VCU COMPETITION STATUS

[Yan Wang]

Originally Posted by JosephM

No one has a good auton. Only one team has knocked off the trigger ball today. ONE. Also, I can see the hanging bar giving FIRST trouble latter in the game season. Also, the ball shute got stuck once, that can be bad if it happened during the finals!!! Many teams here have bad human players, and an average of 4 balls are in the goals by the end of the game. Only one team has capped the big goal.

Ah, anyway, I'm at VCU, and we have a webcafe now. Sparky will be up soon, so look for us!!!

The # of balls in the stationary goal is disappointing, if what you say is true. The alliance starts with 6 balls. FOUR is really not an acceptable number, especially when quite a few can be herded by just shoving :/

Are people having issues with auton because their dead reckoning is off or because their positioning system (use of beacons, etc.) is too complicated and has many bugs?

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by Yan Wang

...The alliance starts with 6 balls. FOUR (in the goal) is really not an acceptable number, especially when quite a few can be herded by just shoving :/

have you tried herding the balls just by pushing them? its not easy

Ive noticed that when the balls are released, most of them end up against the sides or the walls, which will make it difficult to push them towards the corrals

those ball catchers are going to do well

and anyone who can capture the small balls into their machine when they are against the railings or wall ( like us :c)

[Yan Wang]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

have you tried herding the balls just by pushing them? its not easy

Team 639 driver tryouts required drivers to herd 6 balls (along with other tasks) out of the 12 that were on the field... I was the fastest, collecting them in under 40 seconds. That was the first time I tried herding and it was hard. It definitely got hectic trying to get them in when there weren't many left. I disagree with one of your points though - I found that the balls that were adjacent to the side were the easiest to herd. Those got in first because the edge was a great guide for balls. Freely roaming balls were hard. Nonetheless, 6 balls in < 40 seconds should be done fairly easily in games.

I'll be watching tomorrow to see if there are improvements. Good luck to everyone.

[J Flex 188]

Just now, QF 3.3


blue beats red 125-120.

4 robots hanging!! incredible..

[Stephen Kowski]

IF ANYONE @ VCU can read this PLZ TELL THE PPL TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE CAMERA....JEEZ

[Ken Leung]

If anyone watching the webcast want to start a AIM chatroom, I am all for joining ^^. My AIM sn is LKen5412.

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Ken Leung

If anyone watching the webcast want to start a AIM chatroom, I am all for joining ^^. My AIM sn is LKen5412.

I have little else to do, so add me to the list of people who'd be willing to join such a chat room.

I'm not with my team in Portland because, of all things, I have to develop a curriculum that teaches robotics for summer camp.

[ngreen]

Final Top Eight

165
616
435
33
977
1002
619
345

Congratulations all. Can't wait for elims.

[Gamer930]

Final 8 alliances of VCU

Seed 1 165 616 346
Seed 2 435 422 975
Seed 3 33 977 388
Seed 4 1002 384 405
Seed 5 619 843 401
Seed 6 345 339 926
Seed 7 1236 623 116
Seed 8 1467 611 53

[rees2001]

Does anybody know what the top bots specialities are? What sort of alliance partners they picked? I know there are a few hangers & some ball herders in there & some big ballers.

[ngreen]

Originally Posted by rees2001

Does anybody know what the top bots specialities are? What sort of alliance partners they picked? I know there are a few hangers & some ball herders in there & some big ballers.

33 is a ball capturor and 977 is a hanger.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by ngreen

33 is a ball capturor and 977 is a hanger.

i say 33 is goign to win!

[geo]

wow, 3 robots hanging at once. That's impressive

[Gamer930]

Round 1 RESULTS
Red Seed 1 Blue Seed 8
65 80
75 10
105 70
Red Moves On (165 616 346)

Red Seed 4 Blue Seed 5
20 75
50 75
Blue Moves On (619 843 401)

Red Seed 2 Blue Seed 7
130 90
70 75 (This was a very good match)
120 125 (4 ROBOTS HANGING)
Blue Moves On (1236 623 116)

Red Seed 3 Blue Seed 6
120 100
70 130
90 65
Red Moves On (33 977 388)
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Round 2 RESULTS

Red Seed 1 Blue Seed 5
120 25
45 10
Red Moves On (165 616 346)

Red Seed 7 Blue Seed 3
85 125
25 75
Blue Moves On (33 977 388)
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FINALS
Red Seed 1 Blue Seed 3
70 140 (Great Shooting and Collecting 33)
65 40 (388 Fliped Over!!!!!!!)
40 45 (WON BY 1 BALL!!!!!)

WINNERS 33 977 388

[Ashley Weed]

FOUR ROBOTS UP AT ONCE!!!

... AMAZING!