2015 Tesla Division
 

Who's excited? I know I am to get to play with all these great teams!

http://championship-notifier.evanfor...division/Tesla

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58 is!

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Since this is the division's first year, we have the awesome opportunity to set a precedent for a Tesla Division cheer! So, what shall it be? Shouting Nikola Tesla doesn't have the same ring to it as those 4-syllable call-and-response cheers of the older divisions.

Team list:

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How about we all bring Tesla coils and turn them on at the same time? Pretty sure they'd be talking about that on the national news. ::rtm::

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3476 is excited and ready to play with all the amazing teams competing on Tesla.

Also http://championship-notifier.evanfor...division/tesla

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2170 is ready to play with all of the amazing teams in Tesla!!!

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Tesla Cheer:
Small group yells: Niiiiiiiiiiii
Audience yells: KOLAAAAAAAAA!

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Oh hells yeah! 2481 is pumped to share the inaugural Tesla field with all these great teams. It'll be fun to play again with all our old friends, and make new ones all the same. This'll be fun, for sure. Best of luck to everyone!

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319 will be there! Can't wait to meet you all!

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Team 48 is honored to be playing with all the inaugural Tesla Division teams.

I like the "Niiiiiikolaaaaaa" chant (just like the Ricola commercial). It would freak out the other divisions. :-)

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We are looking forward to playing with our friends Spectrum, Cryptonite and Blarglefish from Houston as well as making new friends from around the country as well as Quebec.

How about if we bring in these guys as entertainment between matches? They have done robotics events in the past. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICrcZv3y3nQ

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We are the chosen ones guys :D

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Who wants some stroopwafels? ;)

Team Rembrandts, 4481, is enthusiastic to play with you all! :D

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Stroopwafel... sounded odd... now that I looked it up though I want some.

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Who's ready to electrify the Tesla field with some Coopertition Stackin', Auton Can Grabbing and Autonomous Tote Dragging? FRC 1255, The Blarglefish, that's who! :)

Best of luck to all the teams at Champs!

See you all next week!

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1403 Cougar Robotics is excited to play on Tesla, Also in the same division as our sister team 3132 Thunder Down Under

Some shameless promotion

MAR Bridgewater(3x capped & litter 5 stacks): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QPd...utu.be&t=19625

MAR Champs(2x capped and litter 6 stacks & 1x capped 4 stack):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JysvseLcqE

if anyone has any questions feel free to ask away.

See everyone in a week.

Regards,

Michael

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So how many landfill bots are in Tesla? 2959 is one.

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YUSS! 2950 is excited to join the Tesla division!

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Love it!

I know 340 is pumped to be playing in the inaugural Tesla Division!

After a regional win in Tech Valley and a close finalist performance at Finger Lakes, we're excited to see what we can do on the World stage! Can't wait!

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that makes 2 of us

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1255 is also a landfill robot

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2481 munches up that staggered tote pattern, as well.

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It'll work. The cheer we did for the Franklin FTC division sounded fine. The syllable alignment for Nikola Tesla is the same. BEN JA MIN! --- FRANK LIN! NIK O LA! --- TES LA!

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Team 3824, HVA RoHAWKtics, can't wait to meet all you great teams next week. Let's set the bar high for Tesla!

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Team 2399 can't wait to compete at Tesla! We will see all of you in a week :ahh: :ahh: :ahh:

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Add 319 to the list.

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2399 can also load from the landfill

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Does anyone know when the match schedule will be released? I'm really looking forward to see you all at the first TESLA division!

Greetings from the Netherlands!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroopwafel

That sounds yummy! Would they go with real maple syrup like what they have in Quebec? Maybe the Aussies will try them with Vegemite :D

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Would love to bring some to you guys, but it won't make it pass the border :rolleyes:

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The Hitchhikers are excited to be a part of the inaugural Tesla (sub)Division! Especially excited to be with two teams we've already had experience working with (and against) -- 1225 and 3824. Looks like this will be a great field to be a part of.

I think our teams may become confused a few times during the competition -- we too collect from the landfill, and have a nearly identical looking team number...

Good luck to everyone, and we'll see you at the competition!

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Add CYBERHAWKS 706 to the list of landfill bots.

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That's just one of our attributes

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2930 Sonic Squirrels are pumped to be a part of the TESLA division this year! Looking forward to working with all of the amazing teams here. Shoutout to team 2635 The Lake Monsters, lets represent PNW well!

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Guys tesla has a big problem....

there are 2 teams named the cyber hawaks. jk but seriously

706 - The CyberHawks
2875 - The CyberHawks.

;)

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FRC Team 3132 "Thunder Down Under" from Sydney, Australia is gearing up to come "up over" to play in Tesla Division with all these great teams. We're really glad we don't have to go all the way to New Jersey to track down 1403 Cougar Robotics to show them our robot that we couldn't have built before we started hanging out with them.

