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From their Facebook Page:


Now go! We all need this!

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Direct link to 1114's facebook.
1114's twitter

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Maybe a reason to make Facebook/ Twitter accounts!

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I pity the fool who doesn't do this right now.

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What you guys can't wait two more days to watch it actually start dominating live and in constantly buffering glory?

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Well quite a bit of teams are competing this week. :p

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Can't wait to get my 360p screenshot of it...

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More like 10p. Liked and followed.

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Nothing and I repeat NOTHING ever beats seeing the real deal with your own two eyes. I will be getting a good eyeful of 1114, 2056 and 610 @ GTW West in three weeks.
It'll be awesome!

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watchFIRSTnow will be broadcasting the greater toronto east regional in 720p. Granted our video source is only 480i, you will not be disappointed in this webcast.

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610 will not be at GTR West. Doing Waterloo.

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aw man! What a bummer!

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One can't watch livestreams while at waterford :(

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No

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Update: Facebook is up to 1,464
Twitter is up to 1,215.

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Got about 20 friends to like the facebook page

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I'll be honest. I'm posting here to bump the thread so more people see this. Forgive me. :D

EDIT: It's my birthday so I get a break.

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@Koko Ed You should come to Waterloo :)

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Sorry. Libby laid claim to me as soon as the schedule came out. I'm beholden to Boston til the Districts taketh away, then I'm a free agent.

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5 left on facebook. Lets finish twitter (73 left). https://twitter.com/frc1114

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1500 likes on Facebook
Twitter is still 71 followers behind

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50 Twitter Followers to Get

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This is one of the more brilliant marketing campaigns I've seen from a robotics team. Why does 1114 have to be good at everything? ;)

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I still think they're just going to put up a pic of B.A. Baracus' van from the A-Team.

That would be a cool robot.

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30 More Twitter Followers are needed!

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I just signed in to Twitter for the first time in about 5 months so I could follow 1114.

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Same here lol

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7 more Twitter followers to get

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I wonder if they'll post it right away...

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4 more follower to go on twitter

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1 Follower to go

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Officially over 1300.

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1300 Twitter Followers!

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This is a fantastic social media event and really showcases the inspirational power of 1114. Before we even see the picture, we can see they have won.

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That looks like a telescoping arm and a corner only loader. Which is probably deceiving, but from what can be seen, thats what I think.

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LET THE GEEKING COMMENCE!

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dat climber

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The same way 1503 picked up tubes in 2011.

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Over the bumper on the other side, would be my guess.

"@frc1114: Sometimes you just have to 469 it. #OMGrobots"
I thought this had something to do with full-court shooting, but linear shooter leaves me clueless once again. Maybe 2056 has something tricky up their sleeves.

EDIT: Maybe it's 90 degree??? Can't tell for sure. That's what I get for assuming.

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Wait, whats that randomish CIM in the middle back top of the robot?

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You can do A LOT with a 30 lb withholding allowance. Definitely looks like they could have an over the bumper intake from the back.

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Looks to me like it's a BAG CIM...probably as part of their intake/hopper/indexer.

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I thought 217 said they would never collaborate with 1114??? ;)

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Anyone notice the gate on the front of the robot right under the shooter? There is you feeder collection

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Tease!

I would be pretty surprised if 1114 did not floor load. Also, for those interested you have a partial view of the top of their robot if you look in the reflection of the blue banner.

Good Luck this year
Regards, Bryan

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There is a gap in the rear bumper it looks like, positioned more on the shooter side of the robot. I would imagine a floor loader would fit there.

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That gate thing under the shooter looks like is on pneumatics, and slides out

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What about the rear of the bumper on the right side of the picture? It steps up at the back end. Could there be a floor pickup from the corner? It could tie in with that gap at the back. Looking in the reflection there seems to be some rollers on the top. I could be mistaken however.

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The coolest part of this picture for me?

The Chairman's Clock. :)

Can't wait to see the robot in action - that looks pretty neat, too.

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Looks more like a climber to me.

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I think he means right under the shooter. Above what looks like a climber.

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You are correct, the "climber" (red plate attached to the lead screw) looks to rotate up then go out to grab on to the first level. All in all looks like it will be another force to be reckoned with.

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Attached is my offering to the nuttiness. It's no CSI Zoom in and enhance, but I only have access to free open source image editors.

