Re: 2007 San Diego Regional
 

Ah yes the social...

Yes there will be a social. It will be Friday (3/23) from 6pm-8:30pm at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. All the exhibits in the museum will be opened up, including (from what I understand) the restoration facilities below the building, which are usually off limits. This museum is actually one of the better ones in San Diego. Also, dinner will be served to all attendees in the outdoor courtyard.

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Should be a great event! 70% of the teams will have already competed at a regional.

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As an inspector, I am thrilled. :)

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Or have been practicing for the last few weeks... Tomorrow were actually running against another San Diego team who has a practice robot.

Re: 2007 San Diego Regional
 

we used to use the camera and an ultrasonic range finder. The camera would track till we lined up and lost the signal because it was to high up, then we'd use the ultrasonic to bounce off the rack and find our distance from the rack. Once it was at the distance we wanted, i'd drop the tube, open the claw, and back off.
Since the rack is at an angle a lot, the ultrasonic isn't working as well because the signal ricochets off at an angle and doesn't come back to the sensor, so instead we're going to use the camera to line up until it loses the track, then move forward through turning the motors on for about 1 second, then drop the tube. Our alignment with the rack is good, its just we're either to close or too far, and we expect to correct that really soon. It should be functioning well at San Diego. :D

Re: 2007 San Diego Regional
 

Quick question, does anyone know what happened to the San Diego Webcast? I went online and coudn't find one. Can anyone fill me in?

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It (the link) was there a few days ago. What happened?

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Must of got pulled. I think I read somewhere that it was depending on the avaibility of an internet connection for the team to do it (or maybe that was LA).

Either way .. 1388 is on their way :) Just passing through Oxnard. Can't wait to see all you there (and see the 15 teams or so that were at LA also)

We will have the huge vise again, and anyone who needs it, is more than willing to come and use it. Just please don't bring over any grinders and cut stuff with them (or any tools that are not allowed in the pits). We like to keep the Safety Judges happy :p

We will also be passing out the IFI backup battery charging (etched) circuit boards (as mentioned above). It's one per team, so please don't lose it. The freshmen worked hard to make those boards. For anyone who cares, the boards were designed, etched and drilled all by students on team 1388. We ran the board during build season, and at the LA regional, and our backup battery lasted all day (with the camera). We did put the battery on the 120v charger at night though. We will also be giving each team a copy of the IFI schematic for assembling it. Please test your circuit before putting it on the robot. The charger will put out about 8.5v unloaded to the RC and the battery port. If you need any help or have any questions on the circuit, assembly or whatnot, feel free to come to our pits and ask for Mike (you can try Phatmike, but some of the newer kids might look at you funny.

A little birdie told me that there might be a team passing out part kits for those backup battery charging boards .. the same birdie told me that those part kits were designed to fit into the board we're passing out. I haven't confirmed that the team will have the part kits, but if you look for some penguins *cough* 1717 *cough* in the pits, I'm sure they will be able to tell you if they have the kits. As far as I know, they do.

Re: 2007 San Diego Regional
 

the webcast should still be available, but if it isnt, thats slightly depressing.
anyway, the feild set up was going very well when i had to leave it today, and i am so very ready for SD's first FIRST event
*does happy dance*
lol
have fun teams

but please
be nive to those dang intertubes!
(coming from a feild reseter) lol

Re: 2007 San Diego Regional
 

I'll be stopping by today after my last final. =] Going w/a fellow ex-FIRSTer (okay so I'm dragging him 'cause he has a car down here...) and a couple of our non-FIRST friends. It's been a couple years since I've been to comp so I'm excited! ^^

And of course we're all gonna be sitting there watching trying to figure out the game haha. Good luck to all teams today and tomorrow! You'll do great =]

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Does anyone know the alliances if they picked them yet?

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1) 330 696 _____
2) 1540 968 1834

That's all I know.

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Any updates so far?

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the match results page is being updated, two quarters played so far

http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/eve...chresults.html

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