We're going.
All of our win/loss data and match scores are on TBA. But, I'll include them anyways:
Events Attended: 4
Kettering District (week one)
Record: 14-6-0 in entire competition, including elims.
Highest match scores: 9-12 qual 45 WIN, 14-6 Finals3 LOSS
Other notes: GM Industrial Design award.
Troy District (week four)
Record: 14-3-3 in entire competition, including elims.
Highest match scores: 0-16 qual 61 WIN
Other notes: District Chairmans award, Coopertition award.
Michigan State Championship (week five)
Record: 11-4-1 in entire competition, including elims.
Highest match scores: 20-10 qual73 WIN, 26-12 qual25 LOSS (against 469)
Other notes: State Chairmans award.
Archimedes Division:
Record: 13-3-0 in entire competition, including elims.
High scores: 18-7 QF2, WIN, 21-17 Finals2, LOSS
Season totals:
Record: 52-16-4
Highest won match: 20-10 qual73 at MSC
National GM Industrial Design award.
Robot features:
Hangs quickly from vertical pole every time. We only missed one hang in Arch. because we were knocked off by an opponent (red card violation) and we almost hung again.
Deploys from start in 2 seconds (while driver is lining up), lifts in 4 seconds after locked. Not hard to line up - Driver rams the claw into the pole. If it's within the two antennas (about 12" space), it will latch.
Goes over bump smoothly, center wheels float to maintain stability and ensure that no wheel is more than 2" above the ground or bump. Traverses bump at full speed in low gear (aprox. 6 ft/sec). No tunnel, but it can just as easily climb the bump.
Drivetrain: 6wd floating-center, center wheel can be forced down to drop-center by arm. All wheels powered. 2-speed trans, 12ft/sec and 6 ft/sec.
Collector: top-roller pincher type collector, floating assembly to avoid carrying penalties.
Kicker: spring-powered kicker with window-motor recoil, software variable and linearized (it kicks about 35 feet, so I'll say 33 since thats a really nice number. Roller automatically ejects ball when kicking to limit roller's resistance to kick.
We will have the same drivers for IRI.
No camera tracking, but camera display on Dashboard (not enough power to do tracking)
We are changing almost nothing during the summer (OK, we are adding some stickers and changing the tire treads).
Pictures: I dont have any right now, but if you search for Kettering or Michigan State Championship pictures, Daniel Ernst from LasGuerrillas posted a ton of pics from those events, and we are in there.
My favorites from MSC:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daniele...7623766907840/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daniele...7623766907840/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daniele...7623766907840/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daniele...7623766907840/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daniele...7623766907840/
Oh yeah - we've got some new bot bottoms for IRI.