Favorite Robots at the Championship

[987HighRoller]

I thought I should make a thread for people to express how much they loved certain robots they encountered at the Championship and why.Since 987 was on Archimedes, my opinion is biased.

My favorite robot at the Championship was 27. They pick up the ball elegantly and are just really fun to watch. They could score quickly and effectively. Their robot was just really cool....

I loved 71's hybrid mode because they could change lanes at any time using the IR signal, and they did so smoothly because of their maneuverable drive system.

MOE's robot was also impressive. I like how they could exclusively get the second ball in hybrid, which to me is a great strategy. Also, they were amazing to have as alliance partners.

Team 842 played very potent defense, which is why 987 chose them to be on our alliance.

These are just a few robot that stand out in my mind right now. There were so many awesome robots on Archimedes and other divisions. What robots did you guys love?

Edit: I forgot to mention 1771. They really impressed me by making their idea work soooo well. They won the creativity award for a reason.

[Billfred]

My brother's favorite was 27 as well, and I can certainly see why.

1114 had the hurdler this year, just about perfect in every match I saw them in; I'd have no qualms talking about them in the same sentence as 25 in 2006 or 179 in 2005.

148 remains a favorite for their drive system. The execution was beautiful, and documented well for everyone on top of that. (New objective for next year: get a publication together as swanky as theirs.) It gives frequent members of the Manipulator-Free Club (like me) hope for the future.

[Ty Tremblay]

1771 was awesome. But I could be biased because I designed as suction sup for 190 as well...

[Herodotus]

254 and 968 were my two favorite robots of not only Championships, but the entire year. They worked nearly flawlessly, and they were also real purdy when they worked Something about the elevator/launcher combo just looked sexy when it hurdled. Also the robots themselves look fantastic as always. They are true pieces of engineering.

[Suspect_Deezy]

my favs were the killer bees and, the rookies, the enginnerds.




and of course my all time fav,

THE THUNDER CHICKENS!!!!

WUS GOOD GRANT!?

[Daniel_LaFleur]

My favorite has to be 233 Team pink. Their robot is awesome.

[Salbert]

1114 was the best robot, they almost always got more than 40 points in hybrid mode. 233 Pink's was also cool.

[Koko Ed]

Watching 1114's robot in person was truly a privilege!

[George A.]

My favorite robot (and the favorite of many of the volunteers)

belongs to 832.

They had the oscarbot. They couldn't hurdle, but Oscar the Grouch came out of a garbage can to knock the balls down from the overpass.

Truly a thing to behold.

[fredliu168]

I thought 217 thunderchickens is a really creative robot, plus they played incredibly on the field.

[Corey Balint]

968/254. Brilliant machines yet again.

Im still baffled as to why 1114 chose 217 before 254. Still seems very dumb to me, even though they won. 217 broke frequently and just had general issues over the past regional and at nats. Same with 148. Seemed odd.

[fredliu168]

Originally Posted by Corey Balint

968/254. Brilliant machines yet again.

Im still baffled as to why 1114 chose 217 before 254. Still seems very dumb to me, even though they won. 217 broke frequently and just had general issues over the past regional and at nats. Same with 148. Seemed odd.

Here is what I believe

They chose 217 for pretty obvious reasons, because they were incredible and got around defence extremely well, which is very useful in eliminations. They chose 148 because they were a decent lap bot (even though they were unperforming in qualifications). Oh and the mentors are friends.

[Jay Lundy]

I wasn't at Atlanta, and I may be biased, but here's my take:

IMHO 254 was slightly, but not significantly, better than 217. I'm sure 1114 felt they could win it all whether they chose 217, 330, 254, 1717, or probably a number of other bots too. They were friends with 217, so they chose them.

It made for an exciting semifinal match on Einstein. 1114 was slightly better than 233 and 968 slightly better than 217. I never actually got to see 60 play so I'm not sure how they compare to 148, but I think overall both alliances were pretty evenly matched with maybe a small advantage to 1114/217/148. 1114 definitely deserved to win it all, but 968 put together a great alliance and nearly snatched it away.

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by Corey Balint

968/254. Brilliant machines yet again.

Im still baffled as to why 1114 chose 217 before 254. Still seems very dumb to me, even though they won. 217 broke frequently and just had general issues over the past regional and at nats. Same with 148. Seemed odd.

I can understand the decision for that kind, BUT I don't see why they picked 217 over 330, which I've seen driven better and is better built. (again, not saying 217 is rubbish, far from it, but when you are #1, why not go with the better bot that does the same things?)

[jblay]

Originally Posted by Billfred

148 remains a favorite for their drive system. The execution was beautiful, and documented well for everyone on top of that. (New objective for next year: get a publication together as swanky as theirs.) It gives frequent members of the Manipulator-Free Club (like me) hope for the future.

i disagree 148 was very well made but did not perform well. they committed so many line penalties because of the fact that their robot did not have a front making it so hard to realize which direction you traveled when driving. still a very well made and smooth bot.

my favorite was 832 and i wasn't even in that division.