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So simple, so effective, and SO deserving of a chance to compete in St. Louis. I'm not sure how many people outside of upstate NY have this team on their radar, but I would not be surprised to see them make some waves at CMP.

Also, I really hope that calling you 5poofs (5 254) catches on.

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3poof5me

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"5Poofs" is off to an excellent start. They've built exactly the right robot every year now. They work within their capabilities to produce the simplest effective robot they can, and they drive the wheels off of them.

In 2014, they built a pure intake robot - kiss passing, floor loading, human loading, that's all. Performed very well at their regional and off seasons.

This year, they built a bottom stacker with a simple articulated intake and a center bin mechanism (not shown here). Before the Elims of their first event, they added a ramp and their stacking ability went through the roof. At Finger Lakes, they secured the #1 seed by a very wide margin, consistently putting up at least two stacks of six every match. Oftentimes they got up another 3-4 stack as well.

Love this robot and this team. Best of luck in St. Louis.

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#5poofs completely rocked qualifications at Finger Lakes, after basically carrying 20 to the finals at the Tech Valley Regional. 2 stacks of 6 capped with noodles from the feeder station consistently plus sometimes a third. They can also do landfill better than most, but their landfill output is maybe half the 2+ stacks they make from the feeder.
They also had a 610-style "crossbow" can grabber at Tech Valley, but they needed the crossbow weight for a ramp to help them dominate Finger Lakes in dramatic fashion.

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^^This^^

Also they edge out 340 as the best robot from New York State in 2015 in my opinion. Great team and I can wait to see what they make next year too. Don't change your design process one bit 'cause its working very, very well.

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Although their robots certainly have different skill sets, for what it's worth there is a long-tenured award passed from team to team to recognize the best (or highest ranked?) team from upstate New York. It's called the BRNY Cup which I assume stands for "Best Robot in New York." Here is a picture of it being passed from 1507 to 5poofs at FLR this year.

As an aside, if anyone from the area has information about the history of the trophy, please shoot me a PM about it. I believe I have its history traced back to 2008, but from what I've heard it's been around long before that.