IRI Rules and Team Invitation List

[Chris Fultz]

Below are 78 teams invited to the 2013 IRI.
Based on history, we expect the field to be 68 - 72 teams.

Invitations will be sent later tonight or tomorrow.
Please respond to the invitation YES or NO by May 31.

You will get an invoice. Teams must be paid in full by June 30.

RULE CHANGES FOR IRI:

No rule changes to the game and how it is played and scored.

Draft order 1-8, 1-8, 8-1.
Alliances select their backup and can mix each match.
Lower seeded alliance must declare robots first.

FIRST tiebreaker rules EXCEPT for the finals, where ties will be replayed.

+5 pound weight allowance. All other first robot rules apply. Honor system.


Invitation List - by Team Number

1 11 MORT
2 16 Bomb Squad
3 20 The Rocketeers
4 27 Team RUSH
5 33 Killer Bees
6 45 TechnoKats Robotics Team
7 48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
8 51 Wings of Fire
9 67 The HOT Team
10 68 Truck Town Thunder
11 71 Team Hammond
12 111 Wildstang
13 116 Epsilon Delta
14 118 Robonauts
15 125 NUTRONS
16 141 WO-BOT
17 148 Robotwranglers
18 195 Cyber Knights
19 217 ThunderChickens
20 234 Cyber Blue
21 245 Adambots
22 254 The Cheesy Poofs
23 303 TEST team
24 359 Hawaiian Kids
25 399 Eagle Robotics
26 447 Team Roboto
27 461 Westside Boiler Invasion
28 469 Las Guerrillas
29 624 CRyptonite
30 696 Circuit Breakers
31 706 CYBERHAWKS
32 829 Digital Goats
33 836 RoboBees
34 862 Lightning Robotics
35 868 TechHOUNDS
36 967 Iron Lions
37 987 HIGHROLLERS
38 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
39 1114 Simbotics
40 1241 THEORY6
41 1310 RUNNYMEDE ROBOTICS
42 1334 Red Devels
43 1477 Texas Torque
44 1503 Spartonics
45 1538 The Holy Cows
46 1592 Bionic Tigers
47 1625 Winnovation
48 1640 Sab-BOT-age
49 1676 The Pascack PI-oneers
50 1732 Hilltoppers
51 1741 Red Alert Robotics
52 1806 S.W.A.T.
53 1902 Exploding Bacon
54 2054 Tech Vikes
55 2056 OP Robotics
56 2062 C.O.R.E
57 2175 The Fighing Calculators
58 2252 The Mavericks
59 2337 EngiNERDS
60 2338 Gear It Forward
61 2451 PWNAGE
62 2468 Team Appreciate
63 2474 Excel
64 2590 Nemesis
65 2648 Infinite Loop
66 2826 Wave Robotics
67 3467 The Windham Windup
68 3476 Code Orange
69 3539 Byting Bulldogs
70 3641 The Flying Toasters
71 3847 Spectrum
72 3928 Team Neutrino
73 3947 The Last Crusaders
74 3990 Tech for Kids
75 4039 MakeShift Robotics
76 4265 Wildbots
77 4334 Alberta Tech Alliance (ATA)
78 4814 United Robotics of London

Thank you to all who applied. Very tough choices and a lot of very good teams.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

Below are 78 teams invited to the 2013 IRI.
Based on history, we expect the field to be 68 - 72 teams.

Invitations will be sent later tonight or tomorrow.
Please respond to the invitation YES or NO by May 31.

You will get an invoice. Teams must be paid in full by June 30.

RULE CHANGES FOR IRI:

No rule changes to the game and how it is played and scored.

Draft order 1-8, 1-8, 8-1.
Alliances select their backup and can mix each match.
Lower seeded alliance must declare robots first.

FIRST tiebreaker rules EXCEPT for the finals, where ties will be replayed.

+5 pound weight allowance. All other first robot rules apply. Honor system.


