2015 Virginia Regional

[JamesBrown]

The Virginia Regional is coming up this week. I wanted to start a thread to keep all discussion in one place.

Team List is available here: https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....t_teams=number

Of the 64 teams attending,
54 are from Virginia
4 are from South Carolina
2 are from Brazil
2 are from the Netherlands
1 is from Maryland and
1 is from New York.

For 56 teams this will be their first or only regional of the year.
Of the other 8, 7 competed in Palmetto, and 1 in Arkansas. No teams have Regional Champion, or Chairman's award wins yet this season.

[notmattlythgoe]

Looking forward to seeing how all of the teams tackled this year's engineering challenge and seeing all of our friends. Also, looking forward to meeting the first time attendees of the Virginia Regional.

[JamesBrown]

Personally speaking, this will be my first time at the Virginia regional, and the second trip for team 5279.

After a very educational first year featuring a Dozer like bot, 5279 is excited to return with a new team, almost all new students and mentors. We believe we will be fielding a much more reliable and effective bot this year, and we are looking forward to competing at VCU.

Our 2015 bot "Buford T. Justice" is capable of actively holding 5 Totes, or 3 totes and a Recycle Container. We can also lift a stack of up to 3 totes and a recycle container high enough to place the stack on a stack of up to 5 totes to complete a capped stack of 6.

Pictures of this years bot can be found here (Apologies about the picture orientation):
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/41625

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/41633

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/41634

[KushP384]

I'm really excited to see not only some of our local friends, but the teams from Brazil and the Netherlands. It's not very often we get to interact with teams from South America, let alone Europe! The level of competition has also augmented exponentially these past couple of years. Should be an eventful three days.

[jreneew2]

I can't wait to go to Virginia this year! I am looking forward to seeing all the really friendly teams there. Mech Tech Dragons, Triple Helix, Maximum Oz. etc. I can't wait to see the new teams as well. I hope everyone has a great time and a great competition. The last two years in Virginia have been awesome and I can't wait for this year. :-)

[JOClarke]

Teams coming to VA regional:
122
339
342
346
383
384
388
401
422
539
540
611
617
619
1033
1086
1095
1137
1156
1262
1287
1522
1541
1598
1599
1610
1719
1731
1758
1793
1895
1908
2028
2053
2106
2107
2363
2402
2988
2998
3072
3136
3168
3258
3274
3359
3361
3373
3455
3489
3709
3872
3939
4286
4466
4481
4538
4714
4969
5279
5412
5425
5546
5724

[dougwilliams]

Looking forward to playing in Virginia later this week (we still have lots of snow on the ground in NY).

We just posted details, videos, and list of all of our latest robot features and auto modes (including 3 tote stack, and step recycling container grabber) over in this thread:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh....php?p=1458518

Should be a fun game!!

[DRH2o]

Really looking forward to the VA Regional this year. One of our really great sponsors -- Mid-Atlantic Broadband has developed a side competition for the 6 SOVA Teams they Sponsor (only 5 of us are at VA). We are #MBC_FRC_Teams (1095, 1262, 1598, 3258, and 5279). This is the MBC Challenge Cup (link here http://m.mbc-va.com/news/details/id/...host-mbc-chall ) There is a social media challenge as well -- tweet #MBCChallengeCup #teamtalon1598 to help us win . You can substitute the team #(otherteam) to help other teams as well, but I'm not going to put their # here -- we want to win. They can tell you their # if they want to. THANK YOU Mid-Atlantic Broadband !!!!

[Maldridge422]

I'm sure some other teams have revealed their bots, but here's what I was able to easily find on a few of the robots that will be at the Seigel Center:

TALON 540
1086 Blue Cheese
1156 Under Control
2363 Triple Helix
4481 Rembrandts

[TDav540]

Originally Posted by Maldridge422

I'm sure some other teams have revealed their bots, but here's what I was able to easily find on a few of the robots that will be at the Seigel Center:

TALON 540
1086 Blue Cheese
1156 Under Control
2363 Triple Helix
4481 Rembrandts

1156 (Under Control, from Brazil) posted there video on CD earlier as well.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...highlight=1156

TALON 540 is really excited to be attending VA once again! We can't wait!

[Noudvanbrunscho]

After about 24 hours of travelling, Team Rembrandts and Team Impossible Robotics from the Netherlands arrived in Richmond yesterday!
We still need to time to get some extra sleep but we feel almost ready.
We can not wait for the competition to start and we will see you all thursday!

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Noudvanbrunscho

After about 24 hours of travelling, Team Rembrandts and Team Impossible Robotics from the Netherlands arrived in Richmond yesterday!
We still need to time to get some extra sleep but we feel almost ready.
We can not wait for the competition to start and we will see you all thursday!

Y'all want any restaurant recommendations or sightseeing suggestions or something or are you just getting some sleep?

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Y'all want any restaurant recommendations or sightseeing suggestions or something or are you just getting some sleep?

They should go to Buzz and Ned's.