A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

After getting both robots ready for the Fall Classic scrimmage this weekend, we decided to have a little fun. (we are known for having a good time and recording certain instances on film) ;)

Anyway, here is our tribute to the A-Bomb. We wanted to see what we were capable of, and ended up transferring the balls between the two robots two or so dozen times.. we were THAT bored! We used every ball we could find, but probably could have only fit a few more without running into problems with jamming. We didn't count, but its in the neighborhood of 20 balls I think?


Of course, a shout out goes to teams 195, 25, and the many others who thought of, attempted, or wanted to attempt the "A-Bomb" in competition. You all made the game a whole lot of fun, and gave an inspiring display of what cooperation is all about.


http://www.vivid-hosting.net/MOV00242.MPG

http://www.vivid-hosting.net/MOV00234.MPG


PS, yes, that was me at the end yelling "ahhh, you're too slooow!!" :)

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

I always wondered ... Where does the name "A Bomb" come from?

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

Just a guess -- the A is for Assist. Think Magic to Worthy, 10+ times a game for the Lakers back in the early '80s.

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

It was called A-Bomb because we figured that it would have a huge impact on the score and it would be a suprise to the other teams.

Or as Tom says, they needed a code name that no one would understand at UTC, when himself and Greg Marra talked about it.

And Dang Travis, I must say, that looked awesome. :cool:
All we can do is shoot our balls into the loader, you guys can have some serious fun with that.

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

is there any good video of 195 and 968 doing this on Einstein? the webcast doen't actually show the best trasnfer.

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In the first semi-final on Einstein, 195 attempts to dump balls into 968. 195 was having some drive issues since their belt was partially slipped (and became completely slipped after the manuever) and 968 was having some drive issues because 177 was pinning them against the lexan. Overall, they probably transferred six or seven balls, which represented some serious scoring potential given the deadly accuracy of the 968 bot from the top of the ramp.

From what I recall, the webcast camera showed this fairly well.

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

dude, that was awesome. :ahh: man i wish i was there for that. :mad: my friends are totally stoked on the footage. see you later buddies. :p

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

how much did you robot weigh???

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119.6 lbs in ATL, I believe.

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

how much did the base weigh

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Probably 50 lbs or so. The ball pickup/shooter assemblies were definitely significantly heavier than the drive.

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

I thought I remembered a team at phoenix using it as well. I just couldn't remember if it was you, or 599. You guys were awesome at phoenix by the way.

And to team 968, I look forward to competing with both of you this weekend at the fall classic.

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

wow 50 pounds we could have put our base on that. Great machine guys. I wish we had 5 more points for a third match.

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

They did it more than just that one time. That A-Bomb was shown, but there was a better one in finals match two. The camera is focussing on 217 loading, but you can hear Dave saying "watch the cooperation, 195 feeding their teammate!". It's at about 100 seconds left in the match.

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It first happened in the semis on Newton, also, iirc. Maybe it was the finals. Not sure.

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Newton SF2-2

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Thanks for the compliment...Team 987 had a great time in Phoenix ...1290 was the feeder half of the stunt and a fantastic partner.

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

yeah, how bout the fall classic, yet another a-bomb with 1138. that was awesome. hope to see you guys next year.

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

We were never paired with you guys... But we made a mode that put our shooter to a very low RPM so that it consistantly shot the ball about 18" with a steep arc. It would've been awesome in a match to sit next to you on the ramp and toss our balls into your hopper. We never had a chance to do it as none of the other teams had a large enough hopper.

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

now all you have to do is form a loop one robot shoots it into the other one then then the balls gets fed back into the shooting one now that'd be sweet

Re: A tribute to the "A-Bomb"
 

yeah, that would have been awesome, and never done before (i dont think)