FRC 1503 2011 Video

[O'Sancheski]

Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence

Heh, thanks, but most of the credit for that goes to Pat Fairbank. The drive team just discovered floor loading was possible messing around one day during practice.

-Nick

Amazing what you guys started out with and then what you ended up with. I am sure that the entire 1503 team didn't expect to win all of your regionals and Newton. Good luck Nick with whatever you plan to do after High School. You showed FRC what a good driver can do with limited equipment.

Joe

[Nick Lawrence]

Originally Posted by O'Sancheski

Amazing what you guys started out with and then what you ended up with. I am sure that the entire 1503 team didn't expect to win all of your regionals and Newton. Good luck Nick with whatever you plan to do after High School. You showed FRC what a good driver can do with limited equipment.

Joe

I wouldn't say we had limited equipment, our robot exceeded our expectations of its capabilities though.

I also have one more year of high school left.

-Nick

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by O'Sancheski

You showed FRC what a good driver can do with limited equipment.

Joe

I disagree with this statement. Nick is a friend of mine so I don't mean this as an insult but this was NOT Nick's victory. This was 1503's victory. One person, no matter how skilled, cannot win a match alone. It takes a village to raise a kid and it takes a team to raise a robot.

Congrats to team 1503, you showed FRC what a passionate team can do if they really put their mind to it.

[O'Sancheski]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

I disagree with this statement. Nick is a friend of mine so I don't mean this as an insult but this was NOT Nick's victory. This was 1503's victory. One person, no matter how skilled, cannot win a match alone. It takes a village to raise a kid and it takes a team to raise a robot.

Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence

I wouldn't say we had limited equipment, our robot exceeded our expectations of its capabilities though.

I also have one more year of high school left.

-Nick

I'm not necessarily saying that 1503 had limited equipment. They wanted to make the simplest robot that they could possibly make. Which they did. It performed the way that they wanted it too. Nick's driving made a basic machine perform as well if not better than the more advanced robots. Again, great job 1503 on an amazing season and look forward to seeing what you guys can come up with for next year.

[BigJ]

That was a pretty cool message you guys got from Deadmau5.

EDIT: I wouldn't mind sitting on pit bleachers for him, FIRST! *hint hint*

[Jeffy]

Originally Posted by O'Sancheski

They wanted to make the simplest robot that they could possibly make. Which they did.

Not to take anything away from the already proven 1503 bot, but 179 might argue they built a simpler robot that had the same functionality.

[Nick Lawrence]

Originally Posted by Jeffy

Not to take anything away from the already proven 1503 bot, but 179 might argue they built a simpler robot that had the same functionality.

I'd argue that they were the same, if you wanted to get into nitty gritty details. Both we're single joint arms with claws on a base. Yes, our claws were different but still very much the same. They had small little "fingers" on servo motors that pinched the tube in place.

-Nick

[akoscielski3]

Congrats 1503!

Great video too

I wish we had the chance to be on the same alliance in Pittsburgh, but we sure had a great time beating you in the second last qualifying match! Hope to see us driving together in one match next year

Also the claw design was different then most, however it was designed specifically for human player pick up, not floor pick up. Our claw deign was pretty different then most too (but we got the industrial design award for it)

And how is DeadMau5 related to your team? was he on it before, sponsor it, or just know him somehow??

[Nick Lawrence]

Originally Posted by akoscielski3

And how is DeadMau5 related to your team? was he on it before, sponsor it, or just know him somehow??

Joel Zimmerman (Deadmau5) graduated from our highschool, some of our teachers know him, one of our parents know his mother, my neighbor's daugther knows him, etc.

For 39 million people living in Canada, people sure know eachother.

-Nick

[akoscielski3]

Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence

Joel Zimmerman (Deadmau5) graduated from our highschool, some of our teachers know him, one of our parents know his mother, my neighbor's daugther knows him, etc.

For 39 million people living in Canada, people sure know eachother.

-Nick

thats pretty cool Im more of a Skrillex listener . Is the mask you have for your mascot actually his? You should try and have him perform at GTR one year XD

kinda ironic we used his song for our 2011 video this year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTvSNpDeFE

[Katie_UPS]

One of the best implementations of a scissor lift I've ever seen.

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence

For 39 million people living in Canada, people sure know eachother.

Nick, I'm not sure if your population numbers include all the American members of your fan club, but Canada's population is closer to 34 million.

[thefro526]

Congrats on an awesome machine 1503. Video needs more floor loading.

Originally Posted by Karthik

Nick, I'm not sure if your population numbers include all the American members of your fan club, but Canada's population is closer to 34 million.

Ouch, that's a low blow.

[FIRST_Parent]

Well done on an awesome 2011 season. Team 1503 did a fine job. I also was happy to see it was one of the three robots featured in the ABC I.am.First Science is Rock and Roll commercial on television. That must have made you proud.

[Jeffy]

Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence

I'd argue that they were the same, if you wanted to get into nitty gritty details. Both we're single joint arms with claws on a base. Yes, our claws were different but still very much the same. They had small little "fingers" on servo motors that pinched the tube in place.

-Nick

This is not something I knew. I thought the tube was a "press-fit" into the 179 claw. Thanks for clearing that up.