Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Cool, an awesome event just got even more awesome.

This is just too much awesomeness for me. :D

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Thanks! :D

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Teams 341 and 365 are looking for teams to cost share for our trip to IRI. We are looking at the list and this idea would probably make sense for teams 2753, 222, and 1923.

I don't want to hijack the thread so if you are interested, please send me a PM with an email address. It would probably be best if the response is from whoever does your travel arrangements.

Miss Daisy is really looking forward to a great time at IRI.

Best wishes!

Al Ostrow

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

179's check landed on thursday, hopefully were not to late to make the list.

I have my fingers crossed :ahh:

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

List of confirmed teams as of 2 June 2009:

1 16 Bomb Squad
2 33 Killer Bees
3 45 TechnoKats
4 47 Chief Delphi
5 48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
6 67 Heroes of Tomorrow
7 68 Truck Town Thunder
8 70 More Martians
9 71 Team Hammond
10 79 Krunch
11 107 Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S
12 111 Wildstang
13 116 Epsilon Delta
14 118 The Robonauts
15 135 Black Knights
16 148 Robowranglers
17 179 Children of the Swamp
18 217 ThunderChickens
19 222 Tigertrons
20 234 Cyber Blue
21 245 Adambots
22 254 The Cheesy Poofs
23 269 CooneyTech Robotics
24 292 PantherTech
25 330 Beach Bots
26 341 Miss Daisy
27 365 Miracle Workerz/MOE
28 393 Full Metal Jackets
29 399 Eagle Robotics
30 461 Westside Boiler Invasion
31 469 Las Guerrillas
32 503 Frog Force
33 829 The Digital Goats
34 830 Rat Pack
35 832 Chimera
36 868 TechHOUNDS
37 888 Robotiators
38 910 The Foley Freeze
39 980 ThunderBots
40 1000 Cybearcats
41 1008 Team Lugnut
42 1018 RoboDevils
43 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
44 1038 Thunderhawks
45 1108 Panther Robotics
46 1114 Simbotics
47 1501 Team THRUST
48 1503 Spartonics
49 1529 CyberCards
50 1538 The Holy Cows
51 1625 Winnovation
52 1646 Boiler Precision Guessworks
53 1649 EMS
54 1675 Ultimate Protection Squad
55 1714 More Robotics
56 1720 PhyXTGears
57 1741 Red Alert Robotics
58 1747 HBR
59 1760 Robo-Titans
60 1771 North Gwinnett Robotics
61 1902 Exploding Bacon
62 1923 The MidKnight Inventors
63 2056 OP Robotics
64 2194 Fondy Fire
65 2199 Robo-Lions
66 2753 Team Overdrive
67 2826 Wave Robotics
68 2970 eSchool eBots

Approaching 72...

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Hell yeah! Wisconsin represent!

Now which is more likely to happen... a third qualifier match against 1625 in a row (this time it'll be fair, I swear) or a second qualifier match ("in a row") with 2826?

Or better yet... both at the same time.

This event has me drooling.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Lets see if Michigan Pounds again

I'm rooting for a re-match

68, 217, and 247

VS.

67, 111, and 971

:eek:

lets get ready to Rumble!!!!

only problem is 971 wont be there...

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

another problem...
247 will not be there either?!
lets just take it 2 vs. 2 :P

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

I could see that match happening. In place of 971 could be Foley Freeze. That would be an epic match.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

We'll sub in....the championship booklet says we're from indiana so why cant we be from michigan too? :D (illinois ftw)

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

I want to see the Florida teams form an alliance.

1649, 79, 179, 1902 now that would be fun :yikes:

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Let's see if CA forms an alliance. 254, 330, 399, 980, two of whom have previous IRI championships.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

My choice of NJ/PA alliance:

222, 2753, 1923

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

I could see 1714 / 2970 / 2826 / 1675 happening. A fairly flexible alliance with a superscorer in 2970, a consistent all around player in 2826, and a quick multiple-dump turret with defensive support in 1714, with backup from what I predict will be the best defense at the event. All Wisconsin winners... just none that won _in_ Wisconsin. Leave that to Fondy Fire.

