H.O.T. - 5 Ball Auton

[Jay Meldrum]

Latest test of auton at the Northville District.

http://youtu.be/3WcMOtZ-pyw

[cire]

That is inspirational. Very nice job. Our team was planning on doing this from our original strategy sessions, but we never implemented it.

[BigJ]

Is anyone working on an alliance bridge 4-ball? I have a feeling we may be seeing bots doing those at Champs.

[O.S.S. King]

Originally Posted by BigJ

Is anyone working on an alliance bridge 4-ball? I have a feeling we may be seeing bots doing those at Champs.

Our strategy was to do this but it was difficult to intake two from the bridge every time because they were not always put in the center of the bridge.

[Jared Russell]

Awesome job!

Here is Team 341's 5 ball auton from the Boston Regional.
http://youtu.be/0GjQJEUgPIA?t=1m55s

[akoscielski3]

This is the exact thing we are trying to do Hopefully we can get it perfect!

[Adam Freeman]

Originally Posted by Jared341

Awesome job!

Here is Team 341's 5 ball auton from the Boston Regional.
http://youtu.be/0GjQJEUgPIA?t=1m55s

Jared, that was really impressive! I haven't seen any other videos of your robot on the field, I would love you see them if you have any.

We would gladly go to the alliance bridge in Hybrid if we got a chance to play with you guys at Champs.

Jay - Get on that!

[MagiChau]

That would be a treat, a 60 point autonomous.

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Adam Freeman

Jared, that was really impressive! I haven't seen any other videos of your robot on the field, I would love you see them if you have any.

We would gladly go to the alliance bridge in Hybrid if we got a chance to play with you guys at Champs.

Jay - Get on that!

Of course the video I post is the one where we don't score in teleop due to a key falling out of our tower motor

Some other videos of our robot from Boston are here, but it requires some judicious fast forwarding.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Jared341

Of course the video I post is the one where we don't score in teleop due to a key fallout out of our tower motor

Some other videos of our robot from Boston are here, but it requires some judicious fast forwarding.

Jared if I may, I'm pretty fond of this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96hYn...eature=channel

Might be because of the battle for the center bridge in auton, or because you guys were nailing shots left and right...

[Jeffy]

To the two teams that have shown the 5 ball auton-
What have you been doing to make sure the balls are placed on the bridge in a position in which they can be picked up?
At our regional, as well as webcasts, I have seen that the field reset teams likes to put the balls on the bridge in funny patterns and not very uniformly at all.
If you ask nicely, do they line them up for you?

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Jeffy

If you ask nicely, do they line them up for you?

They should.

Game - The Game » Pre-Match » G05
Q. 1) The field reset crew can place the balls in any of the 15 locations that "they" (the field reset crew member) wants or 2) will there be a ball randomizer, similar to 2008? If 1 they could place the balls in the center for all of Team XXXX's matches and on opposite sides for Team YYYY's matches? FRC2337 2012-01-20
A. No, there will be no randomizer. The placement will generally be as close to the center of the Bridge as possible."

Game - The Game » Pre-Match » G05
Q. In a prior Q&A response, you said that prior to the beginning of the match, "The placement [of balls on the bridges] will generally be as close to the center of the Bridge as possible." Is this the center lengthwise, widthwise, or both? FRC0341 2012-01-31
A. Both

[waialua359]

We have an auto mode that races to the bridge first to knock down balls first, then go back and shoot from right above the key using auto aim.
While it may not be as impressive as a 5 shot auto mode, and many will be able to do this, ........it might be the only alternative from preventing an opposing alliance like this kill you before teleop starts.

[The Lucas]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

They should.

Basically every placement of 2 balls on a bridge I have seen leaves the absolute center spot of the grid open (for symmetry I guess). By the Q&A rulings Joe posted, that spot should be filled first and the 4 adjacent spots filled next. I was expecting this as part of autonomous strategy going into week 1 but it seems no event (I have seen) is really following it.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by The Lucas

Basically every placement of 2 balls on a bridge I have seen leaves the absolute center spot of the grid open (for symmetry I guess). By the Q&A rulings Joe posted, that spot should be filled first and the 4 adjacent spots filled next. I was expecting this as part of autonomous strategy going into week 1 but it seems no event (I have seen) is really following it.

Brian, I've also seen the same thing. One ball on either side of the center spot when there are Two Balls, The center spot is filled when there are three, a Diamond pattern when there are four and so on.... But I did notice that Some events, primarily on the west coast like to make a sort of 'Ball Blob' when there are more than 4 balls, they're just sort of placed on the bridge in a pile.