2011 Arizona Regional

[purpleandplasma]

congrats to all that won awards! (u may remember me as the girl from plasma that ran around yelling "GOOD MORNING/AFTERNOON/EVENING"! this being my first year, i was super pleased! 2403 Plasma will be attending vegas! hope to see some of you there!

[EricH]

Something that's been bugging me a bit:

What happened to 60 in the final match? There's no way that that score would have been that lopsided if they'd been mobile, I'm certain of it!

[LazyNameMaker]

Originally Posted by EricH

Something that's been bugging me a bit:

What happened to 60 in the final match? There's no way that that score would have been that lopsided if they'd been mobile, I'm certain of it!

(Just made an account to post on this).

Yes, that was certainly odd. Their driver station light on the field was blinking, so they might have lost communication.

I'm also wondering about the transmission they had. They tossed our box bot around with it when we played against them, but it didn't seem to come into play as much in the finals.

Great job everyone who competed, by the way. It was a tough competition.

[MrForbes]

George mentioned something to me afterward about "how many times do I have to tell them not to pick up the batteries by the wires?" but I don't know if that comment is related...

Anyways, fantastic job by the winning alliance! I'm especially happy for 842, having witnessed personally how hard they worked for it

[Dr Fritz]

team 60 totelly lost connection to their robot. they were scrambling to get it going but really there was nothing to do about it. oh well it was a very very good match up to the end. i hope you all enjoyed it and had fun

[Dr Fritz]

Originally Posted by LazyNameMaker

(Just made an account to post on this).

Yes, that was certainly odd. Their driver station light on the field was blinking, so they might have lost communication.

I'm also wondering about the transmission they had. They tossed our box bot around with it when we played against them, but it didn't seem to come into play as much in the finals.

Great job everyone who competed, by the way. It was a tough competition.

lets just say its very very beautiful. i like a team who can switch to a fast offence and a powerful defence with a flip of a switch

[LazyNameMaker]

Originally Posted by Dr Fritz

lets just say its very very beautiful. i like a team who can switch to a fast offence and a powerful defence with a flip of a switch

Oh no doubt. It was amazing and certainly surprising, but I'm wondering why it didn't come into play in the final rounds. I didn't see nearly as much torque being applied when they charged across the field. Or maybe that's just my observation.

[Dr Fritz]

not sure either but it could have been the fact they lost connection with their robot

[LazyNameMaker]

Originally Posted by Dr Fritz

not sure either but it could have been the fact they lost connection with their robot

But even in the matches prior, they should have been able to FLOOR everyone in front of them and I just didn't see it. Ah, well, it was a great matchup and both alliances definitely deserved to be there.

Also, noticed the Amon Amarth fan-ness in your signature.

[falconmaster]

Here is a synopsis of our participation at the AZ Regional.

The MC was great!
Don Knight was fabulous!
The Pits were small and hot, drank many bottles of water!
The field was great!
Pits for the finals in the hallway were extremely cramped, and hot!

Synopsis on this year's 2011 event


4 Falcon Robotics team members recieved W.W. Graingers scholarships, Gerardo Rodriguez, Ramon Balerama, Glenda Maldanado, Mike Kanaly
1 Falcon got Made Dean's List Edwardo Fernandez, now he competes at the championships for the National Title for a scholarship and a person letter of recommendation from Dean Kamen
1 Mentor got the Woody Flowers Award,me, I feel extremely honored
The team won the Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation for the control and design of their robotic arm.
The team won the robotics competition with their robot Dulce's DREAM with their allaince partners the Beach Bots, from California and RoboKrew from Tolleson HS, in Tolleson, AZ.


Highlights

Team was in 3rd after prelims on Fri
Team had only two practice matches due to redesign issues
Team had to redisign minibot deployment structure due to design error, on Thursday
Team finished 1st at the end of prelims on Sat.
Team had to replace the gripper gearbox with only minutes before the match and was finishing it at the robot was being placed on the field during the last qualifying match.
Team had to replace gripper arm that was broken with only a few minutes during the quarter finals after a robot rammed into its arm.
Team used scouting data to pick the best alliance, had three robots that could hang a tube in autonomous
Team had to go to three matches in semi to move on to final to win.
Team had CNN covering their participation in the event for a documentary about Extracurricular STEM to be aired May 15th!

all in all it was a great event for us! Now on to the Championships!

THIS IS OUR 1ST ROBOTICS WIN EVER!

[Dr Fritz]

Originally Posted by LazyNameMaker

But even in the matches prior, they should have been able to FLOOR everyone in front of them and I just didn't see it. Ah, well, it was a great matchup and both alliances definitely deserved to be there.

Also, noticed the Amon Amarth fan-ness in your signature.

yup i am i huge fan of them

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by purpleandplasma

congrats to all that won awards! (u may remember me as the girl from plasma that ran around yelling "GOOD MORNING/AFTERNOON/EVENING"! this being my first year, i was super pleased! 2403 Plasma will be attending vegas! hope to see some of you there!

How could we miss you Kelly, you're energy, and your whole teams energy was contagious! Loved it!

[purpleandplasma]

Originally Posted by rsisk

How could we miss you Kelly, you're energy, and your whole teams energy was contagious! Loved it!

thanks! i am planing on being just as loud and energetic at Vegas! (well once my voice comes back!) this was an absolutely amazing experience!!!

[Dr Fritz]

Originally Posted by purpleandplasma

thanks! i am planing on being just as loud and energetic at Vegas! (well once my voice comes back!) this was an absolutely amazing experience!!!

have fun in Nevada

[ShaneP]

Team 330 had a great time at the Arizona regional. Aside from the overly cramped halls during eliminations, Hamilton high school served as an excellent venue for the regional. Thanks to all the volunteers.

We'd like to thank 842 and 2662 for being fantastic alliance partners. It was a pleasure working with you. Looking forward to LA and St. Louis!