2013 St. Louis Regional

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence

1094 SLR champion. I'm calling it.

Ballsy call. 1985, 1208, and 931 probably have other ideas.

GKC and STL are on the same weekend this year, so there is not the usual cross-state attendance.

[Walter Deitzler]

Originally Posted by jspatz1

Ballsy call. 1985, 1208, and 931 probably have other ideas.

And 1288, and 1706, and 4256...

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by LedLover96

And 1288, and 1706, and 4256...

...and 3397.

[Jaxom]

I'm sorry to not be going to STL this year. It's a fun tournament with some great teams; well-run and in a nice facility. We've made some good friends on the far side of the state; it's too bad GKC is the same week this year. And I'll miss working with Rich & the rest of your fantastic inspecting crew.

And, I'll be missing the best volunteer food in FRC.

Good luck to everybody, and have a great week.

[catacon]

Basically...there are lot of powerhouse teams at SLR, just like every year. Even though SLR isn't one of the bigger regionals, it always delivers some good competition.

[nicholsjj]

And 3885 wants to shock some teams before they can "call" the win. I am excited to see the many different drive systems in Saint Louis this year. So far I have seen kiwi 3397, swerve 1444, mecannum 1208, 4 wheel KOP 3862, and 6 wheel pneumatic 3885. I have a feeling that Saint Louis should be fairly close this year.

[catacon]

Originally Posted by nicholsjj

And 3885 wants to shock some teams before they can "call" the win. I am excited to see the many different drive systems in Saint Louis this year. So far I have seen kiwi 3397, swerve 1444, mecannum 1208, 4 wheel KOP 3862, and 6 wheel pneumatic 3885. I have a feeling that Saint Louis should be fairly close this year.

I hope we can get our swerve steering working like we want. We will probably spend most of Thursday working on that. Should be pretty sweet if we get it right.

[Walter Deitzler]

Oh yeah, 3284 should come out gunning as well, they always do.

Can't wait to see everyone there! Is anybody else going to the Friday night team social?

[class1234567]

Originally Posted by LedLover96

Oh yeah, 3284 should come out gunning as well, they always do.

Can't wait to see everyone there! Is anybody else going to the Friday night team social?

There's a friday night social?

[Walter Deitzler]

Originally Posted by class1234567

There's a friday night social?

Your coach should have gotten an email... I know ours did.

[class1234567]

Originally Posted by LedLover96

Your coach should have gotten an email... I know ours did.

I'll be sure to ask, it sounds like alot of fun

[faust1706]

I am very interested in your Kinect Vision system. Team 1706 has used it this year and last year, winning excellence in engineering at Queen City last year. What information do you get from it, location of target? distance? pitch, roll, yaw? Better watch out, 1706's vision system is very competitive, I would say it is the best, but that has bias. We are 9 for 10 from the feeder station and can drive anywhere an shoot and score for the 3 pt, also we track the pyramid and it gives us distance. 2 more days!

[catacon]

Originally Posted by faust1706

I am very interested in your Kinect Vision system. Team 1706 has used it this year and last year, winning excellence in engineering at Queen City last year. What information do you get from it, location of target? distance? pitch, roll, yaw? Better watch out, 1706's vision system is very competitive, I would say it is the best, but that has bias. We are 9 for 10 from the feeder station and can drive anywhere an shoot and score for the 3 pt, also we track the pyramid and it gives us distance. 2 more days!

We haven't actually used ours on the robot yet, but I have done extensive field testing with it. Obviously we get target location and distance and we have the math worked out for pitch, roll, and yaw. We only use pitch and yaw, though. (Roll probably isn't the best way to describe the third angle we calculate..."field angle" may be better haha). It can also track targets that are blocked by up to 50%, which is handy.

[catacon]

Originally Posted by class1234567

There's a friday night social?

First I've heard of this. Us alumni usually have our own social, though. ;-)

[Walter Deitzler]

Originally Posted by catacon

First I've heard of this. Us alumni usually have our own social, though. ;-)

Here is a copy of the email:

> FIRST Robotics Teams attending the Saint Louis Regional Competition:
>
> We have exciting news! Saint Louis University has graciously offered to host a Team Social event for teams attending the St. Louis Regional Event. The Team Social event will be held on March 15th from 6:00-9:00pm at the Simon Rec Center (3639 Laclede Ave, 63108) on the Saint Louis University campus. The Simon Rec Center is located within walking distance three blocks west of the Chaifetz Arena. Saint Louis University will also be providing light food and drink during the event.
>
> If your team is interested in participating in the Team Social, please RSVP to pfreilin@slsc.org with your team name/number and the number of attendees from your team by Monday, March 11th. All attendees must sign and bring the attached Informed Consent Child Waiver to participate in the team social. The consent forms will be collected at the event.
>
> Hope to see you there!
>
> Paul Freiling
> Engineering and Robotics Education
> Saint Louis Science Center
> 5050 Oakland Avenue
> Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
>
> Phone: 314-286-4628
> Fax: 314-533-8769