While we didn't average 24 balls plus in Atlanta like we did in Minnesota, I'm looking for ways to change that. Intake changes, better utilization of the empty cell, adopting some Michigan strategy is the name of the game for us. Gotta figure out a niche for us among the sea of power dumpers and nimble turreted shooters :D

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

That alliance would be absolutley ridiculous.

I also want to see, 1114 2056 and 1625 against 111 217 and 67...

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

One hopes the match scheduling process results in a balanced distribution of the "great" teams so every team in attendance gets to play both with and against them, with no bias one way or the other.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

we'll start workin on that accent eh?

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Oh...are you guys from Canada now too?:ahh:

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

I go to school in the UP, might as well be dontcha know!? :cool:

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

update?

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Here is the update as of June 1.
70 Teams Confirmed.


16 Bomb Squad
33 Killer Bees
45 TechnoKats
47 Chief Delphi
48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
67 Heroes of Tomorrow
68 Truck Town Thunder
70 More Martians
71 Team Hammond
79 Krunch
107 Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S
111 Wildstang
116 Epsilon Delta
118 The Robonauts
135 Black Knights
148 Robowranglers
179 Children of the Swamp
217 ThunderChickens
222 Tigertrons
234 Cyber Blue
245 Adambots
254 The Cheesy Poofs
269 CooneyTech Robotics
292 PantherTech
330 Beach Bots
341 Miss Daisy
365 Miracle Workerz/MOE
393 Full Metal Jackets
399 Eagle Robotics
447 Team Roboto
461 Westside Boiler Invasion
469 Las Guerrillas
503 Frog Force
829 The Digital Goats
830 Rat Pack
832 Chimera
868 TechHOUNDS
888 Robotiators
910 The Foley Freeze
980 ThunderBots
1000 Cybearcats
1008 Team Lugnut
1018 RoboDevils
1024 Kil-A-Bytes
1038 Thunderhawks
1108 Panther Robotics
1114 Simbotics
1501 Team THRUST
1503 Spartonics
1529 CyberCards
1538 The Holy Cows
1625 Winnovation
1646 Boiler Precision Guessworks
1649 EMS
1675 Ultimate Protection Squad
1714 More Robotics
1720 PhyXTGears
1741 Red Alert Robotics
1747 HBR
1760 Robo-Titans
1771 North Gwinnett Robotics
1902 Exploding Bacon
1923 The MidKnight Inventors
2056 OP Robotics
2194 Fondy Fire
2199 Robo-Lions
2753 Team Overdrive
2775 Liberty-DeWALT Robotics
2826 Wave Robotics
2970 eSchool eBots

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Hey, can someone tell me when IRI is?

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/event/countdown? says it's 7/31-8/1.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Awesome, thanks! I looked around but couldn't find it.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

This message is for any mentors, volunteers, or chaperoned students that may be traveling to IRI from Eastern PA, NJ, NY, MD or DE.

Teams 341 and 365 are sharing a 47 passenger coach bus to IRI and we have about 5 or 6 seats left. If you want to join us, the cost is about $85 round trip. The bus will leave on July 30th at 5 AM from Ambler, PA and return by the early evening on August 2nd. (Ambler is about 30 minutes north of Philadelphia)

If you are interested, please send me a PM.

Thanks!

Al Ostrow

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

1714's been playing with our robot a lot at demos and stuff, and we're making some changes for IRI. Since we're such a highly anticipated team and all :P But we have a little of a dilemma.

We have a Long Range Mode now for firing the Empty Cell 6 feet away, so we don't leave ourselves vulnerable for a pin by slamming against the Fueling Station. (We could take off a transmission on a CIM and go 12, but then we overshoot on dumps)

Removing the camera will let us hold 1-2 more balls, so we're doing that as like many other teams we never actually used it. We now have a human loading autonomous bringing us from an initial load of 7 balls to 12, and it's fast enough that we can sometimes snag and hold a robot down with it (and hey, balls in the trailer of the opponent by the HP are just as many points as if they were in our robot, right?).

