Unexpected Plays That Make the Crowd Go Wild!

[choprane]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl055aP691Y Us and 1189, The Gearheads, had an accidental catch around 2:15 at Bedford.

[Koko Ed]

The greatest play in the history of FIRST (and luckiest).

[bEdhEd]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

Showing the world how Aerial Assist is played Week 1. Finals Match 2 at IE, 399 catches the ball NFL Wide Reciever-style, not once, but twice! You can actually see the crowd go wild!

http://youtu.be/dhY_p3qhSkY

Had we won the third match in semifinals, we would be in this match against you guys. We would have gotten our butts kicked!

[michael.saxon]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

The greatest play in the history of FIRST (and luckiest).

I don't even know what the rules were for that game and my jaw dropped!

[tindleroot]

Originally Posted by michael.saxon

I don't even know what the rules were for that game and my jaw dropped!

If that happened during the more recent years, instead of cheering there would be a load of penalties

[BBray_T1296]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

The greatest play in the history of FIRST (and luckiest).

The worst play in the history of FIRST

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by michael.saxon

I don't even know what the rules were for that game and my jaw dropped!

Robots got 50 points from hanging from the bar. 237's design was unique that year. The only other robot that had a similar design was 868. They would sheath the bar keeping robots from being able to latch onto the bar. They became of particular importance on Einstein as 67's robot was amazing without ever having to climb onto the levels. Unfortunately because 868 covered the bar they couldn't latch on and thus 67's alliance was eventually defeated.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Robots got 50 points from hanging from the bar. 237's design was unique that year. The only other robot that had a similar design was 868. They would sheath the bar keeping robots from being able to latch onto the bar.

190's flaps (visible at the end of the video as they come up onto the bar) served a similar purpose. Ditto for 330's Lexan shield (a late addition, after we lost a regional due to someone hanging off of our robot--plate of Lexan mounted to the base of the arm).

I don't think the rest of the bar-blockers (there were a few more that tried that stunt) had any similar provision--they might've, but tended to rely on getting sideways to block someone from hooking on. I could be wrong about that.

[efoote868]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Unfortunately because 868 covered the bar they couldn't latch on and thus 67's alliance was eventually defeated.

http://youtu.be/cJ3A6okhL20?t=3m57s

868's special feature was they were able to roll on the bar to block other robots from latching on.

(2005 was my rookie year on 868, so 2004's performance really drove home our philosophy - pick one thing in the game and do it better than anyone else.)

[jvriezen]

This at 2:15. 2012 Rebound Rumble just beyond half court shot scored in double ball -- both high and low baskets -- I was court side and wasn't really sure if I saw what I saw until I looked at the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2D3Fc_1qdc

Best viewed in Hi-Def on larger screen.

[plasma_54]

Buzzer balance with a simultaneous human player shot to win the 3rd quarter final match at the 2012 Utah regional:
http://youtu.be/Rk5YOeSMKLQ

[Chris Endres]

Honestly, one of the best "In your face, defense" plays I've seen in a long time. Team 254, 2014 Einstein finals 1, autonomous. The first time it has been done in competition, they avoided 1114 defense and got all three auto balls in the high goal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdJutaggCMk

[dragon_pilot]

Originally Posted by Tyler2517

Showing the agility of our swerve. Our team calls it "parallel parking". Still think we should have gotten the penalty for possession of the other alliances ball.

Last 15 seconds of the match. http://youtu.be/1oVNrp2L1EQ
Not the best match in the world but i am proud of it.

I actually was on the team that pushed the ball into you guys, we had asked about why there wasn't a penalty and they said that it was because it wasn't purposeful that the ball went into your robot, and that it was accidental

[JamesCH95]

Way back when, before the days of plentiful powerful motors, high-speed pickups were nearly unheard of. 95's robot in 2002, Feynman, was very rare in that he had a full-width ball intake and was capable of collecting game pieces at full speed (of almost 10ft/s, which was REALLY fast back then). He was capable of collecting ~20 soccer balls in just a few seconds, and did so as the first move in almost every match he played in. It was an unexpected play because very few, if any, other robots could do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL6VtO5VSd8

The next year, 95 had a 4-wheel serve robot, KC. But 4-wheel swerve is not what was surprising about her. KC had two pneumatic lifts that jacked her up onto the top platform of the bridge. These had been setup such that they would automatically deploy as the robot was disabled. The picture below is from one of the few matches were KC functioned perfectly. (You know how everyone says "don't try swerve unless you've prototyped it in the offseason"? I feel that 95 practically invented that saying in 2003.) Anyway, in this match it was obvious that without the bonus points from KC being on the top platform our alliance was going to lose, and the commentator made sure everyone knew it, he said something like: "oh well, 95 can't get on the platform... it looks like their alliance is going to lose this one, they really need those bonus points!" And as time expired there was a small flinch from KC as her lifts deployed right at the buzzer... a few moments of relative quiet passed and then she calmly popped up a few inches after the robots were all disabled, and the crowd went wild. We won the match!

This picture is the moment that KC's lifts deployed. The look of recognition of what is happening is spreading across the faces of the announcer, the field crew, and even Dean!

[Rjmartin127]

Match 41 of the Galileo Division this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TFjOl4B6tg#t=133

At 2:15, 4967, That One Team, Trussed it over, the ball bounced off of 176, went out of play then back into play. We chased it down, but were met by some good defense by 176. They let off at the last second for us to score a last second low goal with all three assists.