Favorite Robots at the Championship
 

I thought I should make a thread for people to express how much they loved certain robots they encountered at the Championship and why.Since 987 was on Archimedes, my opinion is biased.

My favorite robot at the Championship was 27. They pick up the ball elegantly and are just really fun to watch. They could score quickly and effectively. Their robot was just really cool....:)

I loved 71's hybrid mode because they could change lanes at any time using the IR signal, and they did so smoothly because of their maneuverable drive system.

MOE's robot was also impressive. I like how they could exclusively get the second ball in hybrid, which to me is a great strategy. Also, they were amazing to have as alliance partners.

Team 842 played very potent defense, which is why 987 chose them to be on our alliance.

These are just a few robot that stand out in my mind right now. There were so many awesome robots on Archimedes and other divisions. What robots did you guys love?

Edit: I forgot to mention 1771. They really impressed me by making their idea work soooo well. They won the creativity award for a reason.

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My brother's favorite was 27 as well, and I can certainly see why.

1114 had the hurdler this year, just about perfect in every match I saw them in; I'd have no qualms talking about them in the same sentence as 25 in 2006 or 179 in 2005.

148 remains a favorite for their drive system. The execution was beautiful, and documented well for everyone on top of that. (New objective for next year: get a publication together as swanky as theirs.) It gives frequent members of the Manipulator-Free Club (like me) hope for the future.

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1771 was awesome. But I could be biased because I designed as suction sup for 190 as well...

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254 and 968 were my two favorite robots of not only Championships, but the entire year. They worked nearly flawlessly, and they were also real purdy when they worked :D Something about the elevator/launcher combo just looked sexy when it hurdled. Also the robots themselves look fantastic as always. They are true pieces of engineering.

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my favs were the killer bees and, the rookies, the enginnerds.




and of course my all time fav,

THE THUNDER CHICKENS!!!!

WUS GOOD GRANT!?

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My favorite has to be 233 Team pink. Their robot is awesome.

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1114 was the best robot, they almost always got more than 40 points in hybrid mode. 233 Pink's was also cool.

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Watching 1114's robot in person was truly a privilege!

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My favorite robot (and the favorite of many of the volunteers)

belongs to 832.

They had the oscarbot. They couldn't hurdle, but Oscar the Grouch came out of a garbage can to knock the balls down from the overpass.

Truly a thing to behold.

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I thought 217 thunderchickens is a really creative robot, plus they played incredibly on the field.

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i disagree 148 was very well made but did not perform well. they committed so many line penalties because of the fact that their robot did not have a front making it so hard to realize which direction you traveled when driving. still a very well made and smooth bot.

my favorite was 832 and i wasn't even in that division.

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968/254. Brilliant machines yet again.

Im still baffled as to why 1114 chose 217 before 254. Still seems very dumb to me, even though they won. 217 broke frequently and just had general issues over the past regional and at nats. Same with 148. Seemed odd.

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Here is what I believe

They chose 217 for pretty obvious reasons, because they were incredible and got around defence extremely well, which is very useful in eliminations. They chose 148 because they were a decent lap bot (even though they were unperforming in qualifications). Oh and the mentors are friends.

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I wasn't at Atlanta, and I may be biased, but here's my take:

IMHO 254 was slightly, but not significantly, better than 217. I'm sure 1114 felt they could win it all whether they chose 217, 330, 254, 1717, or probably a number of other bots too. They were friends with 217, so they chose them.

It made for an exciting semifinal match on Einstein. 1114 was slightly better than 233 and 968 slightly better than 217. I never actually got to see 60 play so I'm not sure how they compare to 148, but I think overall both alliances were pretty evenly matched with maybe a small advantage to 1114/217/148. 1114 definitely deserved to win it all, but 968 put together a great alliance and nearly snatched it away.

