Philadelphia Regional
 

Hey everyone!
We are just posting here to open a forum about our Philadelphia Regional. Actually, we have nothing to say but we are open for sugestions....

The team members of Brazilian Machine #383 wish you good luck in the construction and see you at Philli.

Keep in touch!



:D #383
The Brazilian Machine

341 is glad to welcome you to Philadelphia- this will be our fourth year at Drexel..

Hopefully you'll be able to see some of the city's best sites- but you must, you must go to Pat's steaks for a good ol' Philly Cheesesteak!

estrategies
 

hey everyone!

we have already started practicing...
although the robot isn't ready...
we are using our 2001 robot (the brazilian buddy II) to practice... and it's very useful!

what about you?
practicing a lot?
news?

keep in touch!

Marta.

Contact
 

Just wanna put our team's e-mail so you can send us some messages, K?

Any questions, any doubts, and any sugestions, please write us!

our e-mail adress is

brazilian_machine@terra.com.br

Tahina
team #383
The Brazilian Machine

This will be my first year on anything. It's gonna be sweet. Is it gonna be this year's thing, or we still doing the ball/basket thing like last year? Good luck everyone by the way.

this year's game.. last year's season ended as soon as Woodie gave the cue for the curtain to drop..

Oh...sweet..thanks. We got some of our building done. I love when credit is given to programmers :D

who's going?
 

hey!

who's going to the Philadelphia regional??

were going
team universal (104)
http://www.team104.com/

GO MOE
 

CLAP::CLAP::::::CLAP::CLAP::CLAP::::::CLAP::CLAP:: CLAP::CLAP::::::GO MOE!

Moe will be in the flesh...errr... metal at Philly. This is my first year on my team, and I am really excited about going. Can anyone tell me what to expect out of the ordinary, other than things seen at last year's off-season competitions.

I can't wait to see all of you guys at the Philadelphia Alliance Regional.

We are still going if there's not a big freakin snowstorm that traps us into our city....krap!

Sorry to annouce but last years Philly regional champs with not be attending Philly this year. We are very sad, we could not get the funding to go but would have had fun just as last year. Team 157 would like to say good luck to all teams attending this year.

157+222 in same hotel was a bad situation those of you who were there know what I am talking about.
Time 1:30 A.M. phone rings. Hello? "Hi we are your next door neighbors. Would you happen to know how to fix a sink?" Nuff said

That would suck. I would be mad really.

Raven Writer- your website says you guys are going to Pittsburgh, not Philadelphia...???

I think I have to fix that, but that is what I was told by our PR people. Thanks for noticing that.

.:. We are going to Pitts., not Philli., dang it! .:. [Edit]

That would suck. I would be mad really. [/quote]

Naw not really, we were too daized and confused

forgot to put our email so you can contact us:

info@team104.com

Yup... hopefully I'll be walking around Philly with my team, but here's my problem. I'm a poor college student who can't afford to miss my wednesday and thursday classes to go down with my team early. I decided that I could take a train down at a later time... but that's $80 for a one way trip... and I surely don't want to throw in an additional $100 for a hotel room. Now, this might be a long-shot favor to ask of any of you... but would it be possible for any of you to find a floor for me to sleep on friday night?

haha... can't hurt to ask. It's the money issue that is making debate over going or not.

Thanks,

ByE

erin

THE MOE STIX ARE COMMING!!! :yikes:

Good luck to all attending the Philadelphia Alliance Regaional! This is going to be a great competition!

The CLAW is going to take all those sticks, eat them and then spit them in your hair!

My team is going.(team 694 stuypulse) its our first year at Philly.
Also going is our alliance partner from the New York Regional... We won the NY regional so get ready! :D

MOEPlugs
 

Your friends at MOE should always have some MOEPlugs ready. If your ears get hurt by our loud stick beating, please come tell us, and we will quiet down. See you there

Re: MOEPlugs
 

I thought ALL noise makers were banned?

not really...
 

