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I can't speak about the doughnuts and timbits/doughnut holes (never tried the ones at Timmy's), but the coffee is no comparison. Tim Hortons coffee is simply the best you'll ever get at any fast food restaurant.

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I would imagine the dog gear would work in a very similar way to the dog gear in the AM shifters and look very similar also. The only difference would be that the AM shifter would shift between high gear and low gear, while 1114's arm gearbox would shift between engaged and un-engaged.

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I knew it was electric somehow... but... wow that's a nifty idea. I had no idea there was so much stuff behind the little black poky thing you see when you all on 1114 launch. I'm amazed you haven't won any kind of design award for it yet... or have you and I didn't hear?

Change of subject...

After playing with 1114 in the finals, and against them once or twice in the seeding matches at MWR, my answer is no, you can't flat out stop them, but you can slow them down (still shocked and awed at how little defensive play there was at GTR).

Any shooter can be slowed down with good defense, and yes, it's possible to do defense without getting flags or penalties or playing dirty.

Unless there's some kind of miracle in which teams end up in which divisions(it sure would be nice!), I think we're going to have one heck of a showdown this year on Einstein...

-q

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More specifically... Eastern Canadian. Sure we have Timmy's out here in the west (although not on every second street corner...) but ever since they stopped making their doughnuts fresh they have gone downhill in a sad, sad way. Still, their massive advertising somehow keeps them popular amongst those who need the calories to stay warm while they are shoveling snow.

What was this thread about again? :D

Jason

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your thinking the wrong way

the question should be

"how does one go about beating your robot?"

the answer is simple

outscore them or score with them 1:1

(i honestly think there was 1 team that could do this besides 2056 at the Greater Toronto Regional, they were my dark horse team and they were in the finals. unfortunitly, as someone said, bad driving can make a great robot just look good....i think this team might want some driving practice before Atlanta, if one does their research, they will know EXACTLY what team im talking about. I hate to criticize a team that i really like, their team members are really cool, got to know them last year at championships)

EDIT: this is a truly dominating machine, i came in this year thinking... "1114 probably has the biggest target on their backs coming into this season, they better show up", and show up they did. i will never doubt Karthik or Derek again. i think me thinking that motivated them, they read my mind with their magical powers after winning WFA Finals awards...

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Yep, and the target on 1114/2056's back just got a bunch bigger for next year... Nobody wants to see them go 3 years in a row taking GTR AND Waterloo together. (Never mind that 1114 are now 4time defending champions of GTR)

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Agreed! We will be trying to top them again....next year. and now that we failed at it this year, I hope they win in Atlanta, not only because they deserve it but, also because then our team can say we lost twice in semis to world champions lol :D

And I think the reason they are so darn good, is mainly because the bot is very well contained (it doesn't break out of the 28x38x5ft box much) so the driver can drive the course without much thought of damaging the bot, not having to worry about arms and stuff getting hung up with other robots or feild elements, greatly increases you driving abilities. That and they have had a billion years of driving that thing (they ALWAYS do a two speed 6 wheel drive)

I love the bot, and how simple it is. I hope it goes all the way this year!

Good luck in Atlanta 1114!

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I have a question for you karthik.

What is 1114s set up for driver practice/drive training/driver choosing. Obviously you guys have built an incredible machine. However, as many others have said, sometimes a good driver can take a team to the next level. How do you guys handle this part of the team?

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Well, I can't say how their driver training etc goes, but I know that Niagara region's school board has given 1114 (and 1503/1680/2056/2166) the keys to a closed elementary school in the area, and they set up a complete field in the gymnasium of the school.

(I think thats all the NiagaraFIRST teams, anyway)

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oh man...for coffee, it's dunkies (dunkin donuts) all the way!:D
(i love the holy trinity of New England...you can't go far in any city without being in viewing range of a Dunkin Donuts (or coffee shop), ATM, or convenience store)


but 1114's shooter is amazing to watch...i'll sit around and pull up video of it when i'm having a slow afternoon

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...in hindsight they were one match from making it 5 in a row(2004)

Great machine guys!

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they also have done tank tread in 05 and 06 i think

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'06 was there only year with treads. check it out on their website


Kinda inquisitive as to how they broke so many treads that year, but still a great robot.

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Only 06.

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03 was some kind of 4WD, 04 was a two wheel swerve, 05 was a 6WD, 06 was treads, and 07+08 were both 6WD. Personally, I'm hoping that SimSwerve v2.0 is made sometime soon.