The Pink Team 3 Tube Autonomous

[R1ffSurf3r]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTs3b2w_GSw

[biancs15]

This is absolutely amazing.
Beautifully designed with a superb manipulator / arm combo.

Oh and kudos to the programmers

[Bryany]

Neat! How consistent is it?

[Norman J]

That is simply absurd. I firmly believed this would not be possible. Congratulations to whoever programmed that.

[CNettles11]

i'm amazed, are you guys using line tracking, vision targets, both or just dead reckoning? anyhow, that's an awesome autonomous period. I bet it was pretty hard to code!

[seans341]

Simply stunning

[R1ffSurf3r]

Originally Posted by Bryany

Neat! How consistent is it?

It has been programmed since DC but today is the first time we've had a robot that is functioning enough to actually test it (in DC 3 of our 4 encoders kicked the bucket so it wasn't possible).

But so far 4 for 4. More consistent than our single tube if you don't think too hard.

[R1ffSurf3r]

Originally Posted by CNettles11

i'm amazed, are you guys using line tracking, vision targets, both or just dead reckoning? anyhow, that's an awesome autonomous period. I bet it was pretty hard to code!

Just a few encoders and a gyro slapped on with some tape.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Bryany

Neat! How consistent is it?

The most important question of them all. If it is consistent, huge advantage. 3 ubers a qualification match will likely lead to a high seed and then the freedom of picking the best teams, regardless of autonomous capibilities. I can't wait to see it!

[Brandon Holley]

Extremely impressive. Kudos on being able to get 3 tubes on the rack in 15 seconds, let alone in autonomous!

Brando

[dag0620]

Amazing, just fantastic! Props your programmers for all their hard work on getting it to work!

[JABot67]

This is absolutely brilliant. It will be even more amazing if Pink can pull this off in an actual match at St. Louis... I'll be watching them closely.

Think about it: If Pink can score 3 Ubertubes in auton, score 6 tubes on the top row, and get first place in the minibot race, that's 102 points easily achieved by one robot. No need for any other robots on Pink's alliance. Amazing.

To Jay, Taylor, Luke, Deanna, and all you 67 programmers (I know you read these forums): Do this.

[CNettles11]

Originally Posted by R1ffSurf3r

Just a few encoders and a gyro slapped on with some tape.

i'd keep asking questions because i want to learn exactly how this works but, for the sake of you and the pink team's sanity/success i won't bug you about it.

this is probably the coolest autonomous mode ever..

[BJC]

Wow, really awesome guys.

..Plus I won my early season bet with Ike. Thank you Pink Team, you just made my day.

[pfreivald]

Holy.
Freaking.
Crap.

Well done, Pink Team. Well done!