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wow, what a day filled with robots...... Theres a lot of defensive bots and there are some good scoring teams as well...33 was looking good with there amazing arm, las gorillas got everything up and together and now there capping, chief delphi was scoring like no other. This is going to be a sweet regional i think, there are so many defensive bots i can see some low scoring matches, how does everyone else feel about it?

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I feel happy that my team started to cap, since i wasnt able to be there cause of work. I'll be there tomorrow yaaaaaa:D :D

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oh yes i almost forgot a couple teams.....314 yes, they are capping good as well plus they have an atonomous that is so close it scares me. And the thunder chickens got their arm back up and their strong as expected

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wow that makes me happy to, my high school team is doing good, go teams that i am rooting for, LOL:D

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Did 469 change from their original end effector? No offense to one of the greatest teams in FIRST but I am surprised if they are scoring with their original design.

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Yes they did indeed change thier gripper.

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Watch out for Team 1941 - Frederick Douglass Hurricanes. At GLR, they were playing some sick defense and they have nice ramps.

Good luck Hurricanes!

-see you on Saturday!:D

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We did climb them once, but they were on the opposing side, but hey who cares it just practice. I think tomorrow will be great, today was fun but the real stuff starts tomorrow.:)

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YAAAAAAAAAA, I get to be there for the real stuff:D :D

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The gripper changed. The main problem with the other one was that we had to tilt it to get to the floor, and that the opening was too small, making it hard to center on the ringers.
The new one is simpler, lighter and way more efficient (apparently).
No risk of offending us with your comment. We are always our own fiercest critics anyways and many of us wanted a new gripper from day 1 of GLR.

Francois.

Edit: let's not forget 703 with their huge carbon fiber ramp, or 374 (or is it 394? 397? sorry, i forgot) with their very efficient gripper.

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Great Job 247, all of us at 1251 were rooting for you. Great to see a 3rd title under your belt, 2 this year. Good luck at nats, we'll see you there!

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I second that!!!!!

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Wow 123 and 247 hook up again for the win. Congrats on your 2nd straight regional Championship.

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Just got home, wow 247 you guys have the best defensive robot I have seen this year. Your speed and power make you guys really really good, couple that with 123 being able to hang a few and 903 also able to provide some strong defense, you are one of the best alliances I have seen this season.

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Congratulations 247! 2nd regional win this year! You guys have an amazing robot and great strategy - that works! Looking forward to seeing you again at Nationals!

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what does this robot look like! sounds like a very powerful drivetrain.

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http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/27704



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They are a straight ramp, no hanging tubes. They have a 6WD I believe and have very smart and skilled drivers running it. The speed and power their robot has is incredible. Their ramp system is one robot drives up, the other then gets on the ramp and they lift their ramp to support that team. They are very good and need to be seen to be believed.

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Just want to throw out a thanks to 469 for picking us. Oh yeah and thanks for the shirt alex (im wearing it right now haha):D . Thanks 1502 you guys played some good defense. We gave it are all and we put up a fight. Will see you guys in west michigan.

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I would like to congratulate team 903, who worked hard all weekend. It was great that you stuck with it after not getting selected at Great Lakes. Good luck if you go to Atlanta!

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oh yeah and i forgot to congratulate teams 247, 123, and 903. Good luck at the remainder of your regionals, and see you in atlanta

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Gratz go out to 247, 123, and 903. I was there for most of the day Saturday and saw some great matches! Also congrats to the team from Mexico 2283 *It was nice to see you guys again after meeting at GM* you did amazing. Hopefully we'll be seeing all ya'll at Atlanta.

Did anyone else see the 2283's video they had playing in their pit? It was pretty sweet.

Also, a shoutout to the Robocubs (just cause I love you guys :D) Sad I probably won't be able to see your bot next year!

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I would like to Congratulate all the teams at the Detroit Regional, you all did a great job and did F.I.R.S.T. proud. As a referee it was a great pleasure to meet so many wonderful young adults who present themselves in a very professional manner. Teams 247, 123 and 903 way to go on the win, your list of accomplishments this year is far to lenghty to list here. Team 217 congratulations on back to back Detroit Regional Chairmans awards ( will next year be a three-peat?).

