pic: Team 48 2012 Robot - xtremachen15

[Travis Hoffman]

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[smistthegreat]

Are those blue pool noodles centering the ball in the elevator?
Looks great guys, can't wait to see it in action.

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by smistthegreat

Are those blue pool noodles centering the ball in the elevator?
Looks great guys, can't wait to see it in action.

Indeed they are, backed by lexan. They seem to do the trick. We'll have graphics applied to hide the velcro.

Would you prefer pink? :-)

[Jimmy Nichols]

I would prefer purple and blue tye dye please.

[camtunkpa]

Can I get some orange? Looks like another great machine for 48 this year!

[smistthegreat]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Indeed they are, backed by lexan. They seem to do the trick. We'll have graphics applied to hide the velcro.

Would you prefer pink? :-)

That's why it looks so familiar! We have the same noodles, same color, doing the same thing on our bot (although ours is quite a bit taller).

[ayeckley]

Looks great! See you at Pittsburgh.

[Dan 1038]

Travis,


Wow, great job! Looking forward to seeing you in Cincinnati, congrats to your team.

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Dan 1038

Travis,


Wow, great job! Looking forward to seeing you in Cincinnati, congrats to your team.

Looking forward to seeing many good friends at our regionals this year. Good luck to 1038 at Smoky Mountains Week 1 - we'll be watching!

We do have a few new vids - nothing overly special yet. Made a mechanical tweak to the shooter wheels today - definite shot consistency upgrade.

Extended shooting trial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT3VoHxapqY (shooting new basketballs can definitely have an impact)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTr_KIiCc98

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68GTSnJgjmo

[jblay]

Just a clever and unique design. I'm excited to see how it works out.

[Travis Hoffman]

New vid links with the most recent testing. Adding our new retractable shooting hood not only permits topspin lob shots cross-court, but also seems to have improved shooter accuracy and efficiency in the normal backspin mode.

Front Key - 3 Shots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXqboiSzI2M

1 Backspin Shot, 2 Topspin Passes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXr_NlWIAWk

Fender Three Shots (I can count to three): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6xg-9XfkSE

Angled Autonomous: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOoJYH2TfIg

Cross-Court Passing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzXgljnDma4

Bridge Shot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A7bysVQ25E

[themathgod]

Cool
See you in Pittsburgh.
Lets hope 48 and 279 get to be in the same alliance multiple times.

[Travis Hoffman]

Now that the regional season has ended, I wanted to share some information and video links of Team 48's competitive season for the benefit of any St. Louis scouters (*cough* *hack* and FRCTop25 voters *cough hack cough*).

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Team 48 Season Summary through end of regionals:

Ranked 25th out of 2332 teams with an Adjusted OPR of 26.7 (Ed Law)

3 Regionals Attended, 2 of which are considered by many to be 2 of the more competitive events this season. Consistency in Hybrid Scoring/Bridge Balancing and steady improvement in Teleop performance was the name of our game this year.

We have a triple balance assist device onboard and will continue to prepare for its usage heading into St. Louis - we will be ready to be a part of any "double stinger" triple balance alliance. Here is a video of us practicing one version of a triple with 2481 and 45 in Queen City: http://youtu.be/mZoVqUAWyEs

Pittsburgh: 16-0-0 (10-0-0 qualifying, 6-0-0 eliminations, #1 seed, #1 alliance captain)

· 28 QS, 132 HP, 70 BP, 132 TP, 8 CP

Wisconsin: 13-5-0 (7-4-0 qualifying, 6-1-0 eliminations, #2 seed, #2 alliance captain)

· 32 QS, 145 HP, 50 BP, 168 TP, 18 CP

Queen City: 12-6-0 (8-2-0 qualifying, 4-4-0 eliminations, #4 seed, #3 alliance captain)

· 28 QS, 154 HP, 60 BP, 240 TP, 12 CP

Overall Regional Record: 41-11-0 (25-6-0 qualifying, 16-5-0 eliminations)

Competitive/Technical Awards Earned:

• Pittsburgh Regional Champions
• Wisconsin Regional Champions
• Wisconsin Motorola Quality Award
• Queen City Regional Finalists
• Team 3193, our robot design collaboration partners, also won the Queen City GM Industrial Design Award for the same base robot design.

Additional Recognitions:

• Pittsburgh Regional Chairman’s Award
• Pittsburgh Regional Woodie Flowers Finalist Award
• Queen City UL Industrial Safety Award

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Queen City Match Video Highlights:

Qualifying Match 28: http://youtu.be/A6NFchUSw9s
Qualifying Match 44: http://youtu.be/Pzyj9KMldcM
QF4-2: http://youtu.be/L_AQdh2FIDo (a neat look at 48/3193's synchronized hybrid - kill it early to avoid hearing me go nuts...or don't)
SF2-1: http://youtu.be/nD_Kzp4UJrs
F1: http://youtu.be/6qxx9C4MvRs (right strategy to defeat triple balance, wrong execution. Missed too many shots. Close anyway!)




Wisconsin Regional Elimination Round Highlights:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...18&postcount=3

Thank you to all team members, sponsors, parents, and other supporters of our program for working so hard to get us this far in what has become our best competitive season ever. Here's hoping we can put on one more entertaining showing at a fun and successful Championship Event!

[Travis Hoffman]

So I needed something to do tonight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAnozALTXBQ&

[Akash Rastogi]

xtremely legit.

Looking forward to see how you do in STL.