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You can do better than that...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm0CruhJ7Lk

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Underneath climber puts you in a great spot for that pyramid goal too.
It looks like some sort of storage "bin" instead of an indexed hopper and a BAG to rapid load the 3 wheeled linear shooter.
Can't find the floor loader, but I wouldn't bet there isn't one. Probably one of five bots that "can do everything"

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So, I may be crazy, but what if there just isn't a floor loader? It doesn't look like there is one, because there may well not be one. Sure, if they find a use for one, 1114 could come up with one and add it on in later competitions. But maybe, like many teams, they went without. I think we all expect 1114 to come out and do everything very well, but I would bet money that even without a floor-pickup, that bot is capable of many many wins. Maybe this time 1114 went for simple, lightweight and elegant, trading off an unneccesary feature in favor of allocating resources elsewhere. I look forward to seeing it in action

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If history is any indication, 1114 will have won most of their matches by the time autonomous is over.

That requires a floor loader. I'd be more willing to bet that they built an invisible floor loader than that they'd give up on autonomous bonus points.

Jason

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Karthik himself has stressed the importance of autonomous this year, particularly floor pickup. He also expects, "a huge supply of discs on the floor." I would say floor pickup is a near certainty.

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I'm not saying autonomous isn't important or denying the advantage floor pickup could bring. And yes, it would be unlike 1114. From what I saw at week 1, consistent autonomous programs gave a huge lead even with no extra discs. I'm just entertaining the idea that maybe, just maybe, they actually went without it.

It could also be possible that the picture doesn't have a floor-loading mechanism because they have something similar to 1986's arm and it just isn't mounted. If the area below the shooter is actually a "gate" that can be used to human load, it could in theory be used to collect discs from the pickup arm. But I didn't design the robot, so I really don't know. In any event, we shall see in a few days.

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The only reason behind 1114 not having a floor loader is that they have developed some sort of anti-gravity field around the robot that makes the discs float up and in to the shooter.

It's actually more likely.

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I'm surprised that no ones mentioned the 4 air tanks featured prominently in the photo. To me, this implies a 30 point climb that involves a lot of pneumatic actuation.

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Or they had weight left and wanted "MOAR STORAGE".

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Does 1114 have to have an intake? I don't think it's a prerequisite to being a top team this year.

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Or they have an off board compressor, and need pneumatics for every time they shooter/shift, like last year.

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I know at least one elite team opted to skip the intake, but it seems like a no-brainer to have one. For the elite, a ground pickup is simpler and (usually) more valuable than a 30-point climber. 4 extra discs in auton (if you have time to develop, hence focus on elite) plus even just one more load of discs is more than 30 points. Plus, auton is time you're wasting unless you do extra discs. Climbing is time you could spend shooting more discs! Unless they run out. Which may happen. Not dissing climbing. Just a comparative thing.

The only time an effective ground pickup isn't so valuable is when you're an ultra-high accuracy, unblockable full-court shooter or if you and all your partners and all your opponents will never miss a shot. And it doesn't look like 1114 is tall enough to be unblockable. And even then, auton, man.

So, yeah, I would be really surprised if they can't pick up discs from the ground. Would love to see a counter-argument. I've definitely seen intaking robots that'd be better off going to the feeder station, but no doubt a Simbot pickup would be pretty quick.

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... I certainly would hope you think this way, since that is the strategy your team picked!
FIRST really made it hard for "doitallbots" this year.

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It looks as if they are using wide wedgetop wheels. (Look through the two lowest holes on the rightside of the picture.)

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I'm not the only one that finds it comical they named it after BA Baracus, given their alliance's Championship moniker last year, right?

Also: TEASE. Guaranteed this robot has a floor pickup. I would be nothing short of blown completely away if it didn't after everything Karthik has said throughout build of the value of the floor pickup.

Observation: This is likely their practice bot, and not the one that is sitting in a bag right now. The last few years, 1114's bots have had substantially more powdercoat than this.

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Interesting that the hanger is powdercoated, maybe they pulled that as part of the 30lb allocation?

Another impressive robot! Can't wait to see it in action!

