27-04-2015, 07:16
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no bag, vex only, final destination
AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,630
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Re: 2015 Lessons Learned: The Positive
The new control system seems to actually work the first time, straight out of the box. That's a huge accomplishment that should be recognized. Compare this to 2009, where less than six robots moving in a match was a regular occurrence and driver stations were being fried repeatedly by static discharge.
Ignoring every part of the actual game design itself (i.e. point values for objects, what you did on the field, etc), the game pieces and robot build rules made for a creative, incredible build season. The sheer creativity and out of the box thinking FRC teams were allowed to do in a no-bumpers game without the constraints of a frame perimeter or expansion limits was amazing. This was one of the most fun games to design and build for in years as a result. The game pieces were a new, interesting challenge.
The ranking system was almost as good as the 2010 ranking system at sorting teams.
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Mentor / Drive Coach: 228 (2016-?)
...2016 Waterbury SFs (with 3314, 3719), RIDE #2 Seed / Winners (with 1058, 6153), Carver QFs (with 503, 359, 4607)
Mentor / Consultant Person: 2170 (2017-?)
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College Mentor: 2791 (2010-2015)
...2015 TVR Motorola Quality, FLR GM Industrial Design
...2014 FLR Motorola Quality / SFs (with 341, 4930)
...2013 BAE Motorola Quality, WPI Regional #1 Seed / Delphi Excellence in Engineering / Finalists (with 20, 3182)
...2012 BAE Imagery / Finalists (with 1519, 885), CT Xerox Creativity / SFs (with 2168, 118)
Student: 1714 (2009) - 2009 Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional Winners (with 2826, 2470)
2791 Build Season Photo Gallery - Look here for mechanism photos My Robotics Blog (Updated April 11 2014)
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