Here are six matches that were filmed from the catwalk over the fields at the CMP.
It is interesting to watch Ultimate Ascent from this perspective in that the frisbees are not lines, but circles.
First up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04SqQQWxzE0
Match 90 on Newton, featuring my favorite FCS blocker, Team 3574 HIGH-TEKERZ from Burien, Washington, and their inflatable tube. They effectively shut down 195 CyberKnights from their FCS strategy. Note how 195 could still move to the other side of the field and easily make their shots. They probably had the most effective FCS with its targeting control.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04SqQQWxzE0
Match 89 from Curie featuring 67 HOT and 2 FCS's. Climb and dump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X26EMNudDqg
Match 91 from Archimedes featuring 254 Cheesy Poofs with great floor pickup and their relatively fast 30 point climb. (not the 7 seconds they showed, but still one of the fastest this year)
Note how their floor pickup stooped at 4 discs. Very cool from this vantage point.
I need help with the next 3 matches. If anyone can help identify the match number and division, please do. It was hard to see the team numbers from overhead.
All of the matches were on Saturday afternoon and were between 80 and 95.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rVz7pNFVI
Newton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYG-AOs80Os
Newton or Archimedes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjiXyfBBfkc
Curie
Other videos of matches from the floor:
Match 109 Archimedes Killer Bees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkd_0KRB6Xs
Sorry for the shakiness. Killer Bees build the most beautiful machines.
1114 Match 75 climbing almost dump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMBTmfBnjsc
I apologize for the audio and missing the dump. 1114 = crazy good.
Match 39 MOE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io3WG2roTBY
MOE, always on task with the only centerline autonomous pickup that I was able to capture.
Galileo Match 11 Coyotes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z3Chw2ZXSY
Our eventual world champions. I saw them at GSR, where their win earned them a CMP berth. Their excellent drivers complemented a well designed cycler.
Also featured here is 2648 from Maine, and 295 from Cali. Both Coasts and two countries.
Match 40 WPI Team 190 Wombo Combo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue-eJSJlYMQ
Autonomous, good shooter, 30 point climb and dump.
Match 42 Cyber Rolling Thunder Chickens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4uHF5OjS-g
Great FCS by 195, again. The match was lost due to two failed climbs. :-(
Team Titanium Match 116
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fcYiMqs0Ww
They didn't quite pull off their 30 point climb, but Titanium was one of my favorites on all levels. Their POV video was the best of the year for this game. I picked them to go much further.
Here is a great quote from them in the local paper:
"Going into the divisional finals — as with any sport — there were favorites. One was Team Titanium from Lee’s Summit, outside Kansas City.
“We have a really good program,” said Cameron Lerch, a junior at Lee’s Summit West High School. “We start grooming kids when they’re freshman.”
Yet despite their winning record and all the buzz suggesting they might end up on top this year, they were eliminated before the final. Lerch wasn’t particularly worried, though. He has his eye on the future.
“I used to play baseball,” he said, “but then I went to a couple meetings and fell in love. I saw I had better opportunities with robotics than baseball.”
Still, he planned to be among the cheering thousands as the victorious alliance emerged on Saturday evening."
Class Act.