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I wouldn't necessarily say they have a floor pickup. Who knows the value of floor pickup better than someone who's making due without it?
Besides, maybe they were encouraging other teams to make a floor pickup (maybe at the cost of climbing past a quick 10) so they have more ideal alliance partners.

I don't think the picture says too much about 1114's robot at this point, rather than it shoots Frisbees, has pneumatics, drives, and climbs.

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On the other hand, in response to 118's robot that can floor load, slot load, shoot and climb for 30: "Simply outstanding. I love it when teams are able to pull off what conventional thinking has defined as "impossible". (Think 71-2001, 71-2002, 469-2010)". (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...&postcount=98). Maybe they felt a robot that does everything well is would not be possible/preferable?

Looks like another awesome robot that I cannot wait to watch this season. Floor loading or not, I'm sure it will be one of the best.

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As stated by someone else above, 1114 wins a great majority of their matches before Autonomous is even over. The last time they didn't have an 'extra' game piece auto was 2009, and 2006 before that. (2012: Coop or Alliance Bridge, 2011: alliance mate's ubertube, 2010: climb the bump and shoot the middle segments balls too, 2008: both trackballs, 2007: alliance mate's keeper)

With a comparatively easy 'extra' game piece auto available this year, with a massive point bonus for being successful at it? There's just no way they aren't taking advantage.

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They probably do have floor collection, but it's not out of the realm of possibility that they don't.

I think the best thing to do is treat this like one of the GDCs game hints, and given they will be on the field by sometime Friday, just tune in to Greater Toronto's stream.

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Heh. No need for me to tune in, I'll be seeing it up close and personal first thing tomorrow morning. I'm field resetting at GTREast.

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Well, that's one way to do it.
Hm... now if only I could convince my school to excuse abscences every Thursday and Friday for the next 6 weeks.


Oh, and as a FIRST student, thank you for volunteering at an event! :)

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So does this mean that somewhere in Canada there are robots named Face, Hannibal and Murdock?

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I think 2056 and 4334 have two of the other 3...

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I see some tanks (Unplumbed by the looks of it). If you look at the 2008 glass panel, you can see what looks like a curvature to their shooter, but then the wheels are at the top corner. ?.? Never before have I wanted so many details. As far as the floor pick up goes, it would make sense if it were in the back right (looking at it head on), but it doesn't quite look like it's a break in the bumpers, but more so that the the "split" we see is just the fact they only have two bumpers.

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Because of IRI, I would say 2826 might have been a good 3rd one, but they have another name so that doesn't work.

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We're Murdock. :)

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So you have the crazy robot that does barrel rolls?

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So you're getting us a better picture, right? :)

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I'll be there bright and early, yay for being an inspector

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Full specs are posted for anyone wondering.

In other news,
I wasn't going crazy at all, there IS a curvature to their shooter/hopper. I'm happy.

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They named a piece of their robot the Flipadelphia...my life is complete

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Loved that too^

In addition to the lack of floor pickup:
They dedicated more power (4 rs550s) to their shooter than their climber (2 cims).
Looks like it should be capable of pyramid shots while climbing.
Hopper under the shooter is different than most bots we have seen so far.

Lots of interesting design decisions and I'm excited to see how they work out.

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I wasn't going crazy at all. There ISN'T a floor pickup. :P

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So, updates/pics from GTR?

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They never made it to a practice match today.

From what I heard and saw they where working hard (and efficient) in the pits all day.

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I believe they will debut with a pick-up device.

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Their specs on the website don't say anything about a floor pickup.
Also, you can tell by reading their specs that their robot is VERY close to the weight limit. If it wasn't, they probably would have powdercoated the whole thing. I don't think they could fit a floor pickup within their weight limit even if they wanted to. That's not meant to take away from the robot (which looks fantastic), it's just an observation.

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Perhaps they decided to remove something so they could add a floor pick-up. They could have decided the auton bonus was maybe a little more valuable than they originally thought.

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The hopper is on the same plane as the shooter. From a top view, it is a big U, frisbees go in one side, out the other.

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1114 is in the first match of the day today! Tune in at www.watchfirstnow.com/gtr

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IS anyone archiving matches it be nice to re-watch their matches

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Video of them climbing: http://t.co/fFqZq3jPAW

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Yes, go to www.watchfirstnow.com then click on the archive tab.

Enjoy!

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Wow that was awesome. Impeccable timing.