pic: 5254 2015 Robot for TBA

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

"5Poofs" is off to an excellent start. They've built exactly the right robot every year now. They work within their capabilities to produce the simplest effective robot they can, and they drive the wheels off of them.

In 2014, they built a pure intake robot - kiss passing, floor loading, human loading, that's all. Performed very well at their regional and off seasons.

This year, they built a bottom stacker with a simple articulated intake and a center bin mechanism (not shown here). Before the Elims of their first event, they added a ramp and their stacking ability went through the roof. At Finger Lakes, they secured the #1 seed by a very wide margin, consistently putting up at least two stacks of six every match. Oftentimes they got up another 3-4 stack as well.

Love this robot and this team. Best of luck in St. Louis.

#5poofs completely rocked qualifications at Finger Lakes, after basically carrying 20 to the finals at the Tech Valley Regional. 2 stacks of 6 capped with noodles from the feeder station consistently plus sometimes a third. They can also do landfill better than most, but their landfill output is maybe half the 2+ stacks they make from the feeder.
They also had a 610-style "crossbow" can grabber at Tech Valley, but they needed the crossbow weight for a ramp to help them dominate Finger Lakes in dramatic fashion.