2007's Best Robot Ramps

[Shadow503]

Team 1501's buzzer lifts are awesome, they helped us at Boilermaker during the qualifying rounds. My only suggestion to the team is to somehow get a bigger ramp base. We had to enter the ramp on an angle so one wheel was off the ramp. This way, the frame was resting on the ramp so we wouldn't fall off.

[shawger]

My favorite ramp bot has definitely been 1816, the Green Machine. Awesome defense and very solid ramps. They were pretty easy to climb up on and elevated themselves via pneumatics very quickly.

[The Lucas]

The best two ramps at FLR IMHO were 316 and 1518

316 is a double lifter and can also score tubes. They were #2 seed and will also be at Philly.

1518 is a double ramp/lifter. They made it all the way to finalist as the #8 alliance captain.

[Frenchie]

4 ramp bots stood out at Detroit Regionals:

247 (Da Bears): double lifter, good defense. Their reliable double lift brought them a regional win.
27 (Rush): another double lifter with an incredibly wide ramp with a small angle (9 degrees). Also a more than decent scorer.
469 (Las Guerrillas): Another very wide double lifter with scoring capability.
703 (Phoenix): Slightly smaller than the above but with nice side rails, 703's carbon fiber ramp is definitely a must see. Their 14 wheel drive allowed them to play some tough D and effectively shut down the best scorers.

[Eldarion]

I'm biased:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/27790

Only a few teams had a lift system like we did.

[Grant Cox]

My faves are 27, 469, and 1625. 27 and 469's are just absolutely huge, and from a driver's standpoint that's verryy good and I don't think I ever saw anyone fall off of them (plus the way they lift up the edge at the end is a great, efficient way to do it). 1625's lifters are similar to the one in the post above me; they lift up their whole robot along with the other two. It's epic to watch, a real crowd-pleaser

[Brian Mocci]

Team 558s ramps were amazing, 38" Wide with a low incline. The big thing that stood out about them to us however, was their amazing defensive plays. Unlike many ramp teams out there, 558 was capable of being effective during the match by consistently shutting down the most offensive robots on the opposing alliance. The combination of great drivers and a quality robot makes them my choice for best ramp bot of 2007.

[Guy Davidson]

My three votes from SVR are 190, 488, and 624. All had really good, easy to use lifts.

[royal_robotix]

for me, i have to say 1070 had some excellent ramps (lol). they could lift an elephant!!!

but overall, at the LA regional, 330 had some awesome ramps (in addition to their excellent scoring ability, it made them unstoppable) and the SV regional, i have to say 190 was a pretty excellent bot with their lift system...

[razor95kds]

488 and 190 had awesome lifts. I am more partial to 488's lift because it was very easy to get onto and it could perform a "buzzer" lift.

[Steve Kaneb]

As our ramps are pneumatically driven up to 12'', they can and have performed "buzzer" lifts. In the final match at SVR, our anti-rollback devices kept one side from going from 12'' to 0, instead gaining us 15 points.

[gmiller_1249]

I think 378 has one of the best lifts/ramps I have seen. We used it to score 60 points five consecutive matches in the eliminations at Pittsburgh. It would have been 6 if we hadn't ended up on our back. 128 still got up though. A 1 or 2 inch high ramp on one side and rails to lift on the other side. The 'bot on the rail side only needed about a 1 inch clearance to get on.



128 had an excellent ramp also. We got up it with no problem in the qualifying matches.

[MasterChief 573]

The best ramps I've seen are 57, 503, and 1188.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by shawger

My favorite ramp bot has definitely been 1816, the Green Machine. Awesome defense and very solid ramps. They were pretty easy to climb up on and elevated themselves via pneumatics very quickly.

1816 was great. Such an amazing alliance partner. They had two ramps that lifted up on each side via pneumatics. They also played great defense (I justed watched the video of one of our qualifying match where they kept all three of the opponents robots on their side of the field, allowing them to score only 2 ringers.)

[Rich Ross]

488, 1501, 107, 71. I've yet to see the 9 degree ramp of RUSH.

Maybe 1504 will be on this list in the future, but who knows how good the ramps will be for us.