Best Up-And-Coming Teams

[lethc]

4522 Team SCREAM has consistently had one of the best robots in Missouri since their inception.

[BrendanB]

5813 Morpheus had an incredible rookie season taking home the trifecta of Rookie awards at their first two events and were the #5 alliance captain on Galileo. They made a Poofs clone during the off-season and were one of New England's best shooting robots in Week 2.

4909 Bionics have been doing very well for themselves over the past three seasons and these two are some of the stronger young teams in New England on the northern half.

[kyle_hamblett]

4678 has had a super strong season this year; Ranked 6th at Waterloo, 5th at GLR & finalists. Newton division champions this year. Winners of the North bay Regional last year as well as being the #1 pick of the 5th seeded alliance at champs.

[scottyoung]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

5813 Morpheus had an incredible rookie season taking home the trifecta of Rookie awards at their first two events and were the #5 alliance captain on Galileo. They made a Poofs clone during the off-season and were one of New England's best shooting robots in Week 2.

4909 Bionics have been doing very well for themselves over the past three seasons and these two are some of the stronger young teams in New England on the northern half.

Thank you very much ! Also, I will second your thoughts on 5813. We picked them for eliminations at UNH and together we almost managed to take down the number 1 seeded (and eventual champion) alliance of 319, 1519, and 1512 in the semifinals (we lost by only 3 points in the tie-breaking match). I was very impressed with their robot and team as a whole.

[tindleroot]

No one from Indiana has chimed in yet - I'll give it a go. Indiana is improving on a massive scale (the majority of teams are getting better each season) but the few teams that catch my eye in particular are:

4103: This year they really broke out into the spotlight, captaining the winning Indiana alliance and captaining an alliance in Archimedes too.

1720: Last year they had arguably the best landfill robot in Indiana, and won their first banner this past season. Their robot wasn't quite as impressive as last year's but I imagine they'll hit the mark several times in the future.

5484: Solid robots the past two years. A little slow this year, but once they got the vision working they were doing pretty well. And they're building full fields and even hosted a scrimmage during build season. I expect them to do well soon.

You could arguably include 1747 in this list, but they have already been solid in the past, so they're not really "up-and-coming". This year has locked them as a powerhouse, though...

[gcgeobuff]

The rookies this year amazed me. It may be that I haven't paid attention in the past but this year's class seemed especially notable. I'm definitely missing some in this list but of the teams I'm more familiar with, in team number order:

5817- A rookie with a swerve and one of the scariest shooters I heard all year. They made playoffs at both of their regionals as well as RAS. Had a few issues on an incredibly stacked Newton but had a few good matches.

5818- Already been talked about on this thread, I know, but we had the pleasure of playing a match with them at Idaho. Excellent robot, and I definitely would not have thought they were rookies by their robot and the way they conducted themselves.

5895- Mentioned many times on this thread already and many have already said what I've wanted to. They had an amazing run on Carson and an excellent robot.

Obviously there are many more amazing teams that I missed, but these are the ones that really stood out to me this season.

[evanperryg]

1) 5172
2) 5172
3) 5172
4) 5172
5) 5172

In the words of Karthik...

[jajabinx124]

Also another team I just thought of is Team 5434 Falcon Robotics from Minnesota. They had vision processing and auto working consistently at the 10,000 lakes regional and were very impressive as a second year team. They had an accurate shooter as well and an automated intake system. I was sad not to see them go to champs, they certainly could of performed well there.

[Adam Freeman]

3538 is going to be a top 10 team in MI very soon.

Although not a "new" team, originally established in 2011, a new mentor base re-constructed the team in 2014(?) to it's current state.

- District winner @ FiM Midland - 1st event win.
- GM Industrial Design Award
- Carson Sub-Division Champion / Einstein Appearance

*probably should have played in MSC elimination. Made the decision to re-build prior, hurt MSC early performance but helped @ Champs.

Given the experienced mentor base, resources, and drive for success, I expect big things for these guys in the future.

[jajabinx124]

Originally Posted by Adam Freeman

3538 is going to be a top 10 team in MI very soon.

Although not a "new" team, originally established in 2011, a new mentor base re-constructed the team in 2014(?) to it's current state.

