2011 Minnesota North Star Regional

[gyroscopeRaptor]

Across the street from 10K Lakes, another competition appears.

The first dual regional continues the tradition.

Wondering who all is going, I'll compile a list of robots with pics/vids over the weeked.

171
537
648
1652
1730
1764
1816
1939
2129
2143
2164
2175
2177
2207
2220
2225
2239
2472
2480
2491
2506
2512
2525
2529
2531
2535
2549
2606
2654
2667
2709
2823
2883
2977
3023
3026
3042
3055
3058
3090
3102
3122
3130
3202
3206
3277
3278
3290
3291
3292
3293
3299
3610
3633
3690
3691
3699
3723
3750
3848

[Vikesrock]

2175:

Unveiling
Ship Day Testing

[Alpha Beta]

Kevin, the robot looks great. I like how the gripper release does not interfere with the robot backing away from the tube and the natural descent of the elevator mechanism.

We are going to miss not being at North Star this year. Best of luck to you and the rest of the Fighting Calculators.

[gyroscopeRaptor]

Does anyone have the webcast information?

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by gyroscopeRaptor

Does anyone have the webcast information?

I can tell you that there should be one and that the link should be posted here when it's up:
http://robotics.mnmsa.org/webcast.php

It should also be posted at the NASA Robotics Alliance page:
http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/2011_frcwebcasts.php

They better get it up and running smoothly! As a former Fighting Calculator now located across the country they know there will be consequences if they don't

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

I can tell you that there should be one and that the link should be posted here when it's up:
http://robotics.mnmsa.org/webcast.php

It should also be posted at the NASA Robotics Alliance page:
http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/2011_frcwebcasts.php

They better get it up and running smoothly! As a former Fighting Calculator now located across the country they know there will be consequences if they don't

Fantastic. Our "older" sister school (1730) will be playing with you guys this year, and we are hoping to watch and cheer for them from afar.

After watching them (and losing to them) in person at the GKC regional I think they've built their most competative robot yet. They are one of the premiere robotics teams in the KC area, and their technical prowess and community outreach efforts inspire us to aim higher.

[Vikesrock]

North Star webcast is up. Link can be found on the two pages I linked to above.

[Vikesrock]

Webcast has been moved over to Ustream due to problems with Windows Media Encoder. Not sure whether it is going to stay there or move back.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/frc-mn...-star-regional

[gyroscopeRaptor]

Thanks everyone for a fun first day! Catalyst went from a triple-red card match to hanging a logo by itself.

Also, today is (was) FIRST Robotics day in MN.

[Gamer930]

Alliance 1
2512
1730
2225

Alliance 2
171
1939
648

Alliance 3
537
3130
3293

Alliance 4
2175
1816
1652

Alliance 5
3290
2491
3691

Alliance 6
3690
2506
2472

Alliance 7
3278
2177
2549

Alliance 8
3026
2220
3042

1 vs 8
vs
4 vs 5

2 vs 7
vs
3 vs 6

[Vikesrock]

Congrats to the winners 3278, 2177, 2549. Congrats to team 1730 on the Chairman's Award and being Finalists. The other finalists 2512 and 2225 also deserve congratulations for giving us some very exciting final matches. Finally congrats to EI winners 1764 and Rookie All Star winners 3750.

I will be joining 2175 at the Championship and hope to see you all there!

[Lynsey93]

Who watched the last 2 games? It seems to be a general consensus that the refs missed several should-be red cards on the blue alliance and that the wrong team was given the win. There was also a dispute about a mini bot that hit the pole so hard that it didn't register. I'm looking for some opinions.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Lynsey93

Who watched the last 2 games? It seems to be a general consensus that the refs missed several should-be red cards on the blue alliance and that the wrong team was given the win. There was also a dispute about a mini bot that hit the pole so hard that it didn't register. I'm looking for some opinions.

Bringing this topic up under a new account without a team number, may not be the best of ideas...

That being said, from the webcast it looked like a blue alliance robot was touching the one tower while another blue robot pushed a tube into 1730 who was attempting to deploy their minibot. Of course, the webcast was not at the correct angle to determine if contact was actually made with the tower and robot. I assume the refs, who had the correct viewing angles, made the right calls.

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Lynsey93

Who watched the last 2 games? It seems to be a general consensus that the refs missed several should-be red cards on the blue alliance and that the wrong team was given the win. There was also a dispute about a mini bot that hit the pole so hard that it didn't register. I'm looking for some opinions.

All I will say about this for now is that everyone should make sure to take some deep breaths before posting.

I will be working on getting the FIRST feed video recorded by 2175 of these matches up as soon as a I can, probably tomorrow morning/afternoon.

[Jedward45]

I was present at the event and saw all three matches. I have this to say:

1. As we all know, the decision of the refs are final. Still, the behavior exhibited by the losing alliance, while understandable, was unprofessional and not in the spirit of First. After seeing the pointless arguing that occurred, I don't disagree with the ref's decision to stand firm with his decision.

2. With the #1 seed having 2 of its 3 teams pre-qualified for nationals, I feel a majority would be content with the results of the regional. (7 robots go to nationals rather than 5) In fact, I think this regional highlighted a fatal flaw in the tournament system that limits the number of opportunities for teams to experience nationals.

3. I don't know why the red cards were assessed, and I don't know the specific rules on the situation in match #2. So I would like to know if anybody could clarify. That said, I feel the blue alliance did win match #3 fairly, so without a match #4, the red alliance cannot claim a stolen victory.

4. I'm a vikings fan. Anyone who saw the NFC championship game can agree arguing the penalties doesn't solve anything....

Those are my thoughts...