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/Manual
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!


Can't wait to meet you all soon,

1. Team 1279, Cold Fusion
2. Both Shooter and Dumper
3. Approx. 30 maximum
4. Can get up the ramp without toooo much trouble
5. 2 diff auto modes (offensive and defensive)
6. moderate speed/OMG have we got power/good maneuverability
7. 7-8 balls/match (shooting), dumping much more
8. top left (about 5' high)
9. No camera
10. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44448&highlight=1279

Should be an awesome event. Our team loves being the dark horse, we have won the NJ regional 2 times in a row in our 2nd and 3rd year as a big underdog team... maybe this year we will do better in atlanta than last year.. ;)

Good luck to all of you and be sure to stop into our pits to say hi

[Kevin Kolodziej]

1. Team name and number
2. Shooter/Dumper
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
4. Ramp capabilities?
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
7. Average scoring?
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/Manual
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!


1. Team 1675 - Ultimate Protection Squad
2. Shooter, dumper if absolutely necessary (works, but never done in a match)
3. Ideally about 10, practically 4 (room for 20, but it'll never happen)
4. Needs help
5. Move and shoot, just move (perfecting both of those and adding low dump on Thursday)
6. 10fps 4WD using wormgears (decent power, average traction), average manueverability
7. 3-4 through regionals with drive problems, hopefully more now that drive is fixed.
8. Top of robot
9. Camera was removed for weight...trying to return it (lets drivers know when locked on to target)
10. I'll have to get back to you on that...its behind John Abele in this picture (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24158), but all you can see is the shooter.

Kev

[Kevin Kolodziej]

1. Team name and number
2. Shooter/Dumper
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
4. Ramp capabilities?
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
7. Average scoring?
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/Manual
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!


1. Team 1714 - Thomas More Community Robotics Club (More Robotics)
2. Shooter
3. 20+
4. Needs help
5. Move and shoot
6. Average speed, average power, average manueverability (4WD with 2 omni)
7. 5-7
8. Top of robot
9. Manual
10. Team 1714 robot (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24156)

[Ellery]

[QUOTE=dhoizner]Hey Archi teams!!!! I've got some questions for y'all:

Disclaimer: Borrowed from Newton thread

If you get the chance can you answer the following questions:

1. Team name and number
2. Shooter/Dumper
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
4. Ramp capabilities?
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
7. Average scoring?
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/Manual
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!



1. Team 191 Xerox/Wilson X-CATS
2. Shooter & Dumper
3. 10-12
4. Yes Please.
5. We shall see- haven't needed to use any of them yet.
6. 3-9 ft/sec , very maneuverable 6 wheel drive with high traction
7. 10-40 pts/ match
8. Top Rear
9. Both - driver selection
10. Posted already in CD Media http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24532
.http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24532

Yes please stop by the pits and introduce yourselves

[Allison K]

1. 226 - TEC CReW Hammerheads
2. Shooter
3. 12 or 13
4. Yes, have also helped others up
5. We should be able to shoot in auto from any starting position.
6. 6-7 fps/very good/good
7. Not sure, I didn't keep stats for our team. Our offensive power rating is 19.84 (11th out of 63 at Great Lakes) if that means anything.
If shooter:
8. The fly wheel is low in the center of the bot to keep the CG low, but the ball exits at the top to make it (near) impossible to block.
9. Both. The drivers have a button that switches been manual aim and auto aim.
10. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/23119

[looneylin]

1. Team name and number
433 Firebirds!!!

2. Shooter/Dumper
Both

3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
15

4. Ramp capabilities?
YES!

5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
Meh.. no..
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
Pretty fast, not that powerful, easily maneuver

7. Average scoring?
dunno!


If shooter:
8. Shooter location
2 feet from the ramp

9. Camera/Manual
both, hopefully camera at nats

[karinka13]

just touching up on what alicia said already:

yes, we DO have autonomous modes.
1. dump balls in corner goal
2. shoot on center goal from middle position (problems with this thanks to an unfocused camera, but we fixed that so it *should* be working just perfect now)

and yeah, the camera's fixed. but if it breaks again, we do have manual that works well.

and as far as power, yeah we dont have so much. BUT! we do have brakes. and they sorta keep us in place.

