Congratulations to Mechanical Cyber Pi (1519, 195, 2067). Second Place to the Buzzy Tick Hawks. (175, 236, 1100)
It would have been much closer without mechanical and tote alignment issues.
Don't underestimate Mechanical Mayhem. While they don't make high stacks, they clear the landfill and cap their work.
3rd goes to the Titanium Uber Chiefs (2170, 1124, 1768) 4th to the Magic Power Windup. (237, 501, 3467)
Surprised that can grabbers didn't make the difference. It was the Achilles Heel of the winning alliance.
Oh, there were good Can Grabbers. RoboSquad 558, Entropy 138, and TJ 88 come to mind. Buzz 175's adaptation to this component of the game is impressive.
I am still looking for the list of who qualified for the CMP. More importantly, which teams will be able to scramble to come up with funds and reservations. We'll find out next week.
With more divisions and fewer teams in each, I think New England stands a good chance of having more than two teams advancing to the Einstein playoffs.
RoboSquad 558, Shrewsbury Colonials 467, CyberKnights 195, & LigerBots 2877 will represent New England well for the Chairman's award in St. Louis in less than 2 weeks. The competition for this award is quite stiff at the CMP, but seeing how you have documented your team's effect on your students and communities makes me say that "it's not about the Robot" is alive and well in New England.
LigerBots had my favorite video. I student taught at Newton South in 1992.
Okay, some videos in honor of Ty Tremblay, (Volunteer of the Year from Big Bad Bob 319), for his convoluted efforts in which he stayed the course to salvage Bits & Bytes from the encoded landfill of fragmented discs and nefarious activities:
Each of these focussed mainly on one teams activities:
Titanium Tomahawks
What is notable here is their intelligent endgame where they capped a 3-stack and cleaned up the field rather than attempting another stack themselves.
Windham Windup, always impressive. Note how the driver team tries to seat the mis-oriented tote after they loaded their 2nd Stack. Check out how their Mecanums chew up the noodle at the end.
Southington Sets up for Match 64 What Robot set up is like on a dance floor.
I love how WPI events have such a great theatrical production. However, I wondered whether it was good or bad for the teams trying to check connections, alignment, set screws, etc....?
Hat's off to the production company, this was their first
FIRST event, and they acquitted themselves quite well.
CyberKnights Match 65 The inevitable conclusion. Watch and Learn.
This is how a Human Player does it. Check out how they grab and position the totes. Note the perfect timing of lifting and loading and the clearance between the previous tote and the one being loaded.
Also note how the Robot can pick up a Recycling container in any orientation and reorient it with their chute loader.
High Score at the NEDCMP
A little heavy on 195, I know, but they're my baby.
They are 17 years old now and I take or admit no credit or responsibility for the impressive adult team they have become since that day I was introduced to
FIRST at 720 Pleasant Street in 1997.
I just threw some seeds on the path.