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Team 2582 Lufkin PantherBots will be at LoneStar again in 2010!:D

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Team KAOS will be at Lone Star and Dallas. Haven't decided yet where we will present. :rolleyes:

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Team 624 will be at Lonestar and St. Louis and is planning to enter a Chairman's submission at Lonestar.

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Team 2583 will be going.

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We will be there, of course, because it is only 5 minutes away from the school. This is the week people, let's get ready to compete!

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Lone star this year will have 66 teams, all but one from Texas. The lone exception is Team Combustion, 1912 from Louisiana, winners of this year's Bayou regional chairman's award, and top seed at that regional.

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We look forward to your excellent MC work as usual again this year Kris!

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Only two years ago,
Texas had 46 teams
1 regional

in 2010 ,
Texas has 104 teams,
2 regionals

in 2011
Most likely >130 teams ,
3 regionals (Central Texas ? )

Everything is getting bigger in Texas. Looking forward to Lone Star !
We have had some great history ! http://houston.txfirst.org/node/9

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Just to avoid wild speculation regarding the proposed 3rd FRC event in Texas in the Central Texas Region let me inform everyone about the following.

UT - San Antonio has announced that they have put in a bid for hosting this event. I suspect that FIRST will announce this as a site at the World Championship event as they typically announce new tournament sites during that time. UTSA staff attended the Dallas Regional tournament and will also attend the Lone Star tournament this week.

To add to Andrew L's post let me include the following FTC numbers:
2007 17 teams one Championship tournament
2008 53 teams two Championship tournaments
2009 84 teams two Championship tournaments

The potential of the Texas Workforce Commission grants of adding many more FTC teams, we are going to need to develop a system of qualifier events to feed into the Championship tournaments. Please contact myself or the UT-Arlington based affiliate partner if you are interested in creating a FTC team or possibly hosting a FTC qualifier event.

Somebody else will have to post regarding the growth of FLL. Currently 4 championship tournaments with xxx number of teams in each.

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Team 1477, Texas Torque, is excited and looking forward to being at the Lone Star Regional.

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Here is an unofficial scouting list based of videos & scoring. Some of these rankings are based on team history. Teams that have not played yet are obviously at a disadvantage on this list.

2010 LSR - Predicted Rankings
1. 148 - Robwranglers - undefeated at Dallas
2. 704 - Warriors - finalist at Dallas
3. 1912 - Combustion - # 1 seed at Bayou
4. 118 - Robonauts - Semi finalist at Florida
5. 624 - CRyptonite - Semi finalist at St. Louis
6. 1429 - Kaos - Finalist at Dallas, 2 point autonomous
7. 2587 - DiscoBots - #3 Seed at Bayou
8. 1477 - Texas Torque - Semi Finalist at Bayou
9. 231 - High Voltage - 1st pick at Bayou
10. 57 - Leopards - Semi Finalist at Dallas
11. 418 - Purple Haze - QF at Dallas
12. 2936 - Gatorzillas - Dallas Regional
13. 2158 - AusTin Cans - Blackout - Good hanger
14. 2468 - Appreciate - Huge group of top-notch mentors
15. 2881 - Lady Cans - Kicker
16. 441 - DevilDogs - Hanger with good drivetrain
17. 1865 - YES - Good Drivetrain
18. 1480 - Robatos Locos - previous year experiences with mecanum
19. 1801 - Dapper Dans - Strong robot in previous years
20. 647 - CyberWolves
21. 2789 - Titans
22. 2585 - scitobors
23. 2276 - Cypress STARS
24. 3103 - Iron Plaid
25. 2582 - Pantherbots
26. 2072 - Cybernauts
27. 2745 - Metrobotics
28. 2880 - Finger Puppet Mafia
29. 2956 - E-steam Eagles
30. 1484 - Hoggzilla

Please offer suggestions or comments to the LSR Scouting predictions.

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Pretty good estimations I think Andrew. Of course that just rounds out the top 50%, but it's a good start. It's going to be fun the next few days!

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I would love to see how the other 36 teams rank but I don't know enough information to rank those teams yet.