[Pat Fairbank]

1. Team name and number
2. Shooter/Dumper
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
4. Ramp capabilities?
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
7. Average scoring?
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/Manual
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!
1. Northern Knights, 296
2. Shooter
3. 20
4. Yes
5. Mainly 3-point scoring (6-8 balls), with a few other options
6. 8 fps/not very powerful/good manoeuvrability
7. about 40-45 points per match
8. top of robot
9. camera and manual control

Picture: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/23109

[Josh Murphy]

1. Chief Delphi, 47
2. Shooter or dumper both
3. 8 to 10 balls
4. ramp capabilities definitely
5. Hopefully affective autonomouses(most likely)
6. 2 speed transmission, a little bit of power, medium maneuverability
7. normally 15 to 30
8. medium high
9. no camera all manual
10. there is a video of our robot on the front page of Chiefdelphi.com you will have to scroll down to see it.

Good luck guys and see you in 1 week in Atlanta.

[brandy836]

1. Team name and number
The RoboBees, Team 836

2. Shooter/Dumper
Both

3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
20+

4. Ramp capabilities?
We can go up the ramp, just not down it; we can also help other robots get onto the ramp

5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
We have 6, but we mostly only use 2 of them

6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
8 fps, pretty powerful, and good maneuverability

7. Average scoring?
15- 35

If shooter:
8. Shooter location
Top left (or right depending on how you look at it)

9. Camera/Manual
Both

[Silent_Stryker]

yeaaa archimedes! lets win it this year! now where'e that guy that writes the stories with the team names....

1. Team name and number
The Monsters, Team 308

2. Shooter/Dumper
Shooter

3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
14-ish

4. Ramp capabilities?
can go up

5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
best is 8 balls in center

6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
VERY fast, decently powerful with 4-wheel drive upgrade (not seen at GLR)

7. Average scoring?
20+

If shooter:
8. Shooter location
mid-high center

9. Camera/Manual
Both

http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd4/62583/robot.png

[Dylan]

Hey Archi teams!!!! I've got some questions for y'all:

Disclaimer: Borrowed from Newton thread

If you get the chance can you answer the following questions:

1. Team name and number
2. Shooter/Dumper
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
4. Ramp capabilities?
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
7. Average scoring?
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/Manual
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!

1. Bombers, 1549 (naming was a fiasco, none of us like it, but we're stuck with it for this year)
2. Shooter, but we are mostly about defense
3. About 8
4. Yes
5. Well... we did have one, but I don't know if we still do. Plus the guy who was doing the programming might not be coming to ATL.
6. Approx. 5 MPH/ We could push almost anyone at the GLR/ Treads in back, castors up front, we can maneuver ok
7. 0-8 pnts
8. Lower front, fixed in a horizontal position. We can hit the corner goals.
9. Shooter is fixed, so manual I guess.
10. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24464

[DanDon]

ARCHI-

[Jeff K.]

MEDES!!

Archimedes will rock Einstein.

[talltree357]

ARCHI-

[Joe J.]

MEDES!

Our head mentor and I were doing this at our meeting yesterday it confused the rookies.

[looneylin]

ARCHI-

[hamrhead226chik]

MEDES!!!!!
:ahh: :ahh: :ahh: :ahh: :ahh:

[Alex Burman]

ARCHI-

[zkaratekid]

MEDES!!

[Silent_Stryker]

ARCHI-

[Lea103]

1.Team name and number
103 Cybersonics
2. Shooter/Dumper
Shooter
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
12
4. Ramp capabilities?
Yes
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
Yes, several
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
We can be speedy
7. Average scoring?
idk
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
any where... give us an open spot and we'll shoot
9. Camera/Manual
both
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!