- District winner @ FiM Midland - 1st event win.
- GM Industrial Design Award
- Carson Sub-Division Champion / Einstein Appearance

*probably should have played in MSC elimination. Made the decision to re-build prior, hurt MSC early performance but helped @ Champs.

Given the experienced mentor base, resources, and drive for success, I expect big things for these guys in the future.

I agree. I hadn't heard of 3538 till I was looking through scouting data late Friday night during championships. I was very glad our alliance picked them. We couldn't of made it to Einstein without their reliable defense and high goaling. Super glad to have had the opportunity to work with the RoboJackets.

[BL0X3R]

From Oregon:

While not having been traditionally strong during most of their existence, 2990 has really stepped it up in the last two years, learning from other teams and really working to improve their program. These improvements really came out in their 2015 robot, which showed excellence in strategy, design, and execution. Their real break out year, though was 2016, when they were a supportive robot to be reckoned with at all levels of play. This culminated in being the first team to reach Einstein in the state, and first PNW team to have played a match there, and boy did they put on a show when they made it. I knew we were in for a treat when Hotwire was on the field with the beach bots (a very defendable team).

New to the scene, 5468 - already tied with 1510 for The Flaming Chickens' favorite alliance partner (yes, I actually looked through all the events) - came to their first district event and captained an alliance to the finals from the #5 seed. In 2016, they displayed a very consistent robot, and was taken as the 24th robot to win Oregon City in a steal matched only by Chezy Champs 2014. Their luck at District Championships has been unfortunate, but one of these year's they will make it to St. Louis Houston.

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by BL0X3R

From Oregon:

While not having been traditionally strong during most of their existence, 2990 has really stepped it up in the last two years, learning from other teams and really working to improve their program. These improvements really came out in their 2015 robot, which showed excellence in strategy, design, and execution. Their real break out year, though was 2016, when they were a supportive robot to be reckoned with at all levels of play. This culminated in being the first team to reach Einstein in the state, and first PNW team to have played a match there, and boy did they put on a show when they made it. I knew we were in for a treat when Hotwire was on the field with the beach bots (a very defendable team).

Yes, we had been watching Hotwire through the season which was why they were so high on our draft list. They were our dream picks along with 364.

And then there's that Shockwave team we've heard so much about....

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by saikiranra

Ignoring all mentioned teams, 5818 also had a stellar bot this year. They had a one ball auto, could make around 4 high goals a match, and had a good climber.

Their finals appearance at the Ventura regional reminded me of another black and white team from last year.

I'm hoping our chief strategist who's going to UCSB will end up on their doorstep next year.

[Theseusgoats]

Taking into account the criteria, I'd say that for Indiana the top up and coming team has to be 4982: Olympus Robotics
I have enjoyed seeing this team perform incredibly well, year after year and they haven't stopped.
2014: They started out their rookie year as the 7th seed at the Queen City Regional and ended up being the captains of the 5th seed alliance. This got them the Highest Rookie Seed and Rookie All Star. Their captain also ended up winning Dean's List. They then moved on to Worlds ranking 55th on Galileo.
2015: In 2015, IN moved to districts and they ranked 19th at their first event. They then were picked for the 8th seed alliance in Kokomo and went to be the finalists. At State, they were picked for the 4th seed alliance, but were sadly knocked out in quarterfinals.
2016: 2016 was their real stand out year. At Tippy, they were the first pick for the 3rd seed alliance and made it to semis, ranking 12. At Walker Warren they were 3rd seed and captained that alliance to the finals. They ended up at State Championships and faced a lot of problems. They ranked 12 and were finally picked by the 6th seed alliance. They were knocked out in the quarter finals and their hopes for Worlds were diminished as they ranked 12 out of 49 teams, narrowly missing out of Worlds by 30 points.
This year, they were a low bar robot who cycled around 6 or more high goals very consistently.

[araniaraniratul]

Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

Other teams that come to mind:

5803 (the other rookie success)
5172
5137 (even though they didn't make champs, but made two regional finals too early in the year to get a wildcard)
4967

I'm pretty sure 5137 was a semifinalist at both of their events this year. But the #2 Alliance Captain at CVR!