Best of luck to everyone in Tesla!

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I understand. We have to smuggle it past the US Customs officers when we return from visiting our relatives. Otherwise, they "confiscate" the good stuff.

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We are excited to be competing in Tesla:D Not to take away form the other divisions but Tesla sounds cool and a Tesla banner from the first year would be Really Cool to have in our school. Good luck to all the teams that made it to Champs. I am looking forward to it.

I look forward to figuring out the "proper cheer" our division.

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2883 has put together a couple of addition's, landfill arms and a auto canburglar. Cant wait to compete with the great teams in Tesla.

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What division is Tesla paired with?

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Archimedes

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4003 is geeked about playing with all the teams on Tesla! We can't wait to see everybody!

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With alliance selection being held first thing Saturday morning, it may be difficult to get in touch with potential alliance partners Friday night. If you'd like to share contact information for your team's scouting mentor, please fill out this form. If you're submitting information for someone else please make sure they know! The responses to this form will be shared with everyone who submits a response so that team mentors will be able to get in touch and facilitate communication between teams more easily.

2015 Tesla Division Scouting Contacts

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Thank you for offering this service. 48 signed up! :)

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Preliminary Match Schedules have been released.

Practice matches: http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default...ice_prelim.pdf

Qualification matches:http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default...ual_prelim.pdf

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If that schedule stays there will be two Cyberhawks teams on the same alliance for a match. Qual 49

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This is a great idea and 3132 "Thunder Down Under" will definitely participate. However, so that none of our fellow Tesla-ites incur overseas phone charges, we are going to wait until we arrive in USA and get a US-based phone number to share with everyone. It's a bit expensive to be calling our Aussie cell phones, otherwise. I imagine 4481 Rembrandts (from Netherlands) will have a similar issue.

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Great Idea, sent to our Scouting Mentor.

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Archimedes (aka the Einstein fields).

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Considering we have Superman and Batman watching over our field perhaps we should keep up with the Superhero theme and just shout "SHAZAM!" at the beginning of each match (Shazam = Lightning. Tesla = electricity. It's a long shot, I know).

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You can go ahead and submit an email address only so you can have access to the list, then just submit again when you get a phone number.

So far we have contact info from 13 different teams. (2950 please submit again with an email address so I can share the document with you!)

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2015 Tesla Userbar thanks to Sara Reffler from 1089:
(Remove the asterisks)

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Stormgears 5422 is ready to play!

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Team 3476 Code Orange is pumped for Wednesday. See you all there.

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IF this Qualification schedule holds up, I really want to watch match 72. It may end up better than most Elimination Matches with 1025 3824 1658 vs. 340 2481 48

Looks like 48 and 624 have the more favorable schedules with 226, 2054, and 1523 not too bad. Not sure how I feel about 1806 or our schedules. We'll see if these are the final schedules.

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Actually, according to Evan Forbes website, we have a negative rank difference, indicating a slightly harder schedule, when compared with teams like 2122 and 1403. Will have to see how the matches play out, but I agree 1806 has a difficult schedule.

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You noticed Match #72 too, huh? :)

I'm not complaining about our schedule - I think it rated a +2. Hope it holds up!

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Based on predictions, analysis, and several simulations, it does look like we're going to have an uphill battle. The good news for us being that the QA system keeps a strength of schedule gap from being nearly insurmountable.

Regardless, we're looking forward to competing on the Tesla field with 75 other great teams.

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I never said you guys have a good schedule. Just "more favorable" than lets say... SWAT.

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Can't wait to use our new canburglars!

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Since Evan Forbes updated his website to try to adjust out for teams that had high auto scores and coop scores getting credit for those scores more than once when partnered with alliances who also score in the same way, his max OPR scores for each team are no longer correct, that's why 624 was showing, but no longer is showing a favorable schedule. By Max OPR they would be 4th, but are predicted 2nd for a +2 favorable schedule.

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Could you change my prefered method of contact to Text Please? I just remembered how bad cell reception is for ATT

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Where did you find these schedules?

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Here: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog

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I've made that change. We currently have contact info for 19 different teams, but I know I've seen some other teams posting is this thread - please join in the fun!

https://docs.google.com/a/virginiafi...0mv9c/viewform

Edit: Now up to 24 teams: 48, 58, 319, 340, 624, 668, 706, 1323, 1610, 1647, 1658, 1806, 1836, 2122, 2415, 2587, 2883, 2959, 2992, 3184, 3476, 3824, 3847, 4481

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A 2015 Highlights Video of Team 3476, Code Orange, has been posted at:
https://youtu.be/XP7-_XgEfsg

Team 3476, Code Orange, was on the Finalist Alliance at both the Inland Empire and San Diego Regional Competitions. They won both the Engineering Inspiration Award at Inland Empire and the Chairman's Award at San Diego.