We will just have to wait until tomorrow !

Here is another list with no particular order ,

Top 10 Chairman's Teams:
(that will be submitting)
118 - Robonauts
418 - LASA
441 - Reagan Robotics
624 - CRyptonite
922 - ULTIMATE
1429 - Kaos
1477 - Texas Torque
2158 - AusTin Cans
2468 - Appreciate
2587 - DiscoBots

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I dunno Andrew...don't you think ascending by team number is an order? :D

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Unfortunately, team 1477 will not be presenting this year. :( I think they will gear up for next year.

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Have we established that there will be a webcast for Lone Star?

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Looks like they have the webcast link posted now.
http://robotics.arc.nasa.gov/events/...rcwebcasts.php

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Yay!
Hi Doug!
Good luck to Texas Torrrrrrqqqqque!

Jane

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Congrats to Danny Diaz from 418, the new Woodie Flowers winner at Lone Star.

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Love the color commentator and interviews on the Lonestar webcast. What an amazing idea!!!

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Ya combine it with 230's instant replay and 987 DVR functionality and we would have something truly amazing and professional done on a amateur's budget. Keep up the great work everyone, I am truly impressed with the quality of webcasts this weekend. :]

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I must say, compared to the other webcasts I've seen, Lonestar was BY FAR, the best one. Excellent Job.

As to the robots, congratulations to all of the robots in the finals. I couldn't tell what was going on with 148's roller, but it was nice to see them battle it out and work with their partners to garner a win.

Also props to the finalists for giving the first seed a run for their money for all 3 finals matches.

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Congratulations Teams 148, 118, and 247! Y'all played fantastic matches.

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The ball sensor was bent in for Final 3. As a result, the robot thought we had a ball in the intake for the entire match; and the intake would not suck in. This is why the autonomous sat in place. This is why we REALLY had difficulty in Final 3. Luckily for us, 118 played an amazing match in a virtual 3v1 situation, and sealed the deal. Ugly wins still count, right? 148 <3 118.

-John

PS - We're (of course) redesigning the ball sensor mount, and also adding a control override for the intake. That failure will NOT happen again. However, we're really good at finding new failures!

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JW John, what exactly is the method you guys are using to sense a possessed ball? I currently have the denso running even with the ball in possession. Is there a reason why you didn't just let it run?

Thanks,
Akash

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Hey does anybody have a video archive link of day 2 from the regional? We in the stands didn't get to see the interviews they were doing during the timeouts in the semi's.

Oh and don't forget Paul's son and his awsome dance moves.

Any help finding these video's would be greatly appreciated..

Atlanta Bound!!!!!!!!

Thanks again to the teams 118 & 647, ya'll did Great.

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Um...Really? Here are a couple of reasons why *we* don't let the motor run. I'm not sure what Mr. Neun's reasons are.

1. Don't want to stall the motor. Stalling the motor = BAD. During the finals at Palmetto, our sensor wasn't tripping as well, and the window motor was stalling. We could smell it from the drivers station. 343 was nice enough to spray their freezing blast onto our window motor before each match, or we would've been more toast. (pun intended :P)

2. In some instances with a particularly-not-well-inflated ball, the ball will get sucked into the robot further than 3". (That is of course if you're not using a hard backing). Which, if you are facing a physical backing, then you'll more than likely stall the motor, and then you're back to reason 1.


Our method is that the backing for the ball is hinged, so when the ball comes in, the backing goes in with the ball. And then at the appropriate 3", the backing trips a switch, which turns off the motor.

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When I last saw it, it looked like they were using an IR beam of some sort. (Think of a garage door opener.)

Great job to 148, 118, and 647. Those finals matches had some definite heart stoppers.

Also, great job to 624, 704, and 3103 for putting up a valient fight.

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For me, the mark of a good match is the show of determination, good coaching, and grit. We saw a lot of that in these teams.

Congratulations to all of the award winners. Well done.
A special congratulations to FRC 2881 on the Judges' Award - you made Austin proud! Congratulations to 118 on the Chairman's!