The tricky part for us is figuring out how to increase the capacity of our robot even further, in under 6 pounds. The rough idea being thrown around was to make the front "diverter" bay wider, but to do that we'd have to use another motor to make a magic ball unjammer (not too big a deal if we can design it) and cut off signatures by Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers (much bigger deal, but at least Dave Lavery's is safe! :D ).

What changes are you expecting to see robots make at IRI? What are you making? and do you have any advice for us if you know our robot? (personally I bet more than half the teams will autoload)

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

We auto load

we haven't made many changes in our system, just sped everything up so we can be even more lethal.

it is also fun to look at the team listings too to see who is represented, Michigan is represented well :D just glancing, i managed to count at least 12 MI teams. that is 1/6 the field coming from the Great Lakes State ^-^

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Changes!? What Changes?!

Wasn't the robot supposed to be done back in February? Aw, man... Now I gotta get the kids back together *sigh* :rolleyes:

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Wait, we can work on robots.... OUTSIDE OF BUILD WINDOWS???!!!

It took me all year to get used to it.


-Nick

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Most of our time has been spent fixing the battle damage caused by the Curie Finals :P We will most likely be adding some new autonomous modes to our robot, but no big changes otherwise.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

We are adding a gyro to improve autonomous and also re-assembling our twin for use by pre-rookies in the Early Career matches.

All together it should not take too much time. (famous last words!) :rolleyes:

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Hi Everyone!

If any team that is staying at the Spring Hill Suites and has overbooked thier rooms, we would love to take over any extras that you might have.

We are about 3 rooms short.

We would deeply appreciate any help with this issue.

Thanks for considering this request.

Al Ostrow
Team 341

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Thank you to everyone that offered their help with our hotel situation. We recently had our problem solved and now have enough rooms.

As always, the spirit and concern shown by the teams on CD leaves you speechless. We look forward to meeting everyone at IRI. :)

Best Wishes!

Alan Ostrow
Team 341

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Final team list will be posted by July 5th.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

461 will be there for sure! i'm excited, this should be a fun competition to attend.

does anyone know if volunteers are still needed? since i graduated i don't get to be as active in the event as the rest of the team and the underclassmen...

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

heh heh heh, sorry about that... what did we do to you? (we being our driver)

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

LOL, no worries. That's the name of the game in the finals :P We had some broken ultrasonic sensors, broken lexan, broken gyro. All has been fixed now and our lexan now has stitches with a band aid. I'll post a pic of the band aid, our drive team got a kick out of that one.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Hey, anyone know if it's against the rules to replace the main internal breaker on the power distribution board with a larger (ie. Higher wattage) one?

If not, I have a lot of stuff to do so our robot doesn't blow another fuse during a match... ::ouch::

Our captain just now realized that we don't have unlimited amperage and that there's no such thing as electromagnetic feedback from the CIM motors, and that our two giant fans, onboard compressor, belt motors, drive motors, mini-belt motors, and solenoid setup don't draw more amperage than the main breaker fuse will allow.

So it's up to me, the programmer, to fix the robot so it still has all of those devices, and they still can be pushed up to their limits, without blowing the fuse. Before the end of the month.

I kinda feel like that guy from the Apollo 13 mission... ::ouch::

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

From the website

Robots must meet the design and safety requirements of the 2009 “Lunacy” Game....The Referees reserve the right to Disqualify or require Repair or Modification to any robot that appears to be unsafe or is operating outside of the “Lunacy” rules and guidelines.

I would say no.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Have you really had issues tripping that?

We pulled A LOT of juice this year, and never had that issue.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

FMJ 393 will be there, provided we can figure out why our wireless isn't working......:confused:

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Have you reset your gaming adaptor and removed the WPA encryption from your last event?

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Yes. We know its a hardware problem, we just haven't found it. Everything else on the robot works, so we're sure we will have it done in time. Thanks for the suggestion though.:)

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

It is not.

