Best Hybrid

[Tim Arnold]

If you wanted to give an award to the best autonomous robot, what team would you give it to?

So, with hybrid/autonomous being clearly much more important this year than in a long time, what are some of the best modes seen so far? Include video if you've got it!

[lukevanoort]

1024. 'Nuff said.

[Nuttyman54]

At BAE it was 1 ball, 3 lines courtesy of Buzz 175. They did this fairly consistently.

[GaryVoshol]

1024. 'Nuff said.

Or 1114.

And since both of them are going to attempt to include collision-avoidance anti-blocking techniques, we haven't seen the "best" yet. Nor have we seen about 80% of the robots on the field.

[Guy Davidson]

1540 was the class of the field at Oregon, and 488 had another impressive hybrid mode. However, 1114's seemed more impressive than both of those.

[Jetweb]

right now it seems like laps are the way to get the most points in the 15 sec. but with the emergence of defensive autonomous modes i think that you will see more people going for the ball because a big robot will be parked in the way of your second line. (example semi. 2 at Midwest where 16 shutdown 1024 and 1114 to only 8 points in auton.)

[Wayne C.]

I am curious what the actual scores for these teams were. What were the auto's in the other parts of the country achieving as a "good score"? any 48?

wc:cool:

[Guy Davidson]

1540 succesfuly knocked off both balls and crossed three lines several times, and almost always got at least the first ball and line. 488 were very succesful with the first line. 1823 here in Oregon got three or four lines fairly often.

[dbeck103]

25 was awesome at Jersey crossing three or four lines and getting a ball . Also 2590 had a pretty killer hybrid mode as well.

[thefro526]

25's hybrid was rather scary, I know once they got it working consistently that it won them matches.

[Tim Arnold]

My hope here was to get some useful information on how teams are using the remote, sensors, high scores or at least some video. Just saying that team x has a great auton isn't very informative... please try to backup your opinions :) !

[DanDon]

Being at the New Jersey regional over the weekend, Team 25, RaiderRobotix had one of the best hybrid modes I've seen this season.

In Finals 1-1 (http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match.php?matchid=5350) they knocked down one ball, ran into another robot and still almost managed to get 4 lines crossed.

In the 100 pt match in NJ, team 25 managed to cross 5 lines and knock down 2 balls for a total of 36 points :ahh:. (Video hopefully to come soon.)

[lukevanoort]

http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match.php?matchid=5122
http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match.php?matchid=5128
http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match.php?matchid=5279

In all of these, 1024 completes 5 lines even though they collided with other robots in autonomous (and it is autonomous, no IR). In the last video, they roll over a sixth (!) line, but I don't think that counts.

[Cory]

I've heard 148 consistently does 4-5 lines as well.

[Emily2177]

I was at the St. Louis Regional with 148 this past weekend and their hybrid did very well, easily crossing 4 lines. Also team 525's hybrid consistently did well, knocking off a ball and crossing 2-3 lines.

[Jetweb]

here is my favorite with 16 blocking 1114 and 1024 from crossing the second line.

http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match.php?matchid=5348

[987HighRoller]

Has anyone knocked off both balls?

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Has anyone knocked off both balls?

1540 did this many times at the Portland regional. Hybrid is big this year. 1540 could barely hurdle and they almost went undefeated (lost 1 match in the finals).

[BrendanB]

Team 58 in the BAE regional Knocked off both balls and crossed at least 3-4 lines. their line crossing skills in hybrid were very good but were blocked several times.

[Qbranch]

here is my favorite with 16 blocking 1114 and 1024 from crossing the second line.

http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match.php?matchid=5348

Good show Bomb Squad. I agree, 1114 has a fantastic autonomous. Maybe I'm a little biased, but watching their robot zip around the field is a thing of beauty. :o

I'm sure 1114 will have answers to defensive autonomous just as we will. Who knows? On-the-fly ball color detection and knockoff anyone? :]

Also... I think it's time RALFF learned how to drive stick on his own... *hint hint*

-q

[smurfgirl]

Or 1114.

And since both of them are going to attempt to include collision-avoidance anti-blocking techniques, we haven't seen the "best" yet. Nor have we seen about 80% of the robots on the field.

How about we blend the two numbers and say 1124 is the best?

If you want a serious answer, though, I was impressed with what I saw from team 25 on the NJ Regional webcast, and what I saw from 1114 on the Midwest Regional webcast. One time 25 hit a wall, backed up, and righted themselves! Our programmer, who was sitting next to me watching, was in awe. (-:

I'm looking forward to see what is in store for the week 2 regionals.

[Uberbots]

How about we blend the two numbers and say 1124 is the best?

If you want a serious answer, though, I was impressed with what I saw from team 25 on the NJ Regional webcast, and what I saw from 1114 on the Midwest Regional webcast. One time 25 hit a wall, backed up, and righted themselves! Our programmer, who was sitting next to me watching, was in awe. (-:

I'm looking forward to see what is in store for the week 2 regionals.

It only inspires me to do better.
our basic motto with collision avoidance is: dont avoid; plow through.
our new automode can consistantly knock off one ball and get a full lap... the second ball is hit-or-miss.

[Protronie]

our basic motto with collision avoidance is: dont avoid; plow through.


I like your way of thinking! :D

[Jetweb]

I'm sure 1114 will have answers to defensive autonomous just as we will.
-q

You are not alone there......:rolleyes:

[RoboWife]

In the 100 pt match in NJ, team 25 managed to cross 5 lines and knock down 2 balls for a total of 36 points :ahh:. (Video hopefully to come soon.)

Here's the video for NJ Qual #58, the 100 pt match - http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match.php?matchid=5087. Yikes! :yikes:

[Hairygutball]

http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match.php?matchid=5369
"forward 3 feet" stopped all three:cool:

[waialua359]

http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match.php?matchid=5369
"forward 3 feet" stopped all three:cool:

now has it been settled? is that legal? if it is or its not being called, teams will surely do what I just saw. that was awesome considering what those 2 bots can do when there is no "defense." Its an honest answer to say that teams would and should do this to defend during auto period if its within the play that they are allowing.

[lbl1731]

Team 1731's hybrid can be seen here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jecO-WTRoFQ) We use 4 5,000,000 candle powered flashlights to send 4 color comands to the cmu cam. We figured there would be too much interference with the IR. We can make about 1 lap and if we are lucky knock off two balls.

[MegaSparks]

Team 148 did 6 lines once in Hybrid mode but if not blocked did at least 4. They were awesome!
525 were consistent performers.
You need consistency in hybrid and you need to get at least 2 lines each and every time. Knocking a ball down solidifies you as dependable alliance partner.
Team 525 I had fun watching your hybrid and thanks for picking us it was the ride of our lives!!

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Team 58 in the BAE regional Knocked off both balls and crossed at least 3-4 lines. their line crossing skills in hybrid were very good but were blocked several times.

58 was awesome ... best herder I've seen.

At BAE I think 58 had the best autonomous. In the semifinals I believe we collided (more like a bump) with them twice, unintentionally, because we delayed our start to let Buzz knock the ball off.

[Kristian Calhoun]

In the 100 pt match in NJ, team 25 managed to cross 5 lines and knock down 2 balls for a total of 36 points :ahh:. (Video hopefully to come soon.)
Here is video of match 58 taken from a static angle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4gHV4toEc

The red alliance was able to net 52 points in the hybrid period.