[Joe J.]

ARCHI-

MEDES!

As my team likes to say:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we're done.

[mrmummert]

ARCHI-

[mrmummert]

ARCHI-
DANG....MEDES

i'LL TRY AGAIN

[mrmummert]

ARCHI-
THATS BETTER

[Joe J.]

MEDES!!

[DanDon]

MEDES!!!!

aww man, beat me to it

ARCHI-

[BBnum3]

1. Team name and number
Team 1816 The Green Machine

2. Shooter/Dumper
Corner Dumper

3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
10 exactly.

4. Ramp capabilities?
Definitely.

5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
Effective defensive, we're working on other ones.

6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
Pretty good in all three categories. We could push most teams at WI, and our nubs (see pic) make us pretty maneuverable.

7. Average scoring?
10 pts, plus ramp bonus


10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24517

[neo]

Hey Archi teams!!!! I've got some questions for y'all:

Disclaimer: Borrowed from Newton thread

If you get the chance can you answer the following questions:

1. Team name and number
2. Shooter/Dumper
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
4. Ramp capabilities?
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
7. Average scoring?
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/Manual
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!


Can't wait to meet you all soon,

1. THS Warrior Robotics Team 585
2. Both. Shooter is a catapult. Dumper is a bin and roller
3. 10 in the bin and at least 5 in the hopper
4. We can get up most of the time.
5. We load 8 balls in the bin, move straight from the far box and get all 8 in.
6. 7 m/s, fairly powerfull and maneuverable.
7. 15+
8. Side
9. Manual
10. http://www.team585.org/dan/Images/bot.jpg

[coldfusion1279]

Hey team 103,

glad to see you made the list, maybe we'll get to be alliance partners again and take down 25 on einstein this time instead of allying with them :p , i would love to face them, unfortunately our team never got to in jersey, but im also looking forward to playing with/against 486 and 375 again

see you there and good luck

[DanDon]

Hey all,

Attatched is an excel spreadsheet with the top 15 seeds from each regional, the Radioshack Innovation in Control award from each regoinal, and the finalists and champions from each regional penciled in for the teams fom our division. It also has the offensive power ranking for each team

Enjoy,

P. S.: For whoever is having problems, right click on the link, save as..., and paste division rankings.xls instead of attatchment.php.

[Kevin Kolodziej]

1. Team 1675 - Ultimate Protection Squad
2. Shooter, dumper if absolutely necessary (works, but never done in a match)
3. Ideally about 10, practically 4 (room for 20, but it'll never happen)
4. Needs help
5. Move and shoot, just move (perfecting both of those and adding low dump on Thursday)
6. 10fps 4WD using wormgears (decent power, average traction), average manueverability
7. 3-4 through regionals with drive problems, hopefully more now that drive is fixed.
8. Top of robot
9. Camera was removed for weight...trying to return it (lets drivers know when locked on to target)
10. I'll have to get back to you on that...its behind John Abele in this picture (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24158), but all you can see is the shooter.

Kev

Here's that picture (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24595) I promised.
Kev

[Ricki E.]

my first championship

im soo excited

go archimedes!!!

[JulieB]

MEDES!!!!


1. Team name and number
Dragon Slayers 538
2. Shooter/Dumper
Shooter
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
10
4. Ramp capabilities?
Yes
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
---
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
Medium speed
7. Average scoring?
6-8 balls in top goal and 10 balls in side goals and RAMP

If shooter:

8. Shooter location
center of robot
9. Camera/Manual
manual

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/23232

[DanDon]

So, 3 days until nationals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who's excited?

Let's get our cheering and spirit warmed up.......I'll start....

ARCHI-

[Joe J.]

MEDES!

[Jeff K.]

ARCHI-

[Rafi Ahmed]

-MEDES!