PM me with random details and I'll see if any of my team's electronics guys have any tips, but it sounds like something has to go or run at reduced power. Which is a shame, as you guys had in my mind one of the top 15 robots in Lunacy at full capacity...

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

I don't see modifying the PDB as being legal, or necessary, in any way.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

I was more referring on how to cut down on devices to save power if it is necessary. If it's not, then there's no problem, if it is, then stuff has to go.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

I didn't mean to suggest modifying the PDB in any way. I was more on the line of suggesting stuff to change, like putting a different motor on the fans or cutting one fan or something.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Well, you did say that modifying the PDB wasn't against the rules... At least, that was the impression I got, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who got that. IRI rules, it might not be illegal. FRC standard rules, it would be--and if we aren't getting another PDB next year in the KOP, then you'd have to get it yourself.

Actually, if the pneumatics mentioned aren't used much (and the total Clippard allowance wasn't used), the offboard compressor rule could be invoked. The 5-lb. "fudge factor" is more than 2-3 Clippard tanks, IIRC.

Could some motor functions be combined or reduced in duration? That would save some headache.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Oh, I'm dumb, I meant to say it is not legal. I didn't really read the question too closely... :(

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Just a few announcements.....
1. For those who have not made reservations yet--there is a new Drury Inn at I-69 and 82nd Street--it is across from the Hilton and about 2 miles from the event.
2. On behalf of the host teams, we will open our machine shop (1024) for the IRI--it is around the corner (or through the back yard of LN) and we will try to accomadate as many teams as possible in any way we can. We are also planning on having a tube bending demonstration on Friday--details will be posted.
3. A "Dave and Busters" just opened up this month near Castleton Square Mall--I have talked to them and they will have a booth at the Tech Fair with some sort of promotion for Friday night after the talent show--I will put information in the packet.

Just a little over 3 weeks to go!!!!!!

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Do we have a final team list yet?

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Below is the final team list for the 2009 IRI -
This is a great lineup and we are excited for the competition!

16 Bomb Squad
33 Killer Bees
45 TechnoKats
47 Chief Delphi
48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
67 Heroes of Tomorrow
68 Truck Town Thunder
70 More Martians
71 Team Hammond
79 Krunch
107 Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S
111 Wildstang
116 Epsilon Delta
118 The Robonauts
135 Black Knights
148 Robowranglers
179 Children of the Swamp
217 ThunderChickens
222 Tigertrons
234 Cyber Blue
245 Adambots
254 The Cheesy Poofs
269 CooneyTech Robotics
292 PantherTech
330 Beach Bots
341 Miss Daisy
365 Miracle Workerz/MOE
393 Full Metal Jackets
399 Eagle Robotics
447 Team Roboto
461 Westside Boiler Invasion
469 Las Guerrillas
503 Frog Force
573 MechWarriors
829 The Digital Goats
830 Rat Pack
832 Chimera
868 TechHOUNDS
888 Robotiators
910 The Foley Freeze
980 ThunderBots
1000 Cybearcats
1008 Team Lugnut
1018 RoboDevils
1024 Kil-A-Bytes
1038 Thunderhawks
1108 Panther Robotics
1114 Simbotics
1501 Team THRUST
1503 Spartonics
1529 CyberCards
1538 The Holy Cows
1625 Winnovation
1646 Boiler Precision Guessworks
1649 EMS
1675 Ultimate Protection Squad
1714 More Robotics
1720 PhyXTGears
1732 Hilltoppers
1741 Red Alert Robotics
1747 HBR
1760 Robo-Titans
1771 North Gwinnett Robotics
1902 Exploding Bacon
1923 The MidKnight Inventors
2056 OP Robotics
2194 Fondy Fire
2199 Robo-Lions
2753 Team Overdrive
2775 Liberty-DeWALT Robotics
2826 Wave Robotics
2970 eSchool eBots

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

w00t the East Coast is gonna rock this thing. Give those Midwest and West coasters some trouble guys!:cool:

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

But the West Coast is sending their best--and they do tend to give some tough matches when they play the Midwest and the East Coast and all those other areas.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Happy to see that the Hilltoppers made it into the final list. Yet another quality Wisconsin team that's smart enough to pull out some good upsets. Frankly I'm surprised they weren't selected in Atlanta.

