3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

Here are today's (mildly tougher) 3 Questions...

1. What team has been known by the robot names "Nor-east-beast" and "U-Fo"?

2. Who was the second winner of the Woodie Flowers Award?

3. Who was the first team to utilize the Gyro in competition play?

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

1. 151 - Nashua High
2. Woodie won it first, then Liz Calef, then Mike Bastoni
3. 233 had their "gyro adjusted" arm in 2000.

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

3. Just taking a guess here, but my old team, Team 192 GRT used the Gyro on their arm at 1999 and won a control system award from it. I believe they are the first team to utilize the Gyro in competition play.

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

1) The Sanders, A Lockheed Martin Company & Nashua High School team

2) If you included Woodie himself its Elizabeth Calef
But if not includeding him its Michael Bastoni

3) 233 from Cocoa Beach FL (Think Pink)

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

1. 151
2. After Elizabeth Calef, it was Ken Patton (since you used Elizabeth Calef as your answer for the first WFA winner)
3. 192 used the gyro in '99 and had a lot of trouble with their feedback loop at the San Jose regional. I think I heard that they fixed it by Nationals.

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

1. 151 Nashua High
2. Woodie, Liz Calef (88), Mike Bastoni (23) ... depending if you count Woodie himself
3. Random guess: 45 Technokats

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

Ok, lets clarify this...who won the Woody award after Elizabeth Calef?

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

1. 151
2. Liz Calef won it after Woodie won it first... but going my Grady's recent twist, Mike Bastoni would be the answer he is looking for.
3. 192, GRT

AB

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

1. Lockheed Sanders & Nashua
2. Elizabeth Calef (1997)
3. I've heard that 45 was the first to use it

{edit}OK, I've been replying to these threads without looking at the other replies first (more fun that way!)... My revised answer to #2 is Michael Bastoni. Understandable if it's not accepted, though.{/edit}

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

1. 151
2. My good friend Mr.B (Bastoni)
3. 192, GRT - It was one of the first white papers on CD.
These are still too easy!

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

I've really got to time my lunch hour better...

1. 151
2. Here are the first 3 in order starting 1996. Woodie Flowers, Elizabeth Calef, Mike Bastoni
3. 192 in 1999

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

1. Nashua High - I still have a Nashua shirt from back in 1996 when I traded a Wildstang shirt for it at Nationals

2. Michael Bastoni

3. no idea

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

C'mon Grady.
Make at least one question almost impossible to answer.
Something only the most obsessed FIRSTers could answer.

That way the "rookies" ;) can answer 2/3 but only a true "student of the game" can get the full set.

John

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

Guess that makes me a rookie, you old man ;)

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

Never claimed to be a vet!
I'm only going on seasn # 5. The only reason I know some of this stuff is from listening to the "old fogeys" of the competition like Grady.

A veteran rookie,
John

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

Ooooook...remember, you asked for it! Just wait until tommorow!

Today's answers...

1. Team 151, BAE Systems and Nashua High...formerly Sanders and Nashua

2. Mike Bastoni

3. That would be GRT, team 192 in 1999, won an award for it!

Todays winner (and lord knows maybe the last winner after the questions get hard!) goes to Mr. Andy Baker! Good job!

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

As a long time FIRST'er, I've seen a few awards given to certain teams at certain times that stand out among other awards. This one is definitely one of my favorites.

In 1999, Gunn Robotics was one of those teams who often felt dis-respected and overlooked. During those years, the west coast teams were very young teams comparted to the northeast and midwest teams.

They started out the year by having a strong and rough-playing robot at the San Jose Regional. They got some attention for playing hard but fair. During one of the elimination matches, they got DQ'ed for tipping over an opponent near the puck. It was a debatable call that was discussed in detail on these forums. Daniel Lehrbaum was the student team leader. He portrayed his case very well and did a good job of representing his team. He easily connected with Dr. Joe, Mike Bastoni, myself, and many others on these forums.

I got to know Daniel due to the way they "played the game" that year, since we kinda did the same thing with arm mechanisms. One of the features of their arm was the use of this new sensor (back then), the "gyro". No one else really used it, except them. The neat thing about it was that their electrical team was all students. Their lead electrical student wrote a white paper on how they applied the gyro to their arm. It was fairly simple, but elegant. Many people went to their pit to talk to Daniel and this lead electrical student about their gyro usage. Many engineers would rave over what these students did... it was top notch work.

Yet... still these guys were thought of as just a bunch of kids from one of those west coast teams. They still did not get much respect.

Then... it was time for the awards show at the Championships in Epcot. There we all are, 12,000 people in the stands. Awards were given out teams would send up their 2 designated people to receive their given award. Then, it was time for the controls award. Team 192 was honored for their effort of implementing the gyro sensor in a successful manner on their arm. So, this lead electrical student (he had a red mohawk) runs down from the upper part of the stadium, jumps on stage, and gets the award. The 2 designated students did not go up... he did. It was pretty darn cool. Over 1/2 of the crowd stood up and cheered for him and his teammates on 192.

Andy B.

Re: 3 Questions!!! (1/28/04)
 

I have followed/worked with/been on a first team for going on 6 years(i graduated in 2002), and I have no idea why i haven't known any of the answers for the last 2 weeks. Keep them coming though, maybe you'll hit us with a really obscure one that i'll know :) I'm getting really confused lately whether or not i should post, cause there's all the 'that didn't need to be said' stuff going around. so if i wasted someone's time, i apologize.