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Was it this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6JJ_DoQDf0

I didn't get any time to visit in the pits, just walk through a couple of times.

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Yes, that's the video. It's nice to be able to see it with sound (after all being in the pits.. its kinda hard) but then again, I can't understand spanish So...

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that video is great... thier team is awesome.

hopefully we will see them in atlanta.

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congrats to the winning alliance! heard you guys were awesome!

also, a shout out to 2283, it was awesome of you guys to come out and visit us last week, and you were amazing at the regional from what I've been hearing. Good luck the rest of the season, and hopefully we'll see you in atlanta!

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Per one of their mentors, 2283 is planning on coming to Atlanta.

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Wait 'til you see our ramp with an arm too. I think we have some good potential this year.

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I think that the detroit regional went all well. Congrats to the winning alliance.

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Hi ya'll, my name is Fennig and I am aprt of Team 247, Da' Bears. I wanna say wow, this has been a great year for us and for everyone that we have been with. I am a senior and all I can say is this is how I would want my year to end and no other way.

As a team, we have been doing great and the Detroit Regional topped it off.

People asked about our robot, a little more about it, it is not 6WD...it is 4WD with a combination of High (15ft/sec) and Low(8ft/sec) gear. Two omni wheels and two tracion wheels (we acutally went threw 4 pairs throughout the Detroit weekend). Our ramp is at 14 Degrees and raises up to 12 1/2".

I wanna make a shout out to all the teams in Detroit and Pittsburgh. You did a fantastic job and that was some hard competition.

Another shoutout to teams 337 and 903 for the regional wins, as a team we couldnt have done it with out you guys and I am glad we picked you guys up.


A special shout out to team 123. Two regionals in a row in one week. Thank you guys for the pick in Pittsburgh and we are glad that we returned the favor by picking you guys up in Detroit. And to the scouting team from both 123 and us (247), I am glad that I was a part of scouting and glad I did all that I could from running to our matches, and helping out 123 with their matches. This was a great two competitions and I am glad 123 was there with us for both.


I hope to see all of you guys in Nationals again and can't wait for it to come.

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As Field Manager again at Detroit, I would like to say thanks to everybody for an awesome event. The energy level at the Detroit Regional is unbelievable. After putting four long days into Great Lakes then 2 1/2 days of work you'd think I'd be dragging at Detroit, but the event is so much fun and everybody is so hyped its a total joy.

A couple of big shout outs.

1- The field reset and queing crews, you guys were awesome yet again. Constantly blowing up tubes is a pain but you guys stayed on top of it without any prompting. We had a couple of special situations and a visit from the governor and you guys handled it like pros. A truly fantastic job.

2- Thanks to all the teams, "No Blood before Ten", silly as it seems, cut our injuries to nearly zero. Compared to last year, even compared to Great Lakes the week before this was a phenomenal accomplishment. In addition, the pits were kept clean with hardly a shaving to be found on the floor.

3- Thanks to FIRST for overhauling the scoring system, it operated nearly flawlessly for two weeks in a row. Given the problems I've experienced over the past four years this was a welcome surprise.

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful time.

Cheers to all,

Ben Tower

P.S. We left the "Found" stuff at the Wayne State Matthai Field House facility office, if you're missing something give them a call.

P.P.S. Go Bears

PPPS. I've got thousands of pictures taken from field level. Give me a shout if you want some.

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Thanks Ben for the great work at the event. I was there Sat and everything went great and it looked like everyone was having a great time.

Thanks for the note on the "Found" items. The blue jacket was mine. I took the tag off it that morning. It got knocked off the bleacher seat in all the cheering.

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I think a lot of people dropped things off those bleachers. At one point Saturday morning I dropped my cell phone off the bleachers...definitely not a good thing. Luckily it managed to just pop out the battery so thank God it didn't break.

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Are there any videos from this regional?