Team 254 Presents: Dropshot
 

Team 254, NASA Ames Robotics "The Cheesy Poofs", proudly presents our 2016 robot: Dropshot.



Dropshot will compete at the Central Valley Regional, Silicon Valley Regional, and FIRST Championship.

Team 254 is sponsored by NASA Ames Research Center, Google, AMEX Plating, Innovation First International, Apple, Orange Vise Company, BAE Systems, Qualcomm, Brin Wojcicki Foundation, Cisco, World Metal Finishing, Applied Welding, West Coast Products, Dropbox, Attivo Networks, HP, Vivid-Hosting, Alien Technology, The Wong Family, The Yun Family, The Magarelli Family, The Kasle Family, and Bellarmine College Preparatory.

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Mindblowing as usual. I didn't count the shots, but that is a lot of scoring in a short period of time...

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No full robot pic? You always gotta leave us wondering.

Great work as always happy to see a video reveal again!

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7 in 40s

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#TeamBenchGrinder

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Is that a turret?

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#mightactuallybeabenchgrinder

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I expected nothing less!

Can't wait to see it in action at CVR and SVR.

EDIT:: Oh yes, 254 is video trackin' if I'm not mistaken. This is a step in a direction you usually don't go. NICE!!!

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IIRC this will be the Poofs first FRC robot with a turret. I'm excited to see their spin on it.

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Assuming yes, considering the possibility of them making a swerve is pretty low to 0.

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"Anything that moves sideways is a waste of time."

-Tom Bottiglieri 254

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I feel like it's a turret that is constantly aiming at the goal, so they can shoot as soon as they stop moving.

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But that was 7 shots w/o ever crossing the defenses. So those same 7 would still take considerably longer to do in a real manner.

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I noticed near the end, that their turret would "lock" onto the target that was closest. Look's like they shouldn't have an issue from shooting anywhere in the courtyard.

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I pray for those at CVR this weekend.