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I have to say that my favorite robot this season (besides my own, hehe) has to be a fair tie between Team 27 RUSH and Team 1024 Kil-A-Bytes with their speedometer. (I found that really cool)

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I originally wondered the same thing about 217 over 254, but what I soon saw was that not only did 217 and 1114 have connections, but 217 could do what 254 could not do as easily: place the ball at the end. Though, it didn't affect the outcome of many of the matches the Galileo #1 Alliance played, it is still an advantage from a scouting standpoint.
I thought 148 was a good pick because they didn't really need another hurdler. What they needed is a racer, and there was probably no better racer on Galileo than 148. Yes, there were robots that may have been just as fast, but 148 had used a strategy throughout the competition that helped them a lot as a racer. However, I did think it was interesting that 1114 took the risk in having a racer along side a robot that was known to have broken multiple times. For a team to do make that decision, I think they must be very sure of their own abilities because once 217 broke, nobody could help 1114 hurdle. Obviously they were confident in their abilities to win without help hurdling. 1114 is by far my favorite robot, and I thought it was great that they chose 217, essentially giving them the chance to win a second national championship.

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I can understand the decision for that kind, BUT I don't see why they picked 217 over 330, which I've seen driven better and is better built. (again, not saying 217 is rubbish, far from it, but when you are #1, why not go with the better bot that does the same things?)

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I really like team 2337's robot, It is really fun to watch that thing boot the ball over the overpass...das boot!
And as always I really like team 330's bot, its always seems to be something pretty simple, yet it always gets the job done

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This may be biased, but I love 217's robot. I'm not surprised at all that 1114 picked them. Many of their issues that they encountered in the eliminations didn't happen until then.

They never broke their latex in the qualifications (or at least I don't think they did). They cannot really be blamed for tipping (it was really of no fault of their drivers), and that electrical problem was a one-time thing...

I practiced with them for hours leading up to this. Their robot is so simple in so many ways. Their drivers are so extremely skilled and they're extremely nice.

Other robots that impressed me (on Galileo) were 254, for their slick shooter-like design, and 195 for their awesome hybrid. Of course, 1114 is also one awesome machine for... well... everything!

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I'm a personal fan of 27's robot. It's an amazing piece of engineering and was a pleasure to watch on the field.

I have a soft spot for 217's design as well, as they accomplished the design I had attempted to develop at the start of the season.

Other favorites this year include 254/968, 1114, 987 and 1519's little rabbit that never played in an official match, but was wicked cool to watch in practice matches.

Edit: Can't forget 1771 for combining a shooter with suction. That was a beauty to watch on Archimedes!

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I don't think anyone is ever so sure that they will win. You never know what will happen.

That's what's great about IRI! You get to see all of the best robots in person!

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I agree with Dave, I could watch 2337 hurdle all day long. They were my favorite robot from this season.

I also enjoyed watching 1114 play the game with their smooth and efficient robot zooming around the field.

Team 121 had a really cool robot, I really enjoyed watching them hurdle and make those smooth moves around the field. I also loved when they came out to the field with 148's extra frame in their claw.

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121 is clearly hands down my favorite robot during the build season. We cant even count on our fingers how many team's robot designs were inspired or even outright duplicated from the Rhode Warriors.
254, 968, and 233 all had beautifully designed and machined masterpieces.
I still like 25's drivetrain. So robust and reliable.
1771 made me a believer that suction/vacuum designs can work.
1114 proved that the best design can also be the simplest one.

Comments on Einstein matches.
Newton had a great chance to win and I felt that both alliances were equally balanced when compared with Galileo. As a spectator from the stand, both alliances looked very impressive as expected. No offense to the other divisions, but I felt that the eventual winner would come from the Newton/Galileo winner.
The only chances I thought the other alliances had were maybe their hybrid and/or defense, especially from 348. Their defense proved effective minus those G22 penalties that really hurt them.
The one thing we learned in the elimination matches that proved effective even on Einstein from the matches we saw is that defense was the best role, IMO, from the 3rd bot. Even 148 stopped focusing on laps and played defense first.

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I know this is an FRC-centric thread, but the most thoroughly thought-out and executed robot at Atlanta may have been FTC 74. Among other things, this three-regional winner could pick up rings from the floor using a conveyor belt, and then flip the opposition's rings into a storage basket and their own onto a goal. This deprived their opponents of rings to score, while racking up a near-certain 45 points a match in a game usually won with a score of 45-70 points. Just freaking awesome. There were plenty of other great FTC 'bots in Atlanta, but 74 stood out for their ability to eat their opponents' rings using the same mechanism that they used to score their own. Very, very nice.

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i really like how simple and effective team 330 bot was!!!

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If you watched 190 playing with 1902's porker like I did, then you'd agree that 190 was the coolest lol.