Invitation List - by Team Number

1 11 MORT
2 16 Bomb Squad
3 20 The Rocketeers
4 27 Team RUSH
5 33 Killer Bees
6 45 TechnoKats Robotics Team
7 48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
8 51 Wings of Fire
9 67 The HOT Team
10 68 Truck Town Thunder
11 71 Team Hammond
12 111 Wildstang
13 116 Epsilon Delta
14 118 Robonauts
15 125 NUTRONS
16 141 WO-BOT
17 148 Robotwranglers
18 195 Cyber Knights
19 217 ThunderChickens
20 234 Cyber Blue
21 245 Adambots
22 254 The Cheesy Poofs
23 303 TEST team
24 359 Hawaiian Kids
25 399 Eagle Robotics
26 447 Team Roboto
27 461 Westside Boiler Invasion
28 469 Las Guerrillas
29 624 CRyptonite
30 696 Circuit Breakers
31 706 CYBERHAWKS
32 829 Digital Goats
33 836 RoboBees
34 862 Lightning Robotics
35 868 TechHOUNDS
36 967 Iron Lions
37 987 HIGHROLLERS
38 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
39 1114 Simbotics
40 1241 THEORY6
41 1310 RUNNYMEDE ROBOTICS
42 1334 Red Devels
43 1477 Texas Torque
44 1503 Spartonics
45 1538 The Holy Cows
46 1592 Bionic Tigers
47 1625 Winnovation
48 1640 Sab-BOT-age
49 1676 The Pascack PI-oneers
50 1732 Hilltoppers
51 1741 Red Alert Robotics
52 1806 S.W.A.T.
53 1902 Exploding Bacon
54 2054 Tech Vikes
55 2056 OP Robotics
56 2062 C.O.R.E
57 2175 The Fighing Calculators
58 2252 The Mavericks
59 2337 EngiNERDS
60 2338 Gear It Forward
61 2451 PWNAGE
62 2468 Team Appreciate
63 2474 Excel
64 2590 Nemesis
65 2648 Infinite Loop
66 2826 Wave Robotics
67 3467 The Windham Windup
68 3476 Code Orange
69 3539 Byting Bulldogs
70 3641 The Flying Toasters
71 3847 Spectrum
72 3928 Team Neutrino
73 3947 The Last Crusaders
74 3990 Tech for Kids
75 4039 MakeShift Robotics
76 4265 Wildbots
77 4334 Alberta Tech Alliance (ATA)
78 4814 United Robotics of London

Thank you to all who applied. Very tough choices and a lot of very good teams.

Man, that's alot of teams to herd.

[Jay O'Donnell]

I can't wait to see these teams duke it out. Excellent choices as usual! Glad to see no changes to an already fantastic game.

[sanddrag]

We've certainly put in a lot of hard work to get here, and after over 8000 man-hours this season and seeing the competition on the invite list, it feels like our work has just begun!

On behalf of all of Team 696, I would like to extend a big thank you to the IRI planning committee for the invitation. We are really looking forward to the event!

Also, I'm curious if there is any shipping deal worked out as in years past, or if it is up to each team.

[peirvine]

Team 2175 is honored to be invited!! We are planning (as of now) to attend!

[Jacob.B]

Can anyone explain to me why 1986 isn't going to IRI?

[Lydia Yeckley]

I guess 2252 will see everyone there!

[mdiradoorian]

Wow, I did not expect this at all. I guess team 696 will be seeing everyone there. What a great way to graduate from FIRST.

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by Jacob.B

Can anyone explain to me why 1986 isn't going to IRI?

I believe they didn't apply. It's unfortunate, they were one of my favorite robots this year.

[Abhishek R]

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

Lower seeded alliance must declare robots first.

What does this mean?

[George A.]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

What does this mean?

Since IRI allows you to have 4 robots on your alliance you can pick and choose which 3 will take the field in any given match (you could rotate in or use the same 3 for the entire elim tournament.) The lower seed (ie in the 1v8 match seed 8) would have to say which 3 robots are going on the field so that way the 1 seed could make adjustments to their lineup if necessary.

[Bill W.]

On behalf of CRyptonite Team 624, I would like to thank the IRI staff for accepting us! We are super excited to attend, and we hope to see all you great robots there!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

What does this mean?

Remember that you can swap out robots in any match in eliminations. All that rule says is that whoever is the lower seed (the blue alliance in QFs) has to declare which 3 of their 4 robots are taking the field before the higher seed does so.


On another note: When is the last time that IRI did NOT change the FRC ruleset, other than the elims alliances? Seems like it's been tradition to change SOMETHING every year, can't go against tradition!

[Jilani]

Thank You so much! ;D

We will make all the rookies of the world proud!

edit: Also slight correction we are the *United Robotics Team of London

[JB987]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

What does this mean?

Beat me to it...

I believe it means that if an alliance is going to sub in with a back up bot, the lower seeded alliance must be first to reveal that they are going to use their back up...gives higher seed a chance to counter with their own substitution if they feel the need to adjust for the other's choice.