[Manoel]

Hey Archi teams!!!! I've got some questions for y'all:

1. Team name and number
2. Shooter/Dumper
3. How many balls can you approx. hold?
4. Ramp capabilities?
5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?
6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability
7. Average scoring?
If shooter:
8. Shooter location
9. Camera/Manual
10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!



1. Team 383, The Brazilian Machine!
2. Both
3. 10 on the tubing and 6 on the conveyor belts, approximately
4. Sure. Want some help getting up? Got it too ;)
5. Effective defensive mode, shooting mode will have to be tweaked due to some changes to the shooter.
6. 2 speed gearbox, plenty speed, plenty torque, plenty everything. Didn't lose a single shoving match at the Boston Regional.
7. Before some shooter changes, around 15 pts a match
8. (Now) Fixed position, mounted low on the robot.
9. May use camera to indicate goal on target.
10. Sorry, don't have any here. Stop by our pits to see us! :D

[Zyik]

1. Team name and number

Greyhound Revolutionary Robotics, 973

2. Shooter/Dumper

Shooter

3. How many balls can you approx. hold?

between 15-20, can't place at the min but it's orginized, not just jumbled.

4. Ramp capabilities?

Can push others up and get up ourselves.

5. Effective autonomous Mode(s)?

Not tested on the court (yet) but it existes.

6. Speed/Power/Maneuverability

Two speed, so fast and pushing, powerful in lowgear fixxing highgear to be much better, should have good agility.

7. Average scoring?

If shooter: New shooting mech that is very nice. Should be able to get all, or atleast most, of our balls in, and it should be rapid.

8. Shooter location

Middle of robot, should be able to get over other robots infront of us.

9. Camera/Manual

Both. Manual override incase the camera gets blocked.

10. Post a picture of the robot if you can!

http://www.greybots.com/2006/SJ2006/ plenty of good pics there.

[hoorayforpink]

i cant believe i cant go to nationals its so sadding

[Dan Richardson]

yeah I'm at home for now too :-(.. I'm dissapointedly in the middle of exam week. I'll be there on saturday tho.

[hoorayforpink]

y does archimedes rock so hard?

[Tim Delles]

Arhcimedes Divisional Elimination Round
1 – 296, 217
2 – 401, 271, 1138
3 – 233, 33, 1902
4 – 120, 1323, 103
5 – 179, 126, 585
6 – 1816, 343, 60
7 – 1023, 1756, 69
8 – 20, 138, 159


***Can someonen post who 296 and 217 picked. I missed it.***

Thanks

[Penny]

Arhcimedes Divisional Elimination Round
1 – 296, 217
2 – 401, 271, 1138
3 – 233, 33, 1902
4 – 120, 1323, 103
5 – 179, 126, 585
6 – 1816, 343, 60
7 – 1023, 1756, 69
8 – 20, 138, 159


***Can someonen post who 296 and 217 picked. I missed it.***

Thanks

296 and 217 picked 522

[Lil' Lavery]

Archimedes:
1 def 8
----------1 def 4
4 def 5
-------------------3 def 1
3 def 6
----------3 def 7
7 def 2

[Tim Delles]

my picks

Quaterfinals
1 def. 8
2 def. 7
3 def. 6
5 def. 4

Semi-finals
1 def. 5
3 def. 2

Finals
3 def. 1

[hoorayforpink]

wat Delles said

[hoorayforpink]

allaiance 1 vs alliance 5


alliance 3 vs allaince 2


is that right?


ya thats rite

[Michelle Celio]

Finals
3 def. 1
I'm really hopeing to see that happen. I want to see a Florida team take the whole thing. And plus, it has two of the coolest teams in Florida :)

Lets go 233, 33 and 1902!!

[Lil' Lavery]

Congratulations to teams 296, 217, and 522. I guess I was right when I said the Thunder Chickens were the best team in Archie in another thread. ;)
Great job 233, 33, and 1902.

