2012 San Diego

[MrForbes]

Just a couple days, and we hit the road for San Diego! Should be fun....

San Diego's gonna be so much fun this year! I can't wait to watch the webcast! Wish I could come down, but then again, I've got my own robot to work on. I wanna see 1538's robot in particular, and 399 looks like an awesome team this year.

[GRT808]

Aloha from Hawaii! Good luck to all at the competition!

[Mk.32]

Week 1 event this year woot!
Can't wait, to see all the bots :3

[TeamSpyder1622]

So excited for SDR!!!! Cant wait to hang out with everyone from Team San Diego!!!

[DCA Fan]

I'll be there! I'm excited to see everyone!

[andreboos]

The Agency looks forward to closely monitoring all of you in San Diego

[Chef Jeff]

Originally Posted by TeamSpyder1622

So excited for SDR!!!! Cant wait to hang out with everyone from Team San Diego!!!

We had a good time last year, but we will see team Spyder in Seattle ,and we will be the only caili teams there

[seg9585]

Will be in San Diego with Rookie Team 4276. Can't wait!

The team is anxiously waiting to do some driver tryouts during the practice rounds Friday (they never got much chance to drive it during the build season).

Can someone remind me if robots are allowed on the field for Friday practice rounds if the bot has not *officially* passed all inspection items yet?

Also, in the past practice rounds have sometimes been as long as 5 minutes, are these variety going to be used?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by seg9585

Will be in San Diego with Rookie Team 4276. Can't wait!

The team is anxiously waiting to do some driver tryouts during the practice rounds Friday (they never got much chance to drive it during the build season).

Can someone remind me if robots are allowed on the field for Friday practice rounds if the bot has not *officially* passed all inspection items yet?

Also, in the past practice rounds have sometimes been as long as 5 minutes, are these variety going to be used?

The "At the events" section of the manual covers your questions.

You do not have to be inspected to practice in your scheduled practice matches, but must have bumpers.

You must be inspected if you want to enter the filler line for an unscheduled practice match.

[moonlight]

Originally Posted by Chef Jeff

We had a good time last year, but we will see team Spyder in Seattle ,and we will be the only caili teams there

Excited to meet both teams 1622 and 585 At Seattle Olympic Regional we'll be playing on the same field! hope you guys are ready to have some fun

[Mk.32]

Defense is non existent, to easy to foul. So crossing over the bridge/bump isn't common.
Balancing is a game thrower, 10-20 pts so far is quite hard to match with just shooting.
Auton was easier then I expected, and with 2-3 shooters it is an easy 12+ points.
Shooting in telop seems to be the hit and miss among teams, some can do it well but quite a few don't. Shooting while against the fender seems like a good option for many teams, our current plan, and camera tracking seems to be something saved for CMP.

[GRT808]

I was a bit surprised of the scoring going on in teleop. Balancing on the bridge however seems to be more efficient with single robots rather than double. Many of the attempts to balance the bridge with two robots usually end up failing, the lone balancing robot sways the match considerably. We are also a bit surprised of our robot's and drivers performance during the competition. We switched our design from a double roller shooter to a hood and it works amazing. Curious to see how some teams like 399 and 1538 perform after their tweaking. Having fun this competition and looking forward to the rest of the matches tomorrow!

[Koko Ed]

Why has there been no update on the awards in San Diego on the FIRST website?

[DCA Fan]

No idea Ed, we entered them into the system yesterday. Anyways, here's the awards list so far:


WFFA Bill Berggren
Volunteer Sandra Hodge
Imagery 2839
Control 702
Creativity 2485
Engineering Excel 3476
Entrepreneurship 3008
Rookie Inspiration 4322
Website 1372

Current top score is 40 for SD, with 29 qualifying matches to go.