FRC Team Strengths

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Frenchie461

461 is really good at being finalists

So is team 40.

[nikeairmancurry]

177 has pretty much figured out how to get a bye to get to Einstein each year...

My team has always found a way to find a weird way to approach the game...

[R1ffSurf3r]

I think we are pretty good at procrastinating

[J93Wagner]

As to what Team 93 is really good at? Um. I really don't know. Perhaps the best answer is that we're an all-around team that is pretty consistent in competing at the regional level from year to year (at least the past 5-6 years as far as I'm aware). Unfortunately, consistent isn't going to be enough in the future as competition ramps up.

Eh, oh well. Looks like we're going to have a new challenge we have to meet!

EDIT: Actually, on second thought, the one thing we do have that I would call exceptional would be our business sub-team.

[BX MARK]

On1023we build our robots out of 80/20 (with the exception of 2009). We do this because it is what is available to us (through our sponsor). It’s defiantly not the easiest thing to work with but we always figure out a way to make it work.

[Bjenks548]

548 is always best in the tube years. 2007 was our most successfully year since 2002. Also 2011 was our most successful year ever. We are also very good at making lots of drive trains, in 2010 we made 11 total i believe.

[EricH]

1714: Polycarbonate use.
118: Swerve Drive (coaxial crab type)

1625: Winnovating. (They come up with something innovative every single year, don't ask me how.)

[V_Chip]

Originally Posted by R1ffSurf3r

I think we are pretty good at procrastinating

I'm going to second that; we're pretty good at it too.

[J93Wagner]

Originally Posted by V_Chip

I'm going to second that; we're pretty good at it too.

I'll third that actually, although we (the mechanical sub-team that is) seem to have at least gotten it partially together last season.

[IndySam]

Well to toot our horn a bit I would say our team is known for two things.

The first is innovative use of pneumatics. We always use pneumatics (except for lunacy) and if you saw our arm lift this year you would understand what I mean by innovative. Also I have never seen another robot like our Overdrive robot which used 9 cylinders performing 7 different functions and had a totally unique lifting system.

The second is our love of helping others at regionals. Our pit boss isn't happy unless he is fixing robots and since ours are so robust you will generally see our pit crew all over the place helping others.

[PayneTrain]

We always seem to figure out exactly what to do, and implement it at the last possible second.

422 is relatively low in resources, but the team knows how to maximize its talent to put a high quality robot on the field that plays to a specific strategy (with additions in case the strategy doesn't pan out.) From the best lift and dumper in 09 (not bitter we lost. Maybe a little) to the best defensive mecanum bot (I don't know how either. Our driver took no prisoners) to the swinging ramp deployment for the fastest minibot that worked every time it had a chance (a miracle in itself).
We're also good with a few miracles. Some stuff just fits... I don't know how, but it fits when it all comes together. From the drive team to the electronics board, we seem to make it work every year, and that's what makes us strong.

[AdamHeard]

Seems like a lot of teams are strong at bragging about themselves!

330, one of my favorites. Shows that a team with minimal fabrication resources can make some brutally effective (and durable) robots.

[V_Chip]

If its one thing my team is good at, it'd have to be keeping the legacy alive. Majority of our mentors have been with the program since the beginning, and though designs, students, and the times change; they manage to make a great (if not better) robot each year.

Each new iteration of Buzz does not disappoint its predecessor.

We also manage to create our bot in a woodshop.

[rcmolloy]

I would have to say 1647 is really efficent at the pnuematics side of our robot as well as being a complete underdog at some times. Right now, the team is really just trying to find the niche that we belong in. Hopefully, next year that will consist of owning one of those nice blue banners.

[Katie_UPS]

Originally Posted by EricH

1625: Winnovating. (They come up with something innovative every single year, don't ask me how.)

I was just about to write "1625 is pretty good at doing something kinda crazy but awesome"