At San Diego, Code Orange was the #1 Pick by the #1 Alliance Captain, Team 1538, Holy Cows. Team 3476 had the most Tote points at 414. Team 1538 had the most RC points with 528 and 3476 had 524 in 10 matches.

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Has anyone made an online scouting sheet that shows how high/many each team can stack ?

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We are waiting to see. This game has thrown everything into disarray from one vent to another. Heck in Windsor we went into Alliance selection with 2 traction/2 omni wheels and by time alliance selection was over we had 4 omni's.

I would say that a lot of bots will have some new toys and abilities we haven't see so far.

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See this thread

I tried to link you to the spreadsheet but it's giving me some peculiar URL.

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FIRST has posted the Tesla Match Schedule at their Web Site.
The Spyder app has also posted the Tesla Schedule.
Both are the same as the Preliminary Schedule.
We noticed there were 2 pits with unopened crates but no people.
Might want to double check that your alliance partners get through inspection and are ready for their match.

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after the first day of quals, I really liked how the top teams are so close to each other. There is no way to predict who will end up in first place, and matches are very exciting (we had a 228 to 220 match) There is so many good stackers in here, and any of them could make it to Einstein.

We're all hyped for tomorrow!
#tesla2015

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Yes, many great teams... Not Happy that I am still in Detroit, but kind of relieved that I will sleep well tonight knowing our Scouting team isn't. :)

I love that the high level parity in TESLA, made this game (job) pretty fun to watch from Detroit.

Choose Wisely. :)

Wish I was there...

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High score in Tesla : 262 in match 117 for the blue alliance!

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We made a picture database of all the robots in the Tesla division. So if your team can use it for the alliance picking it would be great. Team 4481 had some great matches with all Tesla teams.

Good luck teams and have fun!;)

Here is the link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8...a00&authuser=0

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Well that was a heckuva lot of fun! 3824 had a blast playing with all of the teams on Tesla and making so many new friends. Congrats to Thunder Down Under and the entire winning alliance - and best of luck on Einstein!!

Steve

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Thanks to everybody on Tesla for a fun weekend of robots. Glad to see a lot of old friends and make new ones.

Thanks especially to 2481 and 624 for picking us to be on your alliance.

We recorded most of the matches on Tesla and should be getting them put on YouTube through out the week.

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Can't wait :) Thanks everyone for this amazing week!

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Playing on Tesla was a blast! Thanks to all the teams for making it such a memorable event!

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Lead queuing on Telsa (and Einstein "Mass") was a blast! Thanks to the teams for making this job easy for the Tesla crew. Without your help I would have had to watch Einstein from the stands instead of 10 feet away from the field:)

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Thanks to Team Tators 2122 for picking us!

It was a lot of fun. Too bad elims didn't go as well as our last qualification match!

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First off, huge congrats to the well deserving Tesla division winners 3132, 3476, 1255, and 2526! You guys were the survivors of a 8 alliance war of robotic attrition. Great job by great teams filled with great people. It was an honor to share the field with each of you and we look forward to the chances to do it again in the future.

Also, massive thanks go out to our great alliance partners from 624, 3847, and 2930. All of you guys were awesome to work with and it's just a shame we couldn't have survived past quarters to get 3847 a chance to get on the field with us, freshly cheesecaked, and ready to collectively assasinate all 4 of those cans. Outstanding effort from everyone.

2930, you were amazing in your relief role and supported us while we worked to get Spectrum ready for late round action. Great job helping snag that crucial 3rd can in autonomous and playing critical support for the alliance. Awesome job!

3847, huge thanks to you guys for being so willing and able with the cheesecake assist. We were fighting like crazy to give you guys the time needed to eventually get on the field with us. Unfortunately, it didn't quite work out how we planned, but it was an honor to work with you guys. We can't thank you enough for your professionalism and willingness to do whatever it took to help the alliance. It was great to play with you guys in week 2 while you were doing a completely voluntary robot rebuild in Arkansas, and even better to play with you guys at champs so many weeks later. Hope to get that same chance at many events in years to come!

624, you guys are an amazing team with an amazing machine and it was just a shame the mechanical gremlins decided to show their wicked faces when they did. The collaborative effort in building our alliance was awesome and it would have been great to see how we would have collectively fared against the best on the biggest stage. We look forward to playing with you guys in the future and hope we get the opportunity to do so as soon as IRI in a few months. Thanks, guys! It was an honor.

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The first of the matches are up on the YouTube playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...KwHK0OgWNyyn5O

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Thanks for doing this. Now I can watch Match #72 over and over. :]

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I am still unwinding from an amazing weekend.

We would like to thank 2170, 2054 and 706 for giving us a rare opportunity to work with such capable alliance mates. We hope to meet up with you all again.