Only noise makers such as air horns, and those that damage the arena in any way have been banned.

team 222
 

Dave, Brad, you think Jack is ready and excited!? we'll just drown out the sound of the moesticks!

I'm sure Jack will be ready with his ferocious beast trailing right behind!

how?
 

And how do you expect to do that? lol

Whoa! the regional is mere hours away, and you know im gonna be there right away at 8. im bored, so now your gonna have to read my little amusing anecdote. I was walking towards Drexel to check things out since i live in Philadelphia, and the wind was blowing really strongly, and there was a lot of loose dirt and particulate matter flying around and getting in my eyes. So what do i do? Thats right, i whip out my safety googles, and bam! instand protection. The things FIRST teaches you:D . Oh yeah, stop by 321's pit to say hi, ill be the one wearing the safety googles:p :cool:

hey, like my team(222) always says... "SAFETY GLASSES SAVE LIVES!!!"

Ready to Roll
 

I just got back form the Volunteer's dinner and Drexel is ready for tomorrow's robot invasion. Just try and contain yourselves until the doors open (I'll let the crowd control people handle that). I look forward to inspecting all the great bots u made. I'll be the inspector with the green hair. See ya tomorrow!

So, now that the first day is over, what have you learned?

that you cant really bounce a ball on sand (franklin institute)

seriously though i had a great time, and hope to do well tomorrow. good luck to you all

Along with that, I watched a presentation there (tonight) on liquid nitrogen. They froze a rubber (I think it was rubber) ball in the liquid nitrogen and dropped it. That does not bounce, it shatters.

How hot a regional can be.. whew.. Drexel has been pretty hot in the past, but today was just brutal

Oh yeah- I also learned that Drexel still has the best team party.. Cheesesteaks, tastykakes, all the good philly foods! only scrapple was left out..

I was there, and i think that FIRST should allow the teams use Liquid Nitrogen on the robot to cool the drive motors during the matches while on the field.

I learned that there is enough time to do TWO leaps off the field, not just one, after doing the cool human player thing. Yeah not having a robot to run practice rounds! I also made friends on team 357, h-hey!

yeah... after you ditched your team... jk. Great job Emily.

BTW...did anyone notice any typical element of a MOE-attended regional missing today?

We passed out earplugs all day today but for what? I am losing my voice, so "Go MOE!" is getting progressively harder to shout. I need something to relieve my throat and appeal to my eardrum's upper noise threshold. What could solve this problem?

What have I learned?

I've learned that this year's drill motor gearboxes are absolutely horrible. We've broken three of them thusfar, and numerous other teams have had problems with high current voltage, etc..


We finally tipped over- and learned our arm is strong enough to self-right our robot.. Whew..


How about all that cheering and dancing right before the awards ceremony- anyone ever see that many people cheering at once?

Philly Fans
 

Time to leave for the final day and scrap it out for a play-off spot.

The Philly Regional is my favorite event !

For Team 341 it is the focal point of the year!! (Better than Nats)

Best Crowd! Most intense action! Best team social!


Why is it so great? PEOPLE!!

People like Mr. PurpleHaze always make this event a blast!

Well, it's over. I think today had the highest temp yet, WAY too hot in there. Great job to everyone and to our alliance partners ~> Miss Daisy & the RoboWizards!

Thank God that didn't happen :D

Whew.. Just had my first real meal in 3 days..

I have some thanks and props to give to all the teams out there-

First- Thanks to our alliance partners- 365 and 522. We just had some bad luck-

To 1218- You guys are amazing! Winning a regional in your rookie year and dominating the way you did.. Hopefully you can scrounge up the money to make it to Houston

272- Even though your drivetrain was pretty messed up, you pulled it off.. Congrats on making the finals- thanks for cheering us on all weekend

357- Thanks so much for helping us out at the end of the day- It was also amazing to see the improvement in your bot.. I'll never forget how you just had a blank frame on thursday, and today had a pretty darn cool crab system running around..

Overall, it was awesome.. Can't wait for Houston!