My absolute favorites were:
27 Team RUSH
1771 > pwnage

and 190 Gompei and the Herd.

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Thanks to everyone who mentioned us. This was definitely my favorite robot that I have been a part of and I am so proud of everyone on the team for such a great season.

I would have to say my favorite not counting us would be 254/968. Something about west coast drive and that super smooth elevator that always gets me, although I'd never build a west coast drivetrain.

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There were many awe-inspiring designs this year, but one robot stood out in my mind for the sheer fun factor of it all.

Team 832 and their absolutely awesome "Boom Grouch" as coined by the Simbots.

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254/968 is my favorite with 1114 a close second.
mike d

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Agreed. The Oscar-bot was a real hit with virtually everyone that saw it. A definite crowd favorite!

-dave


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Team 2337 my own team has a simple robot and the coolest robot,
das booot!!!!!!:p

I also think that team 27 and 1771 are very good

I think one of the best games to play and i kind of like team 16 start up

Team 16's robot start up diagonal or tilted and it's kind of cool and i like their pick up

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Well, it doesn't go down as my favourite robot... but my favourite arm definitely belonged to 1690... and I never even noticed it until it received the "Tommorrow's Technology" award.

My favorite bot without an arm was 1318's little purple lap bot, but I'm probably biased there because I saw it go from not working so well in Portland to knocking us out of the eliminations in Seattle to running hot laps in Atlanta. It was certainly a unique design and took a lot of work to get it running right.

118 rates high in the "bling" category. Others who have seen that drive train in person as it has been developed the past few years might not be nearly as impressed... but wow. That robot wins my vote for the "most insanely complex machine" award, but it was finished up so nicely that the team really made it look easy to design and build something like that.

But overall this wasn't a complex game... in fact, it was a very simple game. And the team and robot that mastered simplicity... the one that I had been cheering for since I saw their first matches on the Blue Alliance... and the one that brought it all home... was 1114. What I specifically loved about that machine was that any well-equipped FRC team could have built it... if they had thought of it. Maybe not to quite the same level of programming, practice and polish that 1114 did... but there really wasn't anything quite like it anywhere else.

Jason

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I've got a little bias here, but I'm gonna say that Two-minute Warning from Team 16 (The Bomb Squad) was a great robot. Since it was a "flop-bot", the robot had a long, very stable wheel base. The "floppy accumulator" readily pulled the Trackball onto the catapult and secured it until it was time to shoot. Their three-wheel swerve drive was fast and maneuverable. At the start for hybrid mode, a CMU camera looked at an LED panel (red/green/blue) held by the Robocoach. Overall, it was a very fine machine and it took Bomb Squad all the way to the final matches on Saturday.

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actually they had electrical problems in GLR, and that robot was bound to tip over eventually.

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any one see a wood robot.

i like the pink teams from cocabeach the best or rage. those are my favs.

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If 233 could have powder coated their entire robot I would chose them. ;)

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Second those choices :)

RUSH's long distance hurdle was always impressive along with they interesting snake-like acquiring system.

But, 2337 Enginerds were definitely sporting my favorite robot this year. Their style points definitely pass 1114's sleekness :cool:

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Wow thanks!
I've read this thread and didnt even think someone would mention us here..
I do have to mention that the complex mechanism was a devolepment of a devoted mentor. we all tried to dolve the problem but he managed to do it in the simplest way.

There are a couple of robots i would like to mention:
My favorite robot is 2337. I didnt get to see them in the championship but i say them before and they are just amazing.
I also have to mention 968 which had a great robot and ended up with pretty good results..
1114. My favorites since Midwest. I was so glad that the best robot won.
And of course, our regional head of alliance, 1574, who have an amazing robot and broke the Israeli record (set by them on the year before) and reached the Newton division's finals!

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All of us on team 832 Chimera are extremely honored for Oscar to picked by Karthik and Dave as their favorite 'bots as well as everyone else either on CD or at the competitions. Wildstang picked us for one of their team awards for "Coolest Theme", at Championships and Exploding Bacon Named us "most entertaining 'bot" at Bayou. It seemed like everyone at Championships made it by our pit to take a picture at one time or another.

One thing I hadn't heard about was the "Boom Grouch" thing from the Simbots. What's that all about?

My own favorites wold have to be 233, 1771 and 1114. All three are beautifully designed machines.