Congratulations to 3132, 3476, 1255 and 2526 for winning the Division and representing Tesla on Einstein. It was inspiring to see how the Australian teams achieve such high levels of excellence while facing their supply chain and travel challenges make our challenges. We look forward to hearing more Thunder at Championship in the future.

We were also very happy that all the other Houston area teams in the Tesla Division (624, 1255 and 3847) made it to eliminations. Cryptonite and Spectrum worked hard to overcome technical difficulties to improve their performance steadily throughout the weekend. Congratulations to Blarglefish for making it two Houston area teams on Einstein and for giving out really useful swag.

Kudos to the members of 2613, our pit neighbors. The members of their small team worked cheerfully and persistently to make improvements to their robot and overcome significant technical challenges. We hope to see you at events in Texas and at Championship again in the future.

Last but not least, I would like to thank 2481 and 2122 for being so generous with your time and knowledge, answering the multitude of questions from me and my team. You used your world-class robots to help us understand what we need to do to move on to a higher level of play.

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I'll second this, you guys made a great alliance. Thanks to all that made Tesla a fun sub-division. 340 had a great time. We would like to thank 1658, 319 and 1502 for joining our alliance. We hoped to take the 8th seed to the finals. Maybe next year. Congrats to the winners and finalists.

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+1

Tesla had one of the most balanced and deep fields at Worlds. We had fun working with all the teams and want to thank everyone for making our team's first trip to the Championship Event a joy for us to attend. It was great experience for 2930 to get to meet all of the World-Class caliber teams at the event.

The Sonic Squirrels want to thank our alliance partners 2481, 624, and 3847 for selecting us in the playoffs. We were also disappointed to not see Spectrum get a chance to show off their canburglar skills.

On a personal note, I want to give a shout out to 1511 on Carson. I really enjoyed talking to their mentors and was impressed with their program.

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All the Tesla matches we have should now be on the playlist. We missed a few qual matches but we have all of the playoffs. We have Einstein video and some ceremony video that we haven't labeled yet.

If people can help out and link all the videos to the Blue Alliance that would be a big help.

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G'day Tesla!

Apologies for the late reply, but it has taken us a little while to get back home to the other side of the world....and to get over the worst of the resulting colds and sore throats.

As an international team we want to thank everyone on Tesla for the warm welcome and offers of help with tools, parts, and batteries. The teams in our general pit area, like Blaze, Discobots, Lake Monsters, and everyone else were just outstanding and patient with us...thank you! 1403 "Cougar Robotics" was amazing with their supply of tools, vacuum, batteries, and other parts...not to mention moral support! We also are grateful for Tesla taking home the majority of our koala give-aways since taking them home would have been extremely awkward.

For years to come, all 76 team can each say that we were on Tesla the first year it existed. There were so many great teams and alliances throughout the event which achieved a high level of competition throughout CMP.

We were shocked and humbled to win EI for the Archimedes-Tesla Division given so many teams impacting their communities.

3132 is totally indebted to 3476, 1255, and 2526 for joining us on the 2nd seeded alliance. We got to see first hand all the best in FRC teams at work in how the alliance came together and made a much better unit than perhaps the qualification numbers would have suggested. The drivers, operators, human players, pit crews, and drive coaches were just fantastic.

To one and all, congratulations on playing on Tesla at 2015 Championships and we wish you all the best in the future. Good on ya, mates!

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Thanks for all of the videos! I am linking them in The Blue Alliance as I type, It may take a few days for them to process. Team 319 had a great time and were impressed with the quality of all of the Robotics Teams in Tesla Division as well as the Gracious professionalism of all the students and mentors! See you all next year!

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On behalf of Team 2399, it was a pleasure playing with you all! We were honoured to play in the inaugural Tesla division and hope that we will see all of you again!

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I know I am really late to this party, but kept pushing this off.

I want to first off thank everyone we played with and everyone in the inaugural tesla division. I also want to thank the volunteers on our field they were a fun group to work with and pleasure meeting some of you. This competition really put things into place about how much this program changes lives.

Now i want to thank and congratulate our sister team FRC 3132 Thunder down under. For helping us break our goal of 200 points in a match. As well as winning the division as captains and EI. Your team keeps inspiring us to do more and another reason to make it back to worlds next year.

I want to thank team 2959, 226, and 48. for selecting us. This was the first time making to elims since our rookie year in 2004.

I want to thank team spectrum for recording the matches including match 124 where we got to play with our sister team.

Regards,

Michael Leicht

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A lot of the videos are still not on TBA if people want to link them. I posted all the links in the spoiler block below.

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Videos have been posted on YouTube.com of the 2015 Tesla Division Championship Playoff matches.
These videos feature tilt, pan and zoom so you can see individual robot action. The scores are shown at the end of each match. There are 17 matches in this set.
Click Gary Hedge’s PlayList: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...xQn1WTH5ZcSnv-

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They were so cool.