2015 IRI Invitation List

[AndrewPospeshil]

Congrats to all the teams who've been accepted! I know this year will be a great event as usual.

One thing I noticed is the absence of a few powerhouse teams - namely 254 and 987. I heard that 987 will be in China during this time; I assume the Poofs are also committed or simply won't be traveling so far this time, seeing as they didn't send in an application. Regardless, there's still an incredible number of powerhouse teams from around the globe on this list, and I'm excited to see all of them once again!

[AllenGregoryIV]

Texas has some pretty awesome teams headed to Indiana. I'm disappointed 4587 didn't make it in, they have an awesome robot this year.

[Doug Frisk]

Alrighty then, anyone have hotel recommendations?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by DareDad

Alrighty then, anyone have hotel recommendations?

The ones around the event will be sucked up in seconds.
The Extended Stay me, Mojo, my niece and Garrick stayed at suited us perfectly fine and wasn't too far away from the event. I'll definitely look into staying there again.

[ronlottem]

thank you very match for inviting us to go all the way to the IRI!
altough we didnt make it to the championship this year i hope we will be able to give a fight to the big guys!

[Woolly]

Originally Posted by DareDad

Alrighty then, anyone have hotel recommendations?

Avoid this place: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev...y_Indiana.html

We stayed there last year. Never again.

[Mike Marandola]

316 is extremely excited to attend this year. We can't wait to talk and compete with some of the best teams in FRC.

[Abhishek R]

Main surprises to me would be the lack of 4587 and 865, both had incredible machines.

The list still looks insanely stacked, we are excited to attend!

[Alex2614]

We are excited to attend our 3rd IRI this year!! So many great teams, they might actually make this exciting to watch!

[bkahl]

So surprised to see 4587 absent from the list.

[BrendanB]

Kudos to the teams who made it in IRI will be very exciting!

Very sad to see 4587 and 865 off the list. 865 has created a very deadly machine that is unfortunately a late bloomer.

[Boe]

Congrats to all the teams that got in, especially our Minnesota friends 2502, 2512, and 3130!

[Kevin Leonard]

865 is definitely the best landfill bot to apply and not make it in.
4587, 1987 had awesome and creative designs that were also effective that would have been sick to see in action at IRI.
1126, 1511, and many others on the list were consistent stackers at the feeder station making 2+ stacks/match as well.

But we all knew amazing robots were going to be left out, and thats definitely not limited to just these five. These are just the ones that stood out the most to me.

[carpedav000]

A bit surprised to not see 868 in IRI, any reasoning for that?

[Peyton Yeung]

Originally Posted by carpedav000

A bit surprised to not see 868 in IRI, any reasoning for that?

With the number of great teams that applied it is inevitable that a good team doesn't make it.