[Ken Streeter]

Originally Posted by jvriezen

In the second elimination match we played, I believe we got as close as anyone to the best time (both time of Deploy+climb as well as clock time at end of climb). ...

I was the drive coach, and didn't monitor the clocks for this, but I wouldn't be surprised if hit the top before the clock read 8 seconds in that second elim match.

Congrats on having a minibot that can get to the top of the tower within 8 seconds left on the clock!

I suspect that most regionals will have at least one or two teams with a minibot deployment system and climb speed capable of the feat.

In the Granite State Regional finals (Week 1), there were 4 successful minibot deployments -- the last minibot got to the top with 6 seconds on the clock!

A super-slowmo video was put together by team 20 to confirm that the referees got their call correct for minibot ordering. (There is a separate thread discussing this video at http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=93314.)

One of the neat things about the video is when you view it at maximum resolution in full-screen mode, you can see the field clock at the far right of the blue alliance's driver station. 1519's robot hits the tower with 8 seconds left on the clock, with 40's right behind at 7 seconds. The minibots of 175 and 20 both reach the top just as the clock flips to 6 seconds remaining, with 175 being only the slightest fraction of a second ahead of 20.

From what I saw of the WPI regional on the webcast, I think 40s deployment is faster now than it was at Granite State Regional, and they likely now reach the top with 8 seconds left on the clock as well.

At later regionals, more and more teams will have faster and faster minibots...