Robot "Barn Find"

[Matt C]

I know most have probably heard of finding old cars in barns after being stored for years. How about robots?


Well more like a tent recovery.


OK, so here is the back story:

Waaaay back in 2005-2006, I had the opportunity to save the last remnants from my old high school's FIRST robotics program. The program had ended with the 2004 season with a local regional win. This is the same team that back in 2002 seeded first and won the Einstein division at Nationals and made it to the finals (look at those casters!). Anyway, the 2k4 robot is off to be "restored" back to working condition by a West Islip robotics mentor who was a senior in 2004 at East Islip. He will be modifying the controls setup to use the modern control system instead of the old Innovation First box.

The 2k2 robot was stripped a while back and needs significant repair and replacement of missing components to be able to be brought back to operational condition, but it could be a random future project for posterity sake.

[Mr. Mike]

Just me but there was a lot of COTS parts that could have been reused. I don't thick I would use the battery.


My first car was a '66 Mustang that I bought for $300.

[Akash Rastogi]

Best I can do is $5 for the whole lot.

[Bryce2471]

That is too cool!

Where was this? How did you end up finding them?
Can it be assumed that team 311 no longer exists?
Their blue alliance page comes up with a 404 error.

[dipmeinaluminum]

did you want to pawn it or sell it?


can you wait, I have a friend who is an expert in this field.

[BigJ]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Best I can do is $5 for the whole lot.

Let me call up my friend who's an expert on decade old robots found in tents

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Wow! Drill motors!

East Islip, NY

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...85&postcount=1

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by BigJ

Let me call up my friend who's an expert on decade old robots found in tents

Yeah, he said it really isn't worth my time.

Take the $5 or leave it.

[JVN]

Originally Posted by BigJ

Let me call up my friend who's an expert on decade old robots found in tents

What the customer DOESN'T know, is that this robot was on the alliance with 1114 for the first ever Simbotics Regional Victory...

Maybe it does belong in a museum?

[BigJ]

Originally Posted by JVN

What the customer DOESN'T know, is that this robot was on the alliance with 1114 for the first ever Simbotics Regional Victory...

Maybe it does belong in a museum?

Oh, don't call the museum guy, he always refuses to give an estimate

[Matt C]

Originally Posted by Bryce2471

That is too cool!

Where was this? How did you end up finding them?
Can it be assumed that team 311 no longer exists?
Their blue alliance page comes up with a 404 error.

Team 311 WAS East Islip High School "The Red Jammers"

[Joe Ross]

This is a much better result then being sold on reality tv: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=96611

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by JVN

What the customer DOESN'T know, is that this robot was on the alliance with 1114 for the first ever Simbotics Regional Victory...

Maybe it does belong in a museum?

Noooooo Karthik (drive team coach!) shirt removal celebration flashbacks nooooooooooo

[Kevin Ray]

What's really interesting is that this team competed in Zone Zeal 2002 against FIRST Team 71 and FIRST team 173 ( This is back in the day when we had two team alliances).
Team 71 was approaching the height of their epic run and was essentially unbeatable. To this day I think those matches on Einstein were two of the best matches ever. 71, sponsored by Beatty, was breaking the box apart--not just thinking outside it. They created a "crawler" bot which dragged the two opponents and two 180 LB goals across the floor while Team Rage (173) "Hoovered" all the soccer balls off the floor and dumped them in 71's goals to blow the competition away. They almost got beat in the final match, however, when 311 (or their alliance partner) reconfigured their start such that it raced across the entire field and hit 71 before they could deploy their robot into the starting position. Since 71 could only move in a straight line, they could not steer once deployed. Being knocked off line they were useless as a scoring machine (the only time it happened all year). 173, their ally stepped up to the challenge and sucked up most of the balls, backed up to one of the goals and dumped, then dragged the goal into their scoring end to win, single-handedly!!! I still remember it as though it were yesterday. ...And I was only in the crowd as a spectator. Had it been a sporting event, it would have made the all-time favorite replay reels.

Speaking of which (and I hate when people change the topic-so I'll just mention it quickly), wouldn't it be awesome if someone were able to gather videos of the all-time great matches and make a narrated disc for teams to have? They could even sell them as a fund raiser for charity or off-set the cost of running a divisional or regional competition.

[Matt C]

71 didn't just grab two goals, they'd grabbed all three... and it was SPAM that ran across and hit them as they fell and pushed them into the corner.

Also, note the pictures of the 2002 robot. CASTERS!