[DougHogg]

Originally posted by JAlpert
I was not able to see the webcasts (if there were any) this weekend becuase I was at the J&J MidAtlantic. However, I was wondering if anyone could answer a few questions about the regionals I missed. I'd bet other people are wondering a bit about these things too:

- Team 71 (Beatty) seeded 1st and made it to the finals at West Michigan. What, if anything, did they change (robot or strategy) from Chicago?

- Team 60 (Kingman) won in California. I have seen pictures of their robot, but I don't know anything about its features. What does it do, and what makes it stand out?

- Was there any utter domination at West Michigan or in California? Utter domination would be if a team shows such a great control of the game, it stands out as a sure thing for the win. I would say Team 25 did this at J&J this afternoon.

Thanks!

Jeff Alpert
Team 469

Hi,

Some info on Team 60 (Kingman). They have a fifth wheel, to which they added a globe motor after Arizona to turn it into a drive wheel. This wheel is angled during autonomous and allows the robot to turn sharply and reach the bins in 3.1 seconds. Also, powering the wheel made it hard for human players to throw them off course with bins.

When they hit the ramp, they spread a sail which takes down pretty well the whole stack.

They then put down feet on both sides to hold their position and block off the top.

The finals were close, but it was apparent that Kingman's strategy was quite workable.