BEST Capping Robot youve seen.

[joemost]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

It was a disappointing finish but stuff happens. Our operator lost his gamepad for the first 30 seconds so we went from doing two 5 stacks and a 4 stack to two 4 stacks and a 2 stack. That slow down really prevented us from giving 138 something work with quickly.

The first RC 138 placed upside down went on a little wonky so the second one wasn't going on cleanly. It was one of the first times they couldn't pull it off.

Darn, I was excited to see that alliance, As well as Riot Crews. I want to see 138 with either you guys or 1519 at New Englands.

It was interesting how UNH shaped out. It seems that the field was deep right up until the 5th seed selected their last team, then it dropped off drastically. The fact that the 2nd seed lost to the 6th seed speaks for that in my opinion.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by joemost

Darn, I was excited to see that alliance, As well as Riot Crews. I want to see 138 with either you guys or 1519 at New Englands.

It was interesting how UNH shaped out. It seems that the field was deep right up until the 5th seed selected their last team, then it dropped off drastically. The fact that the 2nd seed lost to the 6th seed speaks for that in my opinion.

We liked our partners as well. We worked over lunch to help improve 1307's claw to help them handle totes more efficiently. First quarter final they got 10 totes on the platform and in the second match got their three stack capped w litter.

Once we saw the #6 alliance formed we knew who was going to put up some of the highest scores. Both 213 and 501 were putting up a lot of stacks and 133 is an impressive finisher.

[joemost]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

We liked our partners as well. We worked over lunch to help improve 1307's claw to help them handle totes more efficiently. First quarter final they got 10 totes on the platform and in the second match got their three stack capped w litter.

Once we saw the #6 alliance formed we knew who was going to put up some of the highest scores. Both 213 and 501 were putting up a lot of stacks and 133 is an impressive finisher.

After just watching the matches. I think you guys might have won had you got into semi-finals. 138 could pretty much guarantee in each of the 3 matches that none of your opponents would get more then 3 barrels up as they could pretty much control the step.

[OWilliamson]

I would like to mention our alliance partners from Utah, 3374. I don't have any video, but with their arm they could snag recycling containers from the step, place litter in them, and place them on our stacks of 4. In the first quarterfinal match they actually pulled all 4 from the step.

[EmileH]

Pic of 138 Entropy's double capped stack at UNH day two.

[Anthony4939]

I enjoyed 1305 in Waterloo.

[Mackenzie W]

Originally Posted by Anthony4939

I enjoyed 1305 in Waterloo.

Aw shucks, thanks! We'll be competing at North Bay this weekend, and this time our robot won't freeze in autonomous!

For anyone who's curious, our stacking arm uses three string potentiometers mounted on our three pivot points, and autolevels the wrist holding the recycling bin so that the driver doesn't have to manually control everything. We thought we could only cap 4 tote high stacks, but in Waterloo we capped off a 5 tote stack in eliminations with ease.

[Ichlieberoboter]

Team 93 (New Apple Corps) was almost definitely the best capper at Lake Superior. They won by having an alliance with 4818, an amazing tote stacker, and doing 4-5 stacks a match, multiple ones with litter.

[Rick]

Will worlds see a demand for purely capping robots? Will they need to go 5 high? 6 high? It will be interesting to see alliances form. Does highly seeded hybrid team take a stacker or a capper first round?

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by Ricksta

Will worlds see a demand for purely capping robots? Will they need to go 5 high? 6 high?

We're thinking yes. If you're paired with one of the best landfill robots and best human loading robots, you're going to need someone who can solely focus on the extra cans from the step.

With some modifications to our robot we should be able to take cans from the step and place them on top of 6 stacks on the scoring platform. We're going to spend the next few weeks testing to see how reliable we'd be at it and be ready to make that change at champs as needed.

[saikiranra]

At the Long Beach Regional, 330 gathered all 3 containers in auto and set them aside for later use. Later in the match, they picked them up again and set all 3 on top of their 2 stacks of 5 totes. It also looks like they can use that arm to get the containers from the middle.

Edit: Stacks of 5

[nahstobor]

Error Code Xero, team 1425 out of the PNW. They can easily cap 5 and 6 stacks with litter.

Edit: Here's a match from them - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O62_guepwW0