I guess 296 will have to take the triplets place on Einstein! :ahh:

[hoorayforpink]

o man thats excrutiatingly painful

winning the first then losing twice in a row uhhhhuhuhuhu


well good job 296, 217 and 522

GO ARCHIE

[PatrickN]

Congratulations to 296, 217 and 522... the all-gtr alliance...

296, congrats on putting your team in the history books :P number one seed and making it to einstein, incredible!
Seeing 217 in the pits at gtr, even before they played, I thought they'd win the regional... and they got oh so close. Finally, gotta show some love for the first american team to walk away with the chairmans award at gtr, 522. Overall incredible job, you've probably got a lot of people rooting for you :D

[coldfusion1279]

We beat 217 in our first match on friday!! Too bad we didnt get picked. We did very poorly as teams picked on us, and 217 took off after that match... great job to them and 296 and 522. I say they are very deserving of it.

[jax1488]

Congratulations to 296, 217 and 522... the all-gtr alliance...

296, congrats on putting your team in the history books :P number one seed and making it to einstein, incredible!
Seeing 217 in the pits at gtr, even before they played, I thought they'd win the regional... and they got oh so close. Finally, gotta show some love for the first american team to walk away with the chairmans award at gtr, 522. Overall incredible job, you've probably got a lot of people rooting for you :D

ah, alas i dont know about the thunderchickens but 522 is the first team in ny to win the nationals... or i think to even get that far :-D... so thats another one for the history books... not as big.. but still

[pacoliketaco]

Congratulations to the Archimedes 2006 champions!!!

And all of the other division winners!

I have never been to Atlanta before and all i have to say is WOW! The championships are amazing, in their size and quality.

[Kit Gerhart]

Congrats to 296. 217, and 522. We beat you guys once in the Archi finals, but couldn't put it all together. It was great to see you guys win on Einstein.

Also, it was great to see 522 do well. We had a fantastic run with 522 and the Manchester UK team, I think 829, in winning the NYC regional in '04.

[Kel D]

There were a lot of teams that I thought would definitely get drafted but didn't get picked. One that comes to mind is team 1538, the Holy Cows. They were usually a pretty consistent shooter from what I saw and they were not that low in the rankings. Just an observation, I know not every team can be picked and there were a lot of good teams that didn't get picked. Anyone else see any teams that they thought would get drafted but didn't?

[Zyik]

We wished we had been picked, we had good defense and could shoot if nessisary. We were in 26th... Oh well, maybe next year, this was our first regionals.

[John Neun]

On behalf of Team 20, Congratulations to 296-217-522 for beating us, winning Archimedes, and winning the Championship!! You are all wonderful teams, but I have known the folks from Staten Island for many years and am thrilled that they have a National Championship!

Many thanks for Teams 138 and 159 for teaming with us. We gave them a good run! Team 1675, you were awesome! Thanks for doing such a great job.

There were about 30 teams we could have picked. It was a very close and very difficult decision! I hope we can play with you all next year.

THANKS FOR A GREAT COMPETITION. ARCHIMEDES WAS THE BEST FIRST EXPERIENCE I HAVE EVER HAD!

[Masterfork]

o man thats excrutiatingly painful

winning the first then losing twice in a row uhhhhuhuhuhu


well good job 296, 217 and 522

GO ARCHIE
yeah ohh well we look at it as everything happens for a reason and to explain to anybody why 1902 wasn't doing as well was becuase their middle wheel broke so they didn't have the traction and power they had in the first round we won against them and the 33 autonomous wouldn't work but ohh well it was a blast to play with you and i just think those are signs we weren't meant to win yet but great job 217 and all of your alliance you guys were great. Next we will be back so be ready lol pink shall fill everyones eyes lol but what ever see a few of you at IRI also.

[woofingddog]

Whoever that judge was that told us in New Hampshire, after losing in the semi-finals, that we (296) should go to Atlanta since we were a team to contend with was definately right.

Archimedes, thank you guys for all your support during our matches on Einstein. We certainly brought the championship back to Archimedes.

