Sorry I forgot to update, but heres my update after day 2. The competition is running really smooth, not many bumps, this really is a great regional and all the time they spent organizing it is really paying off.
Teams that have been impressive (in numerical order)
- 40 - One of the most advanced robots I have ever seen in FRC, crazy mechanism wheels (soon available on a larger market from what I've been told) as well as a great combination of DeWalt transmissions and CMUcam usage.
- 69 - These guys have a great robot that doubles as a washing machine, started high early off but they are still a very competitive team and in the top 5 last I checked
- 75 - My buddies from Hillsboro have been playing really well, one of the best players of defence in this group by the look of it, the 8 wheel drive train they got going is pushing a lot of robots around.
- 121 - consistently getting better and better
- 126 - This robot is really great to watch, they have wheels to help them self-right/get up the ramp and they are consistently scoring too.
- 233 - top of everyones list, pretty dominating but nothing like 25 at NJ, however still consistently the best all around robot here
- 571 - These guys are one of my personal favorites, the robot is solid defensively and they score points in the corner goal really well. These guys would make great alliance partners for almost anyone because of their awesome versatility.
- 1511 - These guys are easy great or have a good schedule, I think they got one of the best schedules here so they've had a good share of luck, even so, there robot is solid, with a strength in picking balls off the ground by the look of it. They look like they may get seeded so it'll be interesting to see how they work out later in the day.
- My own team is going pretty well too, we had a lot of sauces early off shooting, but we ran into a problem with our gearboxes binding and consequently eating up the battery, but that was fixed after competition ended yesterday so hopefully we'll impress the scouts as the seeding continues, or even possibly get seeded ourselves.
Lets see how this all plays out, only 5 hours until we find out.
PS- The sundial network is awesome, if you have the means set one up at your regional, it really is handy.