[edit] Just remembered that the # 1,2,3, and 4 seeds were upset by 5,6,7,and 8.. Anyone ever see that before? [/edit]

Yes, much thanks to 365 and 522 in the finals - unfortunately the rules prevented us from replacing a somewhat-damaged robot in between rounds. Oh well, we fought the good fight (and I got to make a green loin-cloth :yikes: ) .

This has been our most successful event ever. Our robot worked flawlessly in autonomous mode (provided yours truly selected the right program...hey, 1 out of 9+ ain't bad). Once we figured out our drive, we were doing great out there...it was beautiful.

We recieved the Leadership in Control award for our utilization of the gyrochip and other electronic/programming features. And of course we recieved the Regional Chairman's Award.

Sorry for tooting my horn, but this is the first time we've ever achieved success of this level and needless to say we are proud.

Thanks:

365 and 522 for being fantastic alliance partners

651 - I spent quite a bit of time working with you guys, and I was cheering for you every step of the way. You pulled together and deserved that Engineering Award (you didn't do too shabby in the finals, either!).

321 - I briefly worked with you guys on auton programming, and getting your bot back up. With our pit next to yours, it was great to see people from all around come together to get your bot working. In the end, you guys ended up doing pretty well!

1218 - You guys deserved that Rookie of the Year award. I corresponded with a mentor about using the gyro, and I was glad to see you guys working it out as the competition progressed. And in the end - you won!

357 - Pit-mates again. Thanks for everything...tools, advice, and letting us watch your robot as it grew.

272 - Thanks for the advice, and congrats on finals!

I can't think of anyone else off the top of my head, but there were countless others who I am surely forgetting! Thanks!

YEAH
 

I would like to thank team 87 for picking us to be your partner and I would like to thank team 272 for helping us the whole way! GO ALLIANCE!!!!!!

GO TEAM

The only thing I didnt like about the regional was that it was cooking hot in the pits and stands. The other thing I didnt like too well was the (safety glasses security guards) that just horrible....

Hey i'll have to agree with dave and Brad on this one. And thanks to all my mascott brothers and sisters out there for making today one h$!! of a great time.

Also thanks to 87 and 272 for the great teamwork we all showed today. and see you all at rutgers and hopefully after that to HUSTON.

Just wana thank our mentors and alliances. WE WON!

HEY! Great job to all the teams @ Philly!!! What can I say! We've got a great bot this year!!! Hey, 3rd @ Phoenix, 2nd @ Philly, hmmm, what could be next?!?! Well, we can only hope for the obvious answer. RUTGERS HERE WE COME!!!!!! AND LOOK OUT HOUSTON!!!!!

Yay Philly
 

I believe that my other team members have thanked and congratulated all the teams but here is my two cents:

87 & 103: thank you to your mentors for coming over to our pits and trying to offer suggestions and assistance for our drive system problems, we appreciate it!

1218: sorry we couldn't be w/u in an alliance (in hindsight: darnit! hehe) but a huge CONGRATULATIONS to you guys. you were awesome! and best of all, you are a nice team, a great combo, and as stated earlier, we hope that we see you in Houston.

357: i love being pit neighbors with you guys, thanks for all of your support

Thank you 365 and 522 for being partnered with us and for your huge efforts and strategizing.

Amazing round: when 316 flipped over but then flipped ALL the way over to be right side up, in a word: awesome.

To my team: great programming! awesome pit crew! great stategizing! great scouting! great video! and thanks to all of you who supported those of us who were concentrating on Chairmans, all I can say, whew....and why can't i sleep w/that trophy tonite dagnabit?

:: Miss Daisy ::
:D (the extremely happy one when we won Chairmans) :D

thanks!

Re: Philly Fans
 

Wow! I wished I could have been there... the webcasts just aren't the same..... congrats to everyone at Philly. 341, 357, 365, 222.... you are all awesome.... congrats on the achievements.. and looking forward to meeting up with you this year.


222 - HEY!!!! ARE YOU GUYS SERIOUSLY GOING TO HOUSTON NOW?????????? :D ROCK ON NEPA!!!!

