Newton Discussion - Championship 2007

[rees2001]

Team 340
Picture: Here
Robot Class: 5' 110 scorer
Drivetrain: 6 wheel, 2 speed AM's with 2 big cims, 2 little cims
Ground Clearance: 2"
Arm: 4 bar driven 2 cims, linear slides
Extension: all heights
Gripper: pneumatic actuated
Pick up Method: Floor preferred
Ramp: nope, but we can climb
Results: FLR Finalists
Strengths: Powerful, fast score, experienced drive team

[ewankoff]

Team 1676
Picture: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img...6c45ee13_l.jpg
Robot Class: 4' 120 hybrid
Drivetrain: 6 wheel, 4 banebots 4 little cims
Speed:11.5 fps
Ground Clearance: 2.5"
Arm: one pivot winch raised
Extension: low and middle
Gripper: suction cups
Pick up Method: Floor
Ramp: 1 low angle, we can climb
Results: NJ semi-finalist/ Buckeye quarter finalist
Strengths: Powerful, fast, new more reliable gripper

[Athleticgirl389]

Team: 102
Picture: Scoring And Ramping
Robot Class: 1 - 4" 120lbs
Drivetrain: 4 wheel, 2 speed, 2 Cim motors per side
Speed: 5fps in low, 13fps in high
Ground Clearance: Less than 1/4" (yes it's pretty low haha)
Arm: 90* tilt and boom
Extension: Bottom and middle row (prefer bottom)
Gripper: tilts parallel (or perpendicular) to ground. picks tube up from inside/outside by using the gripper to close tightly and then tilt and raise boom to prefered scoring level
Pick up Method: Floor
Ramp: We are the ramps; ramps are less than a 9* angle; robots drive up and we lift to 18 inches
Results: Not so hott at NJ Regional haha, Better results at LI Regiona - didn't move on though (qualified by receiving Engineering Inspiration)
Strengths: Lifting 1-2 robots 18 inches in under 5 seconds

[hayakuneko]

Team 696
Picture: Scoring and Ramping
Robot Class: 4" bot. 13" lifters, Scores on the rack.
Drivetrain: 6 wheel, 4 cim.
Speed: forgot... probably about 8fps or 9...
Ground Clearance: dunno...
Arm: 1 jointed arm
Extension: scores all three rows
Gripper: pneumatic grip
Pick up Method: floor
Ramp: 13" pneumatic lifters (1" ground clearance)
Results: LA Finalists, SD Champions
Strengths: rapid, consistent scorer (6-7 if left alone, 4-5 with defense), fast lifters (about 2-3 seconds for the lift), good defense (won SD with our defense against 368 to stop their spoiler)

... or I could be biased about our strengths since i'm the driver

[Ken Loyd]

[quote=Tim Delles;612042]And here is the last divsion i have to do. Have fun with the info

39 - Regional Champ


Team #39 was the Arizona Regional Champion and a Finalist at the Las Vegas Regional.

Ken

[Allison K]

Team 226
Picture: Coming Soon
Robot Class: 4 Ft./120 lbs.
Drivetrain: 2 Speed, 6 Traction Wheel 4 CIM
Speed: 4-5 fps in low and 9-10 fps in high
Ground Clearance: low, but can still climb ramps easily
Arm: shoulder and wrist joint
Extension: all three levels
Gripper: electric screw grips tubes from inside
Pick up Method: floor or opposing alliance wall
Ramp: none, but climbs well
Results: 13 of 59 at GLR and 16 of 54 at WMR
Strengths: Drivers well practiced and skilled in both offense and defense, gripper picks up tubes quickly and doesn't require precision, robust robot

[burkechrs1]

Team 668
Picture: Coming Soon
Robot Class: 4 Ft / 120 lbs
Drivetrain: 2 Speed, 6 Traction Wheel 2 CIM
Speed: 6-8 fps in low and 14-16 fps in high
Ground Clearance: Designed for greater than 30 degrees
Arm: Shoulder and rotating wrist
Extension: all three levels but prefer middle
Gripper: Claw that rotates 90 degrees to pick off ground or human load
Pick up Method: Anything but one of fastest human loads we've seen
Ramp: Yes, 10-11 degrees hold 1 robot 13" perhaps a second at 12" (nobody tried)
Results: Quarter Finalists at SVR and one of the top scorers there
Strengths: Experienced, smart driver. Quick at hanging tubes and good defensive strategy if needed. Fast robot

This should be fun. Good luck all.

