Palmetto Regional

[emmell]

I also just got home from the 3.5 hour drive from Columbia. I can't stop smiling. It was a great regional and we are very thrilled about the win.

Thanks to the Golden Flashes (1319) and Burning Magnetos (342) for being such great alliance partners. We really appreciate the pick and we knew we had a great chance at winning it all. However, when we saw the #1 seed score so many, so fast, we were a little scared. Congrats to 1251, 1646, and 1758 for being so great in competition and so wonderful after the match. I'm sorry we're not going to see 1646 in Atlanta because their bot is truly remarkable. You all should be very proud.

Another shout out to The Junkyard Robo's (2237) for winning Rookie All Stars. We were paired with you several times on Friday and loved winning 2 out of 3 with you in those early matches. Good luck in Atlanta.

Congrats to M'Aiken Magic (1102) for winning Chairman's. We like seeing you each year at Peachtree and were proud to be on your alliance there. We wish your teacher/mentor all the best and to get better soon. We'll see you again in Atlanta.

Thanks to the Forsyth Alliance (1746) and the representatives from Team Soup (1848) who cheered us on and to all the other folks from Georgia who watched the webcast and IM-ed us during the day. We loved having you in our corner and appreciated all the support.

And finally, a big thanks to our Coach, Tom Bishop. Two weeks ago at Peachtree, after our valiant run on the last day, he thought that we had a chance to do better at Palmetto. So he got us in on a late registration. I thought we had a chance, but I had no idea how wonderful it was to come out on top. Tom: Thanks for believing in us and helping make it real.

Good luck to all at Championships. We look forward to you hosting you in our fair city. Go FIRST!!!

Mannie

[rfolea]

Originally Posted by emmell

I also just got home from the 3.5 hour drive from Columbia. I can't stop smiling. It was a great regional and we are very thrilled about the win.

Thanks to the Golden Flashes (1319) and Burning Magnetos (342) for being such great alliance partners. We really appreciate the pick and we knew we had a great chance at winning it all. However, when we saw the #1 seed score so many, so fast, we were a little scared. Congrats to 1251, 1646, and 1758 for being so great in competition and so wonderful after the match. I'm sorry we're not going to see 1646 in Atlanta because their bot is truly remarkable. You all should be very proud.

Another shout out to The Junkyard Robo's (2237) for winning Rookie All Stars. We were paired with you several times on Friday and loved winning 2 out of 3 with you in those early matches. Good luck in Atlanta.

Congrats to M'Aiken Magic (1102) for winning Chairman's. We like seeing you each year at Peachtree and were proud to be on your alliance there. We wish your teacher/mentor all the best and to get better soon. We'll see you again in Atlanta.

Thanks to the Forsyth Alliance (1746) and the representatives from Team Soup (1848) who cheered us on and to all the other folks from Georgia who watched the webcast and IM-ed us during the day. We loved having you in our corner and appreciated all the support.

And finally, a big thanks to our Coach, Tom Bishop. Two weeks ago at Peachtree, after our valiant run on the last day, he thought that we had a chance to do better at Palmetto. So he got us in on a late registration. I thought we had a chance, but I had no idea how wonderful it was to come out on top. Tom: Thanks for believing in us and helping make it real.

Good luck to all at Championships. We look forward to you hosting you in our fair city. Go FIRST!!!

Mannie

CONGRATULATIONS GUYS! We'll see you in Atlanta! You made us proud (and it was a good feeling to know that we got knocked out by the #1 team!!!)

[firebelly]

Hey, this is the arm operator from 832 (you know, the guy with the fox tail and the goggles?) I would like to thank 1319 for picking us and 342 for completing our awesome alliance. I hope that we all end up in the same division at nationals so we can get another chance to work together! Great job everybody!

[crafty]

I have been to four regionals before, and Palmetto 2007 was the most fun. Thanks to everyone who made it that way.

[David Guzman]

First of all I want to thank 1626 and 1758 for being great alliance partners. We are so sorry we let you guys down at the end. For those of you who were watching the web cast or the competition from the stands, I would like to explain what happened to our (1251’s) robot; there is a learned lesson in the end and an advise for others.

During semi-final match number 2 we broke the plastic coupler that connects to the window motor, which drives our turret. This was due to the heavy defense that was being played on our arm. After this match was over 1626 made a brand new piece for us in literally less than two minutes. The kit piece obviously had some modifications. This shows how great they are working in a team and being gracious professional. THANK YOU GUYS. In the mean time we drilled some holes on our robot to lock our turret into place so we could at least score with up and down motion. Unfortunately in the heat of competition and the shortage of time we did not think of covering our robot to catch the aluminum chips. On the first final match our robot did not move. We had no idea why. We kept looking for a problem and we could not find it. On the second match the drive train kept dying and the arm would not go up sometimes. For the third match our arm would not go up at all, the motor did not even try, but it did in the other direction. We kept looking for a problem in our electronics. Everything looked fine. When we got back to the pits to crate the robot we decided to find the problem, and we found that the aluminum chips we did not catch were in the pwm and digital inputs in the controller.

