Re: 2015 IRI Invitation List
 

Correct, I was looking at rankings and saw them second and for some reason assumed they made the finals. Nice catch.

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If you think there is an error below, please send me a PM!

Right now we have 62 teams fully confirmed:
1 16 Bomb Squad
2 20 Rocketeers
3 27 Team Rush
4 33 Killer Bees
5 48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
6 67 HOT Team
7 107 Team ROBOTICS
8 111 Wildstang
9 217 ThunderChickens
10 225 Techfire
11 226 Hammerheads
12 233 Pink Team
13 234 Cyber Blue
14 245 Adam Bots
15 316 LuNaTeCs
16 330 Beachbots
17 340 GRR
18 379 RoboCats
19 384 Sparky 384
20 469 Las Guerillas
21 503 Frog Force
22 548 Robostangs
23 624 CRyptonite
24 744 Shark Attack
25 829 Digital Goats
26 1023 Bedford Express
27 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
28 1114 Simbotics
29 1218 Vulcan Robotics
30 1325 Inverse Paradox
31 1619 Up-A-Creek Robotics
32 1625 Winnovation
33 1640 Sab-Bot-age
34 1657 Hamosad
35 1720 PhyXTGears
36 1730 Team Driven
37 1741 Red Alert
38 1756 Argos
39 1806 SWAT
40 1923 MidKnight Inventors
41 2056 OP Robotics
42 2122 Team Tators
43 2337 EngiNERDS
44 2338 Gear it Forward
45 2468 Team Appreciate
46 2502 Talon
47 2512 Duluth East Daredevils
48 2590 Nemesis
49 2614 MARS
50 2826 Wave Robotics
51 2867 ElkLogics
52 3015 Ranger Robotics
53 3130 ERRORS
54 3641 Flying Toasters
55 3824 HVA RoHAWKtics
56 4039 Makeshift Robotics
57 4143 MARS/WARS
58 4678 Cybercavs
59 5188 Classified Robotics
60 5254 Robot Raiders
61 5413 Stellar Robotics
62 1310 RUNNYMEDE ROBOTICS

And 6 we are awaiting final confirmation from:
1 68 Truck Town Thunder
2 118 Robotnauts
3 125 Nutrons
4 179 Children of the Swamp
5 195 Cyberknights
6 1711 Raptors

And 6 Declines:
1 135 Penn Robotics
2 148 Robowranglers
3 359 Hawaiin Kids
4 1817 Llano Estacado RoboRaiders
5 2852 DM High Voltage
6 3098 The Captains

Re: 2015 IRI Invitation List
 

No 148 is sad. They were my favorite robot from this year.

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148 not going is a little bit of a surprise for me. Although it is reasonable to think they decided it wasn't worth it to play recycle rush again.

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Pretty sure a big part of the decisions to decline by 118 (possibly decline), 148 and 359 has to do with their joining the group of several other teams going to China in August. Robots had to be shipped a week ago to get there on time.

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From what I've heard 118 will still be attending IRI.

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Why did The Black Knights decline?

Re: 2015 IRI Invitation List
 

The teams that are attending the China Robotics Challenge have all shipped their robots already. As one of them this means that 118 has already shipped their robot. They may have shipped their practice robot or plan to use their practice robot at IRI though so you never know.

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179 confirmed on twitter they are going to IRI.

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Has IRI ever NOT had at least one member of the championship alliance attending: 118, 1678, 1671 and 5012?

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118 is attending.

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That is sad to see. They are in Indiana and the fee for IRI isn't that bad but you do need to remember they are a Junior and Senior only team so they may not have a big enough team since I know most of them were seniors. It was great seeing them at very competition.

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Seems like they aren't going to China with their robot: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=76

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Yeah, that's too bad, they were a fun team to watch, but not attending IRI for a chance to compete in China is a good reason! :D

Re: 2015 IRI Invitation List
 

Sorry for a late response. I am in Amsterdam and haven't checked CD for a few days.

Team 135 has decided to deny for a few reasons. First and foremost, our senior class (my class) was the main reason we applied in the first place. We wanted to compete and have a fun weekend. However, our entire drive team experienced conflicts.

As Logan pointed out, we are a Junior-Senior team. Our incoming juniors are extremely hard-working and talented, and they are one of the biggest classes we have had to date (up to 40 students!) However, there was not enough support from these newcomers and our rising seniors to take a weekend out of the summer for something they barely knew about. To make the situation more difficult, none of our 3 main coaches were going, and we only had 2 mentors willing to go, neither on the pit team. Because of these reasons, we had no choice but to decline.

Thank you to the IRI commitee for inviting us to this prestigious event. Although we won't be competing in July, you can expect 135 to come out in full force next March. I won't be involved with any teams personally as of now, but I am going to try and volunteer at the Purdue competition next year and maybe another one as well.

I hope everyone is having a great summer so far!