Congratulations to 418's, Danny Diaz, on the 2010 Lone Star Regional Woodie Flowers Finalist Award. I know first hand, the amount of work and effort that Danny puts into FLL in our region and the amount of work, effort, inspiration, and encouragement that he brings to 418. I'm sure his wife, Dawn, and his daughter, Olivia, are very happy to see his tireless contributions recognized in such an awesome way.

Lone Star added two Dean's List Finalists to the group:
Ashvin Bashyam from FRC 2583 and Carlos Pineda from FRC 1480. Congratulations and well done.

The webcast was wonderful; kudos and thanks to the addition of the color commentary and interviews. That was a welcome and awesome addition and I hope to see more of that in our future.

Well done Lone Star,
Jane

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My dad recorded the finals and mentioned he also caught the interviews. However, he said that was also when the webcast started having trouble buffering. You are more than welcome to a copy.

I would like to convey a special thanks to all the volunteers at LSR, especially the inspectors. There were many teams giving you head aches over the weekend. You kept cool and collected as we all had to make the mad dash to get everyone inspected on Friday. Great job.

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Thanks everyone for the congrats. This means a lot to me; I have a wonderful group of guys and gals on 418, and great mentors that I work with (like Jane and Bertucci) who really help/force me to step up my game every year. This is something I will treasure forever!

-Danny

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We were very happy to see Carlos join the Dean's List Finalists. If anyone knew his story, you would realize he truly epitomizes gracious professionalism. He suffered a tragic personal loss at the beginning of the season and he kept coming to work on the robot. Every day. Not a single person would have blamed him for stopping, but he didn't. He was committed to the job and he saw it through to the end. No excuses...ever. Enough said.

I would also like to extend our thanks to our 8th seed alliance partners 2587 (The DiscoBots!) and 2583 (Westwood HS) for joining us! We played them hard in an excellent alliance and the Lonestar Champs.

Congratulations to 118, 148, and 647, you guys did great! It was a very exciting finals.

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On behalf of team 2789, I want to say that we had a fantastic time and really enjoyed the strong competition. Congrats to teams 118, 148, and 647 on their win.

Also, special thanks needs to go out to teams 118, 2486, and 418 for lending us either parts or expertise.

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Thank ya'll for the positive comments. Lucien Junkin and I have had the idea brewing for awhile now to spice up the sometimes drab webcast when robots are not playing. In my mind, webcast need to become more appealing to the casual viewer (i.e. friends, family, coworkers, alumni, etc) who don't do FIRST but have been convinced to watch a few matches at their convenience online.

We've got some big ideas and hopefully after piloting the idea can come back big next year and to more events.

Any criticism of or advice for me as a commentator would be wholeheartedly welcomed and is highly encouraged. Peer and community feed back is always the best way to improve.

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Mason, do you have any of the webcast archived, and if so, do you have plans of releasing the video?

I had a great time with the interview, and I'm kinda glad you forgot to mention the detail about Michigan. :)

-Parker

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I know I saw a 118 recording device at the media table on saturday. I vote we all exert peer pressure on them till they crack and release the vids.

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Well, the truth is that none of you can offer the highly prized and valuable critiques and peer/community feedback until you can see what you are providing feedback on - and those of us who possibly could - may need a 2nd viewing to nudge and refresh the memories.:D

*cough*
Jane

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Archived videos from LSR would be great ! Other teams/announcers could use the inspiration before Championship.

Any videos from LSR would be nice. The last two years of archiving have been non-existent. (I might have to exert overdue peer pressure on those as well ) :ahh:

I know the DiscoBots have 2587 centric videos that we will post on TBA if archived videos do not surface. I'm sure most other teams would like to see a more balanced video.

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Congratulations to Carlos Pineda from FRC 1480 for making the 2010 Dean's List and congratulations to your team for nominating you!

Well done.
Jane

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Thanks so much Jane for posting this. We aren't able to go to Atlanta, and have been wondering about Carlos' status. I have forwarded the information along to the team. It is a very great honor to a very deserving kid! Way to go Carlos!

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I took the information from this post in the Dean's List Finalists thread.

It's cause for great celebration.

Please give my best to Carlos and the team!
Jane