Ya the lead on the Fisher Price that holds our stacker together ripped off. I hate putting 10 gauge leads on such small motors ( well that is fixed now). Too bad we couldn't sub your bot for ours cause you would have won it with the RoboWizards. Oh well, Bots will break and not everything is a 5 min fix.

It was a very spirited event. We gave away thousands of earplugs (all we brought). They were needed around the noisemaker bleacher containing: WAR Dept, RobbeXtreme, and of course MOE with spirit sticks. Also T Rex had drums in the same spot.

We also had the greatest Pit Neighbors.
As always, Royal Assault built a beautiful bot that I couldnt stop talking about.
The Brazilian Pioneers were a lot of fun. I wish I wasnt working in the pit during the soccer game between our two teams.
The Thunder Herd was the first bot i got to inspect. Thanks for not being too tough on a rookie inspector.
Thank you to the Arial Tornados for the Sponge Bob doll. You had the prettiest bot there.
The MechTechs were fun to watch as they did a major overhaul to their bot. Usually i dont like to see a bot remove its stacker but it had to be done. I like the low friction plastic pieces u used instead of casters.

Thanks to all the teams for making it a great regional. See many of u in Houston.

Congrats to all Philly Teams
 

This was the fourth Philly Regional I have attended, and by far it was the most competetive. I have never attended any regional (7 total) where the final eight alliances were so strong and so evenly matched. The top 4 alliances were eliminated by the bottom 4, yet the quality of gameplay never diminished. There were no weaknesses in any of these alliances, and all teams in the playoffs deserve a loud CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

It's interesting to see how all the local teams in this regional are improving and developing together. These past few years as we've met at one or two regionals, and also at the many off-season competitions in this area, a very strong core of good teams have developed, and it showed these past three days.

Here's looking forward to Nationals. Good Luck to all the teams making the trip, and look for more excitement as we "Stack Attack" during the upcoming off-season.

congrats all, i watched the webcast, or at least of a lot of it, from PSU main campus, and i must say you guys looked hot, i was impressed, and even though i wasn't there, i could feel the graciousness radiating from the arena... well, maybe i'm lying, but i could definitely feel the excitement, great job guys

Luckily that didn't happen. I have been to plenty of Phillies games where the fans throw Batteries (more readily available at robotics competitions) at refs or opposing players. I am sure no one wanted to see Ogre hit upside the head with a 13.5 lb lead acid battery. See that is what Gracious Professionalism is all about: Not maiming officials.

This post doesn't apply to Philly.....
 

Indeed, that happened to us.

We eventually welded several parts of the gearbox together, and reworked the motor mounts. Now we have no problems whatsoever (before the whole motor would rotate, spitting out chunks of plastic and metal!).

Philly Regional
 

Hey i just want to say great job to all the teams that pertisipated in the Philly Regional.... and also i want to say thank to all the Mascots esp. from team 222 . 145, Miss Daisy and all the others who livened up the Competion (im the Viking from team 230) Great job Everybody!!! and congrats to all the award winners !!! :D

Re: YEAH
 

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I hope that I don't hear anything else about the safety glasses issue because it is so simple it is stupid. You wear them when working in machine shops at your schools or businesses, when using tools, and when you are buiding the robot durring the build period... why wouldn't you wear then when working on the robot at a competition? Even if you are not working on YOUR robot... the people near you are.

Heck... FIRST has a seperate heading in the manual about it. "12.1 Safety Glasses - They do no good on foreheads."

also... under "16.10 Courtesies and Rules" it most definately states that ALL teams ARE REQUIRED to WEAR *AND* PROVIDE safety glasses for both themselves AND their guests. And ALL members and onlooks MUST wear them in the Pits.

The Safety Glasses they decided to lend on Friday were for VIP's and non-team related visitors so they could see the robots... and they were to be returned... sadly i do not believe many were. That is why they were not lending them on Saturday.

And.... If everyone just wore their safety glasses in the pits we (the volunteers) wouldn't have had to be evil about it.
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On a less evil note:

I do agree about the Bosch Motors and Gearboxes... The large pile of Broken/Damaged Parts by the end of Saturday was astounding. We had a pretty cool Pyramid of Bosch motors going. Not as much Field lint as Annapolis though.

The Competition in Philly was amazing like usual. Carol, Louisa, and the Whole crew of FIRST people, Drexel people, and the other Volunteers deserve a great round of applause for getting everything set-up, run, and broken down.

I do believe at least half of those are ours.

We also have the distinction of being the only team to need a replacement Chipphua at the Philly Comp. :D

That i do recall....

You had the only chipphua I had to replace during my spare parts stints at two regionals... and then the motor was fine... i think you just drilled a hole that was a LITTLE big for the shaft to handle.

Re: Re: YEAH
 

Yeah I noticed that- I vaccumed the field and all there really was were parts of rubber tread and a million little plastic bits from some team's wheel. I was gonna save some and post the pic to find out who it was, but now they're all in the vaccuum..

On a side note- the HDPE looked pretty messed up at the end of the day, but teams 87 and 1218 seemed to have no problem latching on in the final half of the playoffs..

edit- In the very bottom of this picture under the large collection of nuts you can see what i was talking about- anyone recognize it? There were at least 200 of those on the carpet

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pi...gle&picid=4448

Philadelphia Regional
 

Hi All,

I would like to thank teams 102 and 316 for being great alliance partners during the finals at Philly. You are both high quality teams and unfortunately we ran into some bad luck during the quarterfinals. Also, I want to congratulate the winning alliance (teams 1218, 204, 486) as well as 341 for winning the chairman's award - your team deserved it.

A special thanks goes out to team 383, the Brazilian Machine, for being so appreciative of me and another team 103 member singing their national anthem. We were so afraid that we would pronounce something wrong, but your hugs and thanks afterward made all of the preparation worth it.

Finally, all of team 103 would like to say thanks to the teams who attended the Philadelphia regional for making this an event to remember!

Just a little. ;)

Hey all ,
first of all congrats to all the award winners for they deserve a job well done. I have to admit i had more fun at this regional than the annapolis regional! I also have to say that The Brazilian machine was awsome and a cool team. Thanks for the tshirt guys.

the soccer game with the brazilians was so much fun, though we lost. Hope to cya all at nats.

peace

I'm gonna miss this. Drexel is my last regional as a student on the team, all thats left now is Nationals and off season competitions. Even though we didnt do as well as we expected, I still had a great time due to all of my friends on my team and all of the new ones I met, especially from 365. ;) Can't wait for Nationals!!!

Then we will have to try as hard as possible to make the PARC extra awesome for yah, good luck in the rest of your season.

Does any one know if the webcast will be archived or if there is a tape out there?

Hello all. Team 87 would like to thank 222 and 272 for being our alliance partners, we knew you would never let us down and you didn't, thanks a lot!!

This regional was the best one this year for our team and hopefully the best is still yet to come. We look forward to seeing a lot of you guys at the J&J Midatlantic regional at rutgers and after that at Nationals....good luck teams.

Chesapeake Regional - Imagery Award Winner
Philadelphia Regional - Imagery Award Winner
Philadelphia Regional - Regional Finalist and Alliance Captain

This was my first year on a team, and my last as I am a senior and will be graduating, and I have to say I have had a blast! I just want to thank everyone from my team (my Baby Brother, Pookie, Ashton, Sexy Kyle...etc.), all of my newly found friends from other teams (Adam, Joe, Chris, Kristen...all other girls for that matter lol, my fellow human player from the RoboWizards (we did great!)), and everyone else who helped make this season so great. (Thanks to the volunteers and refs and judges, too!) Best of luck in any Regionals you have left and in Nationals! See you in Houston!:cool:

Thanks team 87 and 272
 

Just in case someone from our team hasn't beat me to it, great job 87 and 272 and thanks for picking us......Hopefully we will be paired up with you at Rutgers. Good luck at nationals in case our team doesn't run into you! and hope to see you at the PARC