Best Robots of 2006

[lukevanoort]

Okay, my top 5, in no particular order.

254/968. My reason for choosing this pair isn't necessarily the dominant ramp shooting, or the killer autonomous, but the simplicity and elegance of the shooter/hopper design. It worked so well, had a high capacity, seemed pretty simple, was speedy, not much else you could wish for.

469. This robot was so amazingly, awe-inspiringly, crazily, scary fast and accurate. If you left them alone for just two seconds, bam sixty points. The ball pickup was fast and effective, it looked like it was pretty easy for the human player to throw in balls, and once it was loaded, a quick zip to the goal, unload at insane speed, repeat.

217. The Thunderchickens were kick-butt for many reasons. The hopper just didn't jam, the shooter fired at a decent rate, it was accurate, and the defense was amazing.

Triplets. Loaded from the ground and the human player, did both quite well. They shot quickly and accurately, they were nearly immovable. Being champions of three regionals proves the effectiveness of the design.

25. The human player loaded it pretty quickly. It didn't jam. (As far as I know) The turret mounted shooter was speedy and extremely effective, delivering volleys with amazing accuracy. Just great.

[hoorayforpink]

Quote:
originally posted by Bharat Nain
"233 had an awesome bot this year. I think you guys were underestimated but definitely one of the best working machines this year."

thanks for the compliment 25's robot was insane dont even get me started

[efoote868]

there were many good robots this year, i really liked 1038's design... really potent shooter.

i also liked 393, they had a really powerful drive train (our robot is able to pull up its wheels, and plop on the ground, theres truck bedliner on the bottom for more friction, and at max weight, 393 pushed us like we were nothing...)
anyhow, thats my 2 bits

[Kellen Hill]

Some of the best robots I saw this year
25 amazing shooter and defender as they pushed us across the field at IRI
27 great alliance partner in galileo we almost got there
33 nice shooting from position 3 at IRI
70 saw plenty of them this year and they were amazing
71 best alliance partner and perfect match for our robot
86 great shooter and nice picker upper
111 all around amazing
126 nice auto and manual
217 same as 25
233 amazing shooter and auto
254/968 both amazing robots wish you could've been at IRI
365 Great shooting and ramp camping
469 best shooter and nice and solid D
494 same as 70 haha
547 FEAR Crazy D bot
703 crazy auto
910 the best D out there
1038 amazing shooter
1114 Very amzing all around robot
1126 great shooter
1272 another very solid D-bot
1732 My personal favorite rookie
1816 great D in wisconsin

I'm very sorry if I missed anybody but again these are the ones I saw

[xzvrw2]

1213 was awesome.
They were simple, very effective, and very robust.
They were a solid shooter and could play some excellent D.
Among all of the great teams that were at IRI we were second seed.
Thats showing you something.

[Pirate_Nelly354]

I really liked Team Resistance [[Team 86]] I watched the videos of the matches and they were amazing.

[LordTalps]

Don't remember the number, but the robot that made it to the finals and had the dynamic autonomous... had me quite intriguied(sp?).

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by LordTalps

Don't remember the number, but the robot that made it to the finals and had the dynamic autonomous... had me quite intriguied(sp?).

I believe that the team you are thinking of is Team 195, the Cyberknights.

[thegathering]

I loved Team 222's bot (a ramp launcher) that fired to reflect the shot off the top of the goal. It fell on some bad luck, but it made it to championships and I was really hoping it could have gone somewhere during the later matches.

I also liked Team 222 overall because of the hours some of our boys at 1885 (including me and lordtalps) and the guys at 222 spent playing hackie-sack at the VCU regional. Memorable times for sure.

[Bharat Nain]

Originally Posted by LordTalps

Don't remember the number, but the robot that made it to the finals and had the dynamic autonomous... had me quite intriguied(sp?).

195?

[Arefin Bari]

I forget to mention one robot that caught my eyes at IRI.

This 2 years old team is a true FIRST team. I dropped my mouth when I saw them in action at IRI. Team 1625 has come a long way in 2 years.

Here are couple pictures of their robot.

[xzvrw2]

Originally Posted by Arefin Bari

I forget to mention one robot that caught my eyes at IRI.

This 2 years old team is a true FIRST team. I dropped my mouth when I saw them in action at IRI. Team 1625 has come a long way in 2 years.

Here are couple pictures of their robot.

i agree.
they were very good.

[jackie Ha]

No order:
team 25, great shooter, fast, accurate, great auto mode and they can play great defense
team 111, awesome auto mode, fast and accurate
team 254/968, fast, accurate, great auto modes, range, loading capabilities, and ball storage, though we had similar robots, they had an awesome drive team, so no offense to our guys, but i put them ahead of us.
But in my opinion, all robots were great, and i consider all of them to be best robots of 2006.