Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

Texas Robotics Invitational 2015

June 20th, 2015

32 Teams
Replaying recycle rush with some rule modifications.

Invites
Invites have already gone out to many local teams and some others.
Teams interested in coming please email us
team@spectrum3847.org

Registration
$200 per team
Only one robot per team until we know we have extra room.

Location
Strake Jesuit College Prep
8900 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX, 77036

Volunteers
We had a great group of volunteers at last year's TRI. We would love to add more to our great group. If you are interested in volunteering please fill out this form here. Volunteers will get free meals and snacks plus a TRI T-shirt.
Volunteer Forum


Last year's event was a huge success and we have plans to make it even better.

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

3999 will be there.

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

Is this Texas Teams only? or will there be applicants accepted from out of Texas?

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

This is somewhat a transition year, if out of state terms are interested let me know and I'll see what we can do.

We would love to have some California teams join us if you want to try to make that work. I hear there are a couple Texas teams that can't stop singing the praises of 5012, we'd be happy to have you.

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

Texas Robotics Invitational Update

FIRST in Texas will cover the $200 registration fee for TWC funded teams. Just let me know that your team is TWC funded and you won't need to send a check.

Current Roster
2587
4639
3999
2158
624
2789
4587
5416
118
1296
441
1477
3847

If you have ideas for things you want to see at the off-season please let us know. We are in the planning stages and we are open to ideas.

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

Does "TWC funded" mean during the entire season? 1296 was funded by TWC for champs but not before that - not sure where we stand.

No worries if we need to send a check!

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

I don't think you do, as long as you filled out the grant application and stuff you should be fine.

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

We did fill out the grant application! So we should be good - thanks. Looking forward to seeing you guys again!

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

4 more teams added to the list

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

Looks like a good list so far! I'm certain TRI will be really competitive and fun this year. Our team really enjoyed playing with the teams from Texas, such as 624 and 1477, and I'm certain everyone was impressed by all the robots from the state this year. I look forward to watching it!

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

We finally have settled on rule changes for TRI. The goal being to keep as many aspects of the game as possible while still improving the game and reducing penalties. Also we wanted a rule set that could still use the current FMS scoring system.

The complete rule document can be found here
TRI Rules 2015

Thanks to the IRI and ChezyChamps organizers for their rule changes as we incorporated some of those into our changes as well.

General things we are changing that weren't in the IRI and ChezyChamps rules.
- Numbering rules are gone, you don't have to number your ramps, etc.
- Autonomous sets count as long as any part of the set item is in the volume of the autonomous zone.
- During the autonomous period, robots may not contact the recycling container on the far-left side of the step (Still a race for the middle two cans)
- Unprocessed litter on your opponent's side of the field is worth 1 pt. instead of 4 pts
- And our random selection order is back again for another year. We thought about changing it but the feedback we got was people liked it, so its sticking around.

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

Team List only at 23 teams. We had a lot of our regular teams not be able to make it this summer. If anyone is interested in coming or bringing a second robot we would love to have you.

Volunteers
We also still need volunteers.
We had a great group of volunteers at last year's TRI. We would love to add more to our great group. If you are interested in volunteering please fill out this form here. Volunteers will get free meals and snacks plus a TRI T-shirt. We especially need people at noon on Friday to help prepare the gyms for the event.
Volunteer Forum

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

Will there be a stream for TRI?

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

Of course, if all goes well 118 will be running a multi camera stream and Spectrum will be running a full field stream. We are also planning to have at least one of them clipped and archived to YouTube live through out the day. Both of the streams will be on YouTube on 118's and 3847's pages respectfully.

The multicamera setup will be on the projector screens in the competition field area and the single camera view will be shown on a screen in the pit area.

Hopefully all of this goes to plan.

Re: Texas Robotics Invitational 2015 - "TRI Again" - Jun 20th
 

We have an awesome group of volunteers signed up for TRI.
I want to thank everyone that is going to help make this a great off-season event.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...FH0/edit#gid=0

We are up to 26 Teams
118
231
441
457
624
1255
1296
1477
2158
2582
2585
2587
2789
2881
3103
3335
3735
3847
3999
4587
4639
5070
5416
5427
5572
6587 (Pre-Rookie Team from Awty International)