Archimedes 2013!!!

[jblay]

This division's strategy is going to be very interesting, there is a large crop of top tier intake bots, probably going to see teams trying to setup 90 point auto alliances. It will be interested to see, given the top intake bots pair up, what they decide to go with for their final pick. A FCS to load them up with discs? A cycler, because there is a good crop of solid and consistent cyclers? Or perhaps one of the climbers that may even have a dump in their back pocket? Alliance selections are going to be very interesting and it looks like a lot of really good robots aren't going to be playing past lunch on Saturday, it is going to be a dog fight to scrap into the elimination rounds. I cannot wait.

[MDAWG25]

Originally Posted by jblay

This division's strategy is going to be very interesting, there is a large crop of top tier intake bots, probably going to see teams trying to setup 90 point auto alliances. It will be interested to see, given the top intake bots pair up, what they decide to go with for their final pick. A FCS to load them up with discs? A cycler, because there is a good crop of solid and consistent cyclers? Or perhaps one of the climbers that may even have a dump in their back pocket? Alliance selections are going to be very interesting and it looks like a lot of really good robots aren't going to be playing past lunch on Saturday, it is going to be a dog fight to scrap into the elimination rounds. I cannot wait.

Couldn't have said it better.

[M.O'Reilly]

I haven't been to the CMP in about 5 years. Last time I came there were maybe 70 teams in each division. Because there are almost 100 per division, is it likely that a Cinderella team or two seeds in the top 8 due to match schedule? Has this been the case recently since the divisions became so inflated (discounting 2010, of course)?

My reasoning: only ~8-10 matches per team, means a maximum of 20 alliance partners and 30 opponents. This samples only 50% of the field, max. That is to say, with a favorable match schedule, there's hope for the little guy to make elims... even the rookies! Go underdogs!

[protoserge]

To quote tim-tim from earlier this season "THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME!"

Archimedes is going to be action packed.

[Domenic Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

973 is hunting down high quality pictures for the division, we are missing the following teams;
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316
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Here's a link to a picture of Team 316's robot: http://i.imgur.com/Ym6OKHu.png

The LuNaTeCs are super excited to be going to the championship this year. It's been a while since we've earned ourselves a spot. Archimedes is going to be awesome indeed; can't wait!

[apples000]

30 pt climbers and dumpers:
236
1334
1448
1714

[Mr MOE]

Originally Posted by jblay

This division's strategy is going to be very interesting, there is a large crop of top tier intake bots, probably going to see teams trying to setup 90 point auto alliances. It will be interested to see, given the top intake bots pair up, what they decide to go with for their final pick. A FCS to load them up with discs? A cycler, because there is a good crop of solid and consistent cyclers? Or perhaps one of the climbers that may even have a dump in their back pocket? Alliance selections are going to be very interesting and it looks like a lot of really good robots aren't going to be playing past lunch on Saturday, it is going to be a dog fight to scrap into the elimination rounds. I cannot wait.

MOE 365 has a few 5-disc auto routines going for the center discs. Looking to pair up with an "under the pyramid" 7-disc auto and a 3-disc sharpshooter to put up a cool 90 point auto.

Can't wait!

[stephenmcd71]

Originally Posted by Mr MOE

MOE 365 has a few 5-disc auto routines going for the center discs. Looking to pair up with an "under the pyramid" 7-disc auto and a 3-disc sharpshooter to put up a cool 90 point auto.

Can't wait!

sounds like 365,469, and anyone hopefully us would be a fun practice match

[beurwonderwall]

Hello all! I'm a student from team 2959, the CW Tech Robotarians. This is our first time attending Worlds and we're psyched to be in Archimedes with all these wonderful bots! We've met with some of the teams before and we're excited to meet with them again. We just wrote an app for data collection for an iPad that we've been using to take data at the Bedford competition and State. While it isn't perfect yet, we've been getting very accurate data from it. We were wondering if any teams would like to share, compare, or collaborate data with us. We've found the way to get the most accurate data is by sharing and comparing so we'd love to find some teams to pair up with for the critical data taking process.

[Sam390250]

Sorry for the slow turnaround, here is Team 930's robot. We changed our hanger design between Wisconsin and Crossroads, as well as adding a few more aesthetic touches ;]

http://d6673sr63mbv7.cloudfront.net/... 2f7e7707b.jpg

[CLandrum3081]

Hm, only one MN team on Archi out of 15 going to Champs. Good luck 2705!

[Ryan Burgett]

Team 3467 is curious if any teams would like to collaborate scouting, and share data, to lesson scouting for one singular team. This way everyone can enjoy championships and not spend hours of this life time opportunity scouting and going mad . If any team in Archimedes is interested please Private Message me.

Please and Thank you, and i can not wait to compete with every team in this division.

[Shu]

Originally Posted by Ryan Burgett

Team 3467 is curious if any teams would like to collaborate scouting, and share data, to lesson scouting for one singular team. This way everyone can enjoy championships and not spend hours of this life time opportunity scouting and going mad . If any team in Archimedes is interested please Private Message me.

Please and Thank you, and i can not wait to compete with every team in this division.

Ryan, please see this post. Team 2137 is also considering joining in on this effort.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...hreadid=116249

[AdamHeard]

973 won't jump in on the collab'd scouting at event, but we'd love to share in the picture hunt.

We have 80+ teams already, probably 30-40 of which could be better quality. I'm leaving for a trip now, but our scouts will take over from here and post an updated list of teams soon. Maybe even dump the current pictures in a publically available spot for everyone.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Maybe even dump the current pictures in a publically available spot for everyone.

That would be appreciated.