Lesson learned, NO MATTER WHAT cover your electronics when cutting metal on the robot. We usually do but we were in a rush and made one BIG mistake.
Overall we are very happy about the competition. It was GREAT. Thanks to all of the volunteers and the people that made it happen.

David Guzman

[roborat]

congrats to 832, 342, and 1319, you guys played the game and won. You combined the scoring arms with the ramps. That was the way it was designed to be played. We enjoyed playing the game this weekend against you. It was a completely different game than in pittsburgh were all we had was a few arms and a lot of ramps. Thanks to 2237 and 337 for allowing us to form the west virginia alliance. Also congrats to 2237 for the rookie all star and to 337 for engineering inspiration awards. We are proud to call you both our friends and good luck in Atlanta, we will be watching, To all other teams in Palmetto, thanks for a great weekend of competition, See ya next year, Team 1249, RoboRats will be back riding in the Rat Moble.

[Feisty_one]

Congratulations to 342, 832, and 1319 as 2007 Palmetto Champions. Great strategy, scoring, and defense. And what an awesome ramp. I swear there were a couple of F15's from Shaw that were in pattern for a landing on that thing.

Also, many, many thanks to 1251 and 1626 for including 1758 in the alliance and then helping us to get our robot going again after the semis. We broke the mounts on our "wrist" motor (a window motor, too) and had to mount the spare between rounds. We broke one of the mounts on the spare during repairs, but that's why we have tie wraps and hose clamps.

That was a lot fun, just watching you guys fill up the rack.

Really sorry that 1626 (and 1758) won't be making the trip to Atlanta, but GO Techtigers! We'll be pulling for you guys.

[hipsterjr]

Originally Posted by Feisty_one

Congratulations to 342, 832, and 1319 as 2007 Palmetto Champions. Great strategy, scoring, and defense. And what an awesome ramp. I swear there were a couple of F15's from Shaw that were in pattern for a landing on that thing.

Also, many, many thanks to 1251 and 1626 for including 1758 in the alliance and then helping us to get our robot going again after the semis. We broke the mounts on our "wrist" motor (a window motor, too) and had to mount the spare between rounds. We broke one of the mounts on the spare during repairs, but that's why we have tie wraps and hose clamps.

That was a lot fun, just watching you guys fill up the rack.

Really sorry that 1626 (and 1758) won't be making the trip to Atlanta, but GO Techtigers! We'll be pulling for you guys.

Sorry to hear about the motor. I was wondering what the problem was, but I was afriad to ask. You guys had us nervous as we watched you assasainate the #8 allience in the quarters. Great game!

[Feisty_one]

CJ, thanks. It's all good, because we were having a blast. Being in the finals was new territory for 1758.

We're pulling for you guys and 1319, too. You are great representatives for SC.

Good luck in Atlanta.

[ICE MAN]

Congrats to everyone on 832. As a mentor I am proud to have worked with these select few. They have all come a long way from where I met them. I am though sad that I was unable to make the trip. Also congrats to 342 and 1319. Thank both of you for being such great partners and for picking us and giving us a chance to compete. I hope to see all of you at champs.

-Cory

[Ian S.]

Congratulations to 342, 832, and 1319 from team 1522. Your alliance really showed that a perfect team is not ramps, nor scoring alone, but a beautifull combination of the two for a well played competition.

Although my team's robot was having trouble throughout the regional, I enjoyed it to it's full extent.

Also 2237, your a rookie team and I was totally amazed by your robot this year, that was truly a beautiful robot, good luck in the future.

[JulieB]

Congratulations to 342, 832, and 1319.

342 Your drive train rocks.

832 We have competed with you guys for the past four years at Peachtree and you always have a great robot I’m glad to see you WIN.

1319 We play a few matches with you guy this past weekend and you all were super nice.

I also would like to thank teams 386 and 665 for join our alliance

386 The easy button is still cracking me up with its awesome function and scoring in auto everything made even better. On that last match you got on the ramp in 2 sec. it rock.

665 Your drive train was also really cool. Thank for taking off one your bumpers to make it easier for you get up our ramps and the drivers truly know how to drive the robot well.

We can I say chain break and stuff doesn’t always go you way. You GUYS were a great alliance partners.

Billfred also bust me at Palmetto for not having safety glass on in the pits.

[firebelly]

Heh, I just had surgery today. Even though I am all doped up, I still can't stop thinking about Saturday. What a blast! I can't wait for nationals to start; I just love FIRST!

[Snappel328]

Surgery eh? Well that's a coincedence.

I just got out of surgery yesterday, but yet I can't wait until championships either

[Monochron]

Palmetto was great. Good matches, great fun, and a great new suction cup design (thanks Team Voltage (386)).

We certainly had a great conclusion to the competition, but seeing all those amazing robots (1251, 1626, 343, 832 (great to see you guys win it)) just to name a few, was really eye opening