10 ten plays of the year

[Pyro16]

A play that my team, 1251, made buring the match that we played teams 21 and 1062 at the Florida regionals here is the video http://www.soap.circuitrunners.com/2.../fl/fl_057.wmv

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Yan Wang

I liked Finals 1.1 in Canada... I went for the hang early on. As in, right after autonomous. We got up very fast while Buzz picked up balls. 1114 hung in a way that when they lifted up, they lifted up on our robot (perfectly legal). Our Tulip should not be detachable but all that day we used a bolt to make it wider to give the driver a larger target - well, the result was that we were dehanged by 1114. Falling 5" caused a huge crack of a sound and our scissor lift was bent (took about 10 min to fix afterwards, great job pit crew). So then as Buzz was feeding balls to their awesome human player, I went and pinned 48's robot for about a minute, preventing them from hanging (I think I got a penalty... did I?). Buzz's shooting was awesome and we won 90-80 (just balls! all balls!), ending 1114's streak. But I guess I'm a little biased regarding that match

I'd like to provide a little clarification on our robot's condition during Finals 1.1. While it is true that we failed to hang during that match, it wasn't because we were prevented by another from doing so. During the early stages of the match, the part of our tread frame that angles upward became dented in a bit, which caused our tank tread and pulley wheel to lock up. This made us quite immobile. Your robot could have gone off in the corner and done pirouettes until the buzzer sounded, and we wouldn't have been able to do anything about it. This was quite disappointing to us, for if we had hung, our alliance would most likely have won the first finals match. But this caused no worries for our pit crew. The students and engineers huddled around the bot and, with the aid of a time out, returned xtremachen7 to full operational status in time for the second finals match, which our alliance won in exciting fashion. We then went out during the third match, played some tough d, and hung at the very last second, only to have lost by a couple balls. All in all, it was quite a satisfying performance considering the tough situation we were in at the end of Finals 1.

Thank you for your tough finals play which brought this weakness in our frame structure to our attention. These tough high-contact matches are just the thing our team needs to prepare the bot for the rigors of the Championship. This deficiency will be corrected first thing Thursday in Atlanta.

[nuggetsyl]

nice so far keep sending me links. I know there got to be more out there

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

...Team 33 tried to get on the platform to help, despite the fact that their bot was not designed to get on the plaform.

I don't think I'd say that our bot wasn't designed to go on the platform, that's what the articulating chassis is for. It wasn't however, part of our gameplan at that regional, and I think it was only the second time we had climbed during competition. If we had more practice doing it, we would have been up there right away.

And you were correct, 977 was our partners during Elimination matches and the ones on the field with us for that match. They did an excellent job of defending the top for most of the match.

[945 arm driver]

Element 945 capped that stationary goal climbed the two six inch decks and hung in about 20 seconds. We were in the air about 6" went the buzzer rang for the end of the match. I don't know where the link is for it but when i find it i'll be sure to put it up.

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

You're confusing two different teams. 1403 has a large net, but 1405 is who won Chesepeake. Jeff Wetzel has made that mistake a few times too

Yeah, it was my team that stopped 1403 in the quarterfinals from getting there own balls. We let them get our balls but blocked them from getting back to there side of the field.

[Aaron]

Ithink over all there have been two great plays that i have seen this year.

The first was at Trenton in the semis when my team (11) got up on the top platform with 237 and ended up hanging from them (we were the only team to get up on the top platform with them attached).

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=26495


The othergreat round was was at Chesapeake when Baxter bomb squad(16) and 1405 got 210 points. The entire round was cleanly executed and both robots did everything they were able to do. It was one of the few rounds that were a complete rout that i still enjoyed watching.

[nuggetsyl]

guys i need videos

[Billfred]

No videos on this one, but it was a masterful performance.

It was Q32 at Palmetto. 1016 and 348 were supposed to be the blue alliance, against 1028 and 435. For whatever reason, 1016 was MIA. Their absence made it two against one.

Final score? Red 30, Blue 60. The crowd went nuts.

[ThirdRide]

The 11/1403 match was one of my favorites. But there was another great match that both 1403 and my team (449) were involved in.

Match number 44 at the Chesapeake Regional: 449 and 225 vs. 1403 and 293

Before this match, 449 was having problems with its chin-up. We could pull ourselves up, but the window motor we used was backdriving. The braking system we built to stop the robot from falling was not working. (Later, we learned that there is a set screw on the window motor that, if tightened, prevents it from backdriving.) Anyway, during the match, both sides did their own thing. 1403, with its giant basket, caught the balls as the fell and delivered them to the human players, who were shooting like mad. 225 and 449 spent some time herding before they both went for the chin-up. 225 pulled itself up first and it did it easily. 449 pulled itself up second, just before time ran out. When the buzzer sounded, 449 began to slowly drift towards the ground, like it had in its previous two matches. But just before it hit the ground, 449 caught on 225. 225 was holding up 449! The refs ruled that both robots were hanging. The final score: 125-120 for 225 and 449. It was quite a match.

Team 1403 was pissed. I know becasue we were their partners in match 48. We won that too, and the rest is history.

[t0ny127]

Well, I don't know if anyone saw it, but in Trenton we attempted to cap the stationary goal on our side, and slid the ball in the goal within the last second...as a driver I thought it was cool because we got it in at the last second

[t0ny127]

whoops i meant philly...sorry

[OneAngryDaisy]

I'm wondering why practically everyone in this thread nominated a match their robot was in... It may be exciting to you, but it's probably not exciting for the rest of us... No offense intended, but try to think of the overall top 10 plays of the year instead of your top 10 plays of the year.


I nominate the galileo semifinals between 469 and 93. Both were big ball bots, and got tangled in both matches.. it was intense, because BOTH flipped in both matches (yeah, i like saying both)

also- the finals with 469 and 177.. two great ball bots once again. The videos should be on soap- galileo finals and semifinals

[Austin]

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck

Although that last second cap by my team at the midwest over team 93 in QF3.3 should be pretty high up there

Ditto.... here's a link to the soap108 video

http://www.soap.circuitrunners.com/2...l/il_qf3m3.wmv (13.7MB)

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Curie Elimination Match 2.2

Buzz(175) and ? vs. WPI(190) and Swampthing(179)

Buzz's alliance filled the stationary goal up to the top with 5 pt balls. In the last 5 seconds a war went on between Buzz and WPI to get the 2x ball on. WPI almost uncapped, but Buzz was able to power the 2x down into the goal, and won the match.

I was speechless for about 5 minutes after watching this match.