Wisconsin's going to do well this year. Two of the all-star Rookie teams this year, now on top of that throw 1732 along with the regional winners, I think we're all ready to show the state a few hours over what we're made of :-)

Now onto the draft.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

That is quite a list!
Miss Daisy is looking forward to seeing some old friends and especially making some new ones.
Our whole team is pumped about the trip!

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

About our power problem,

We did have one of those inline current sensors on our drive motor wires hooked up to a PID control loop, but our captain said he wanted me to take it out because "we weren't accelerating enough." What I'm probably going to do is try to get those hooked back up and have that code-activated when the voltage readings start to get closer to breaking. (I think I have a backup of the code somewhere....)

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

You should probably put that sensor back in, because "we weren't accelerating enough" is usually a traction control problem, adding more voltage would just make it worse on the slippery surface.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Here is the final update for the 2009 IRI.
The only other potential changes will be if a team drops out, but there will be no additions. (this update adds 2081 and removes 2826)

This is a great lineup and we are excited for the competition!

16 Bomb Squad
33 Killer Bees
45 TechnoKats
47 Chief Delphi
48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
67 Heroes of Tomorrow
68 Truck Town Thunder
70 More Martians
71 Team Hammond
79 Krunch
107 Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S
111 Wildstang
116 Epsilon Delta
118 The Robonauts
135 Black Knights
148 Robowranglers
179 Children of the Swamp
217 ThunderChickens
222 Tigertrons
234 Cyber Blue
245 Adambots
254 The Cheesy Poofs
269 CooneyTech Robotics
292 PantherTech
330 Beach Bots
341 Miss Daisy
365 Miracle Workerz/MOE
393 Full Metal Jackets
399 Eagle Robotics
447 Team Roboto
461 Westside Boiler Invasion
469 Las Guerrillas
503 Frog Force
573 MechWarriors
829 The Digital Goats
830 Rat Pack
832 Chimera
868 TechHOUNDS
888 Robotiators
910 The Foley Freeze
980 ThunderBots
1000 Cybearcats
1008 Team Lugnut
1018 RoboDevils
1024 Kil-A-Bytes
1038 Thunderhawks
1108 Panther Robotics
1114 Simbotics
1501 Team THRUST
1503 Spartonics
1529 CyberCards
1538 The Holy Cows
1625 Winnovation
1646 Boiler Precision Guessworks
1649 EMS
1675 Ultimate Protection Squad
1714 More Robotics
1720 PhyXTGears
1732 Hilltoppers
1741 Red Alert Robotics
1747 HBR
1760 Robo-Titans
1771 North Gwinnett Robotics
1902 Exploding Bacon
1923 The MidKnight Inventors
2056 OP Robotics
2081 ICARUS
2194 Fondy Fire
2199 Robo-Lions
2753 Team Overdrive
2775 Liberty-DeWALT Robotics
2970 eSchool eBots


:)

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Very excited!

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

I think a little part of me died. Though 2081 looks great, glad they're going.

Looks like a great competitive list of cool teams! I can't wait.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Hmm which state could you be referring to... XD

*Points east from Wisconsin*

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Well, no Wisconsin team other than 269 went farther east than Illinois. Could be any number of states!

Working on a pre-iri solid cylindrical fiber length and weight reduction. Whatever that means.

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

How will the encryption be done at IRI?

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

Everyone will need to do this Friday morning, as soon as they get in. We will have a station set up in the pit area.

I will be loading the pit and field layout print onto this site later today.

Andy

Re: 2009 IRI- Who has applied?
 

222 is definitely looking forward to IRI. We haven't been to IRI since 2005.

I guess we better hurry up and finish modifying our bot :ahh: