Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

Let's make it a date for next year!

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

Sounds good to me!

Let's see...

54 Auto
60+ Teleop
70 Climb
30 Dump
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214+ points

Every time. No sweat. :p

1 cycler + 2 climber/dumper alliances are best!

Honestly, I'd love to see that at Ruckus just to see how it would play out against the boring and mundane cycler and FCS alliances we always see zzzzzzzzzz.

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

Too bad we didn't get a chance to play together at IRI. Climber and dumping certainly is more exciting - particularly when we fall off after dumping or when someone is dragging their battery by its cable and can still climb.

This weekend in Rochester should be great.

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

You wouldn't have wanted to play with us at IRI. We were busy plowing other robots around the field. Well actually, you'd have fit right in with that great schedule we got, so with another great partner, maybe you would have liked it while we played D.

The offensive side of the bot kinda "found itself" after that event.

For all I know 340 built a whole other robot since Finger Lakes, but if they still do the climb and dump thing too, it would have been great to see in action.

We had a similar cycler + 2 climber alliance at CORI, and it was kinda cool to watch. Different. Just nowhere near as offensively capable as the Ruckus alliance I mentioned.

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

Cycling is highly dependent on driver ability. I would be very interested to see how effective the cyclers are if they are lacking their usual drive team due to graduation/other commitments/whatever. An FCS is a limited position but requires very low driver skill once it makes it to the feeder station. I would say look out for 3173 due to the simplicity of the strategy and design. That being said though, I'm sure that the teams that excelled this year (1310, 20, 610, 1241, 191, really a ton of this competition) will still find ways to succeed and probably have had meetings for their new drivers to practice already.

I can't wait to watch!

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

1585 has joined the party late!

20
174
191
250
291
340
378
578
610
639
1126
1241
1310
1334
1405
1450
1493
1507
1511
1518
1559
1585
2228
2340
2791
3003
3015
3044
3173
3181
3710
3951
4001
4039
4203
4343
4930

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

20 (38-15) OPR66-13WORLD RANK14 WPI Regional Finalist, Connecticut Regional Winner
174(8-10-1)OPR10.68WORLD RANK 1362
191(23-12)OPR45.98WORLD RANK110
250(17-10)OPR33.75WORLD RANK287
291 (17-15)OPR21.84 WORLD RANK695
340(14-10)OPR32.96WORLD RANK303
378(16-13)OPR27.22WORLD RANK479
578(7-13)OPR12.46WORLD RANK1220
610(46-11)OPR52.26WORLD RANK59 BAE Granite Regional Winner,Waterloo Regional Finalist, Galileo Division Winner, World Champion
639 (21-13) OPR21.13WORLD RANK728 Buckeye Regional Winner
1126(13-19)OPR16.09WORLD RANK983 FLR Finalist
1241(54-27-2)OPR48.11WORLD RANK90 GTR East Finalist, Galileo Division Winner, World Champion
1310(42-20)OPR66.13WORLD RANK17 Waterloo Regional Finalist, GTR West Finalist
1334(55-23)OPR53.53WORLD RANK53 GTR West Finalist, Western Candian Regional Winner
1405(15-10)OPR33.97WORLD RANK 282 FLR Winner
1450 (11-11)OPR30.04WORLD RANK390
1493(7-8)OPR6.74WORLD RANK1671
1507(21-7)OPR40.02WORLD RANK181 Buckeye Regional Finalist
1511(18-22)OPR22.89WORLD RANK648 Boston Regional Winner
1518(1-8)OPR7.06WORLD RANK1653
1559(19-16-1)OPR31.78WORLD RANK336 FLR Winner
1585 (6-5) OPR9.13 WORLD RANK1488
2228(14-9)OPR25.75WORLD RANK526
2340(6-13)OPR18.3WORLD RANK1714
2791(22-9)OPR31.78WORLD RANK336 WPI Regional Finalist
3003(24-14)OPR29.52WORLD RANK406 FLR Winner
3015(24-5)OPR37.96WORLD RANK207 Virginia Regional Finalist
3044(14-14)OPR32.04WORLD RANK328 WPI Regional Champion.
3157 (3-6) OPR4.46 WORLD RANK1837
3173(24-8)OPR49.83WORLD RANK78 Boston Regional Finalist
3181(5-4)OPR22.19WORLD RANK676
3710(8-6)OPR17.27WORLD RANK916
3951(2-7)OPR5.26WORLD RANK1767
4001(21-11-1)OPR36.87WORLD RANK222
4039(28-23-2)OPR58.49WORLD RANK32
4203(6-5)OPR0.93WORLD RANK2101
4343 (20-11)OPR38.07WORLD RANK205 GTR East Finalist
4930 (2014 pre rookie). They will be using 1507's second robot.

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

Here here!!

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

Hi, I'm a senior in High School and Co-Captain on Team 20, and for my Principles of Engineering course, I need to interview someone who works in an engineering/technical profession. I haven't had much luck finding an interviewee up to this point (I can not have known them prior to the interview), so I though, what better place to find such a person than a FIRST competition! Will there be anyone at Ruckus this weekend with enough interest, and most importantly, the spare time between pitwork to sit down for about 20 minutes and answer some questions for me? Thanks!

By the way, sorry to interrupt this thread, but it seems like the best place for it.

Edit: I've gotten a few responses already. I should be good to go. Thanks a lot guys, I really appreciate it! See you all tomorrow, good luck!

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

Does anyone know if there will be a live webcast this year?

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

The Armory's wi-fi is pretty weak so as of right now I'd say it's pretty unlikely.

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

Well if there's one good place to look for someone like that, it's a FIRST competition.

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

For anyone who wants it here's all this vvv data in an excel sheet here it is.

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

Any updates on the progress of the event?

Re: 2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!
 

From my vantage point I can't see the rankings.

610, 4039, 1334, 3173, and 191 are all strong.

Many teams were missing low early on, possibly the field was set up with the pyramids slightly too close too the walls.

Many teams are much weaker than I expected them to be.

1241 is missing their floor pickup.

4001 has an almost entirely new robot

340, 1559, and 1334 have pulled off 30 point climbs

1334 had the only successful 50 point climb so far.

Many teams are working new drive teams.