Canburglar Battle: 225 vs. 365 at Upper Darby

[AWoL]

Haha with all these different angles, we could probably even get this moment in bullet time.

[protoserge]

The slow motion also shows we missed both containers. It bounced out of the center container

[MooreteP]

I. Love. This.

As we move to District Championships this weekend in PNW and Indiana, and next weekend (FiM, MAR, NE) I hope we will see more of this brief moment where the alliances actually compete against each other, Robo a Robo.

Set your position. (Blue gets final say). Watch your "feet".

Originally Posted by nathannfm

Sadly MOE knew we were going to miss as soon as our drivers left the field from setup. As some of you know, we precisely line up our arms before the match by lowering and testing them and moving the robot accordingly. In this match we lined everything up perfectly, and then a ref informed us that due to the fact that our back wheels were on the scoring platform, the top of our arms were overhanging into the landfill a few inches. They made us back our robot up, but we didn't have enough time to realign the arms before the start of the match. It was still a great show, we just have to make sure to position everything properly next time.

Arc lengths, wingspans, and lever arms. Oh my!

It's like the tip-off at the beginning of a basketball game.

[Siri]

Originally Posted by stinglikeabee

The slow motion also shows we missed both containers. It bounced out of the center container

I'm not sure how similar this instance is (since you had to move back, and it's the only one I've seen in slow mo), but in case you were wondering, you guys have bounced other times. I don't think it's common, but I've seen it bounce off the lid and then resettle enough to pull it back. This all happens so fast. Of course, no one was moving the can at the time.

In other news, congrats to 433 for getting their can before 225's second grab. I wonder what this would look like with two 2-can grabbers both racing down the field.

[ScandallB225]

On practice day it would be fun to have "best of" like at all star games:
Slam dunk contest, home run derby, etc.
Can burglar race, highest tote stacker ...

[AWoL]

Originally Posted by ScandallB225

On practice day it would be fun to have "best of" like at all star games:
Can burglar race

Yes. Yes. Yes.

[Wayne TenBrink]

Originally Posted by ScandallB225

On practice day it would be fun to have "best of" like at all star games:
Slam dunk contest, home run derby, etc.
Can burglar race, highest tote stacker ...

Perhaps it would be better to wait until after the competition for this - it might not end well for the participants....

[Mr MOE]

The anticipation of this autonomous was one of the highlights of a great competition event. There were lots of phones and cameras active during this one.

Looking forward to more at MAR Champs and the World Championship!

[nlknauss]

Originally Posted by stinglikeabee

I'll find out if we can get the high speed video from the guy in yellow at the scoring platform.

Haha, I'm the guy in yellow! Here's my link for my original post.

Originally Posted by nlknauss

Check out the footage here: https://youtu.be/veWZMpljdwg

MOE does beat them to it but TechFire gets the grab!

Originally Posted by Mr MOE

The anticipation of this autonomous was one of the highlights of a great competition event. There were lots of phones and cameras active during this one.

Looking forward to more at MAR Champs and the World Championship!

I can't wait to see more of this too! This is going to be a whole new part of the game for us to experience.

[protoserge]

Originally Posted by nlknauss

Haha, I'm the guy in yellow! Here's my link for my original post.

When I posted that, I must have missed half of the thread I admit shame

[AWoL]

Originally Posted by Mr MOE

There were lots of phones and cameras active during this one.

I can confirm. A good 3/4 of the judges, as well as a mass of people clustered and leaning over them, were all recording.

[krtanjek]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPidwELLw3A

225 Video from Upper Darby.

[AWoL]

Originally Posted by krtanjek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPidwELLw3A

225 Video from Upper Darby.

The can grab from MOE is here: https://youtu.be/UPidwELLw3A?t=2m25s

[The Lucas]

I was fortunate to have a front row seat to the most exciting 2 sec of the Upper Darby district, here is my video: (also a good shot of Nate taking his video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkFU7JMBY30
I knew this was coming as soon as I saw 423 setup first in the middle (out of their usual position). I think the alternating setup ratcheted up the suspense. Congrats to Tech Fire, Fighting Robovikes, and Green MASHine on an impressive district win! (2nd for both 225 and 2607!)

[Ari423]

As a driver from 423, I can say that the alliance's drivers had a feeling that we would not be advancing due to our poor performance in the previous round, so we decided to have some fun. Not pictured in any of these videos was setting up the robots on the field. 433 Firebirds first set their robot opposite Tech Fire. When Tech Fire was done aligning themselves, the Firebirds moved to the other set of cans and MOE set up across from 225. Even though we didn't win the quick draw, watching the faces of the Tech Fire drivers when they realized this would be a face-off was priceless.