[jax1488]

Congrats to 296. 217, and 522. We beat you guys once in the Archi finals, but couldn't put it all together. It was great to see you guys win on Einstein.

Also, it was great to see 522 do well. We had a fantastic run with 522 and the Manchester UK team, I think 829, in winning the NYC regional in '04.

hey like i said then, its always great playing with or agianst u guys... u never cease to produce one amazing show... always a pleasure!!!!!

and 04' ruled lol

[Jessica!]

Thank you so much to all the teams that made Archimedes so awesome!!! 296, thank you for seeing through our meddling with things that were well enough and taking the risk of choosing us as your partner--i think we came through for ya. And, 522 we couldn't have done it without you guys. Thank you to all of Archimedes for cheering us on at Einstein, and all the other teams that were rooting for us. Atlanta was amazing, not because we won, but because of all the friends we have made and the inside jokes we now fill our conversations with...oh and by the way, all the 217 Mentors are shaving their heads...Paul will be shaving his head for IRI. SO look out for it and make sure you go up to him and rub his head because it's gonna be awesome!!

[Masterfork]

Thank you so much to all the teams that made Archimedes so awesome!!! 296, thank you for seeing through our meddling with things that were well enough and taking the risk of choosing us as your partner--i think we came through for ya. And, 522 we couldn't have done it without you guys. Thank you to all of Archimedes for cheering us on at Einstein, and all the other teams that were rooting for us. Atlanta was amazing, not because we won, but because of all the friends we have made and the inside jokes we now fill our conversations with...oh and by the way, all the 217 Mentors are shaving their heads...Paul will be shaving his head for IRI. SO look out for it and make sure you go up to him and rub his head because it's gonna be awesome!!
ohh we will see you at IRI and have a rematch lol j/k hopefully we get to play with you if we get to go and that has a pretty good chance of happening but hey if we don't get with you in alliances ohh well then bring it on, i love competition and i love the teams that are up their they are so nice also.

can't wait till IRI though to compete or be with 217 agian that would be awsome. :cool:

[AmayaSaria]

Congrats to teams: 296. 217, and 522!!!! You guys were awesome, and really deserved to win!!~

And congrats to all other teams in Archimedes!We made our side have the most fun~!

[looneylin]

yay to everybody!!! to the teams who won, to the teams who were GP, and to the teams who wore safety glasses b/c everybody's a winner with safety!!! lol

atlanta was soo much fun!!!

dean got my "dean is my homeboy" button! :D :D :D i'm psyched! he seemed to like it a lot. hehe.

p.s. when karen was giving dean the "dean is my homeboy" button at the social *which i wasnt able to attend*** mary gave bart kamen the button too. and she said "u look a lot like ur brother, u can cross out dean and put bart!" haha.

[Kevin Kolodziej]

Many thanks for Teams 138 and 159 for teaming with us. We gave them a good run! Team 1675, you were awesome! Thanks for doing such a great job.

We were ecstatic to have the chance to play...sorry it had to be at 159's expense though (we hope your robot is okay!). After coming in last place in Cleveland and not improving too much for Milwaukee, being able to get the robot working well and show everyone what we really could do felt great.

Congrats 296, 217, and 522, as well as the rest of the Archimedes teams. On paper we may have looked like a weak division, but through teamwork, we rose above and proved that there is no such thing as an underdog in FIRST.

Kev

[Kit Gerhart]

Congrats 296, 217, and 522, as well as the rest of the Archimedes teams. On paper we may have looked like a weak division, but through teamwork, we rose above and proved that there is no such thing as an underdog in FIRST.

Kev
Last year Archimedes appeared "on paper" to be the strongest division, but things just didn't work out for strong alliances to fall into place. This year, the opposite occurred. The winning 296/217/522 alliance was awesome, and our 233/33/1902 was very strong when everything worked well. I guess this just tells us that if you predict the Einstein outcome from the division lists, you probably have a random chance, 25 per cent, of being right.