[Spider-Man]

Originally Posted by burkechrs1

Team 668
Picture: Coming Soon
Robot Class: 4 Ft / 120 lbs
Drivetrain: 2 Speed, 6 Traction Wheel 2 CIM
Speed: 6-8 fps in low and 14-16 fps in high
Ground Clearance: capable of about 24 degree ramp (in theory)
Arm: Shoulder and rotating wrist
Extension: all three levels but prefer middle
Gripper: Claw that rotates 90 degrees to pick off ground or human load
Pick up Method: Anything but one of fastest human loads we've seen
Ramp: Yes, 10-11 degrees hold 1 robot 12" perhaps a second at 12" (nobody tried)
Results: Quarter Finalists at SVR and one of the top scorers there
Strengths: Experienced, smart driver. Quick at hanging tubes and good defensive strategy if needed. Fast robot

Nobody has mentined us. Perhaps cuz SVR wasn't on webcast. I'm surprised, we may slip under the radar after all =D

This should be fun. Good luck all.

I remember seeing your robot perform in the elimination matches at SVR on the webcast . I remember a good scoring robot.

[Rohith Surampudi]

Team 75
Picture: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/27595
Robot Class: 4 Ft / 120 lbs
Drivetrain: 4wd
Speed: 12 ft/s
Ground Clearance: 1/4"
Arm: 4 jointed arm on turret
Extension: all three levels
Gripper: Grabs tubes around outside,
Pick up Method: over the wall prefered, can pick up off ground
Ramp: none
Results: Quarter Finalists at NJ, Chesapeake Champions
Strengths: speed

[DanDon]

Team 375
Picture: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/27210
Robot Class: 5 Ft / 110 lbs
Drivetrain: 2wd
Speed: 10 ft/s
Ground Clearance: enough to climb any ramp
Arm: Double jointed arm
Extension: all three levels
Gripper: Grabs tubes by one side or through the middle
Pick up Method: over the wall, off ground, off far wall, through shoot, ANYWHERE
Ramp: none onboard, can climb
Results: Semi Finalists at NJ, Semi Finalists at Pittsburgh, Finalists at NYC
Strengths: speed, autonomous (Yea KEEPER!!)

[pstrapp]

Team 2016
Picture: http://www.mumupsi.com/galleries/NJR...os/photo8.html
Robot Class: 4 Ft / 120 lbs
Drivetrain: 4wd 2speed AM Shifter 4 Cim
Speed: 7/14 ft/s
Ground Clearance: 3" 26 degree climb capability
Arm: Collapsable pulley and cable vertical lift.
Extension: All three levels.
Gripper: Grabs tubes with a vertical clamp style gripper.
Pick up Method: off the ground or against the wall preferable, capable from anywhere.
Ramp: none
Results: Rookie All Star (New Jersey)
Strengths: Power and Speed, Versatility

[Josh Goodman]

Team 1511
Picture: http://rollingthunder.smugmug.com/ga...137430412-L-LB
Robot Class: 4 ft/ 120 lbs
Drivetrain: 6 wd
Speed: Not sure exactly but 3 gears: Normal, turbo, slow
Ground Clearance: enough to climb any ramp
Arm: Arm+Wrist
Extension: all three levels
Gripper: Grabs the whole tube
Pick up Method: anywhere except over the wall
Ramp: none but can climb
Results: Fourth seed alliance at Boston
Strengths: defense, accuracy

[MasterChief 573]

Team 573
Pictures: Scoring:http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...P3080219-1.jpg & On Ramphttp://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...inningPlay.jpg
Robot Class: 100 lbs/ 6 ft
Drivetrain: 4 wheel, 2 speed, 4 cims
Speed: 15ft per second
Ground Clearance: Enough
Arm: Two jointed arm w/ parallelogram design and pinching style gripper (about 6 to 7ft long, 4ft with limiters)
Grapping Style: Off the ground
Ramps: None
Result: GLR #2 seed and Champion (along with 503 and 1015), BMR #7 seed and quarterfinalist.
Strengths: Consisitent scoring and ability to evade defense via meccanums.

[catsylve]

Team 1985
Picture: video of scoring and double lift
Robot Class: 4' 120 hybrid
Drivetrain: 4 wheel
Extension: score consistently at all heights
Gripper: grabs and holds sideways
Pick up Method: Floor preferred
Ramp: two ramps, both 12" very secure with side panels and a stop
Results: STL quarterfinals, Rookie All Star Award
Boilermaker semifinals, Delphi Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award
Strengths: Powerful, flexible, very strong ramps

[Guy_E]

Team 1574
Picture: Final Game, scoring 7 tubes, photo
Robot Class: 4' 120 lbs
Drivetrain: 8 wheels (6 wheels configuration but with 2 attached in the middle)
Speed: ~8fps
Extension: Scores at all heights
Ground Clearance: enough to climb all ramps...
Arm: One joint for the arm, another joint for the gripper
Gripper: "Claw" like, holds from the sides of the tube
Pick up Method: Mainly Floor
Ramp: Ramp for 2, 12"
Results: Israeli Regional head of winning alliance, Motorola Quality award
Strengths: Hang tubes very fast, picks tubes from the floor even faster... Highly maneuverable and has very experienced drivers. We even have autonomous mode...