Best Robot Ever 92-07 edition

[Scott Morgan]

I don't know about the best, but my favorites are

2003- 980- I loved this robot, it had so many awesome features, like the 13 foot arm, the lift that also turned into "wings" for knocking over boxes, and an awesome wheel switching transmission
2004- 330- awesome, easily my favorite Beach Bot, they did a good job thinking out of the box, and the robot was very well designed
2005- 22/254/968- beautiful, very well designed robots
2006- 254/968- very effective top goal scorer
2007- 75- I only saw them saw them play one match, but their robot is beautiful, and very well engineered

[Daniel Brim]

2004 - 60/254
2005 - 22/254
2006 - 254/968
2007 - 254/968

See any patterns?




Beyond best *robot*, there is best *driver*. There are a lot of robots out there that would be middle-of-the-pack if not for outstanding driving. 330 in both 2005 and 2007 comes to mind.

[xzvrw2]

as for 1997...ut oh, here comes the neg reps, i see them now but oh well...there were 3 great robots...71 47 65. and hey...that was the championship at nationals that year. beatty won matches in 6 seconds, 65 in 7 and 47 in 8..at least thats what i heard from people that were there.

[AcesPease]

Originally Posted by Rob

My favorite ever was Tigerbolt in 1996.

I remember the tiger on the side. Cool working and looking machine!

[Steve Wherry]

#1) HOT in 2000.

The robot was awesome; could basically do forward and backward flips, and was very aesthetically pleasing. I went out of my way to watch every match that they were a part of and was amazed every time

#2) I'll agree with Andy Baker: Chief Delphi, also in 2000
It was the beginning of dominant crab drives...so smooth

[AcesPease]

A few more votes:

1997: 71 was truely amazing scoring faster and higher than most of us imagined possible.

1999: Our robot was pretty good that year

2002: 173 was harvesting balls so fast it was nearly impossible to keep up with them.

2006: I know they had some troubles in their regionals but 296 built a super bot and came through on the big field with some excellent partners: 217 and the best third pick of the year 522.

2007: The best year for alliances, no single robot dominated eleimination matches this year. Very Exciting for all of us.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Cory

Not to take anything away from Beatty--I completely agree with your analysis, and they're my second or third favorite robot ever, but it's worth noting that 173 bailed them out on Einstein with balls, which was what ended up winning the championship.

I agree there...but I guess thats why you have partners. In the event theyre very solid strategy didnt work out, they had a great partner (173) to pick up the slack.

I just think about their overall strategy and am amazed everytime. They saw right through the balls and said if we get the goals, whats the point of balls.

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by AcesPease

2002: 173 was harvesting balls so fast it was nearly impossible to keep up with them.

95 harvested balls faster than anyone could have imagined

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Andy Grady

Name me a robot in the past 16 years that could win a match in 6 seconds? I think you'd be hard pressed to find one.

beatty in 2002.

"I hate to say it's over folks but there ain't much hope"

[Mike Starke]

I would have to say the HOT BOT from either '04 or '05. They were just dominant at what they did.

[Dan Richardson]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

beatty in 2002.

"I hate to say it's over folks but there ain't much hope"

Unless they went up against spam of course.....

Thats what is driving me nuts about this thread 2002 beatty was a darned good robot but if I remember correctly Fluffy kind of showed him who was boss.

Now granted they didn't win it all, but it was an impressive show none the less.

2002 was a good year, but a bad game. However my personal favorite of all time does come out of that year in team 60. The way they lifted up those two goals and spun them around was one of the most beautiful and inspiring piece of engineering I've seen this side of FIRST in years.

[Chris]

Beatty 02 Dominated a Season, coming as close to solving a head to head game as i believe is possible.

Spam 02 dominated a match...

In my mind there’s a slight difference.

Not to take anything away from spam 02 through however; between the Wildstang spatula, and the owning of the Beast on the biggest stage possible, they go down in my mind of one of the best teams from that year.


Chris

PS My vote for the robot in this thread Karthik Style


2000 - 25, 47, 111, 131, 126
2001 - 71, 254, 60, 177, 308
2002 - 71, 60, 308, 121, 111
2003 - 111, 25, 469, 494, 118 (67, 1114 wrong strategy but impressive anyway)
2004 - 45, 67, 254/60, 494,233
2005 - 67, 217, 254, 330, 71
2006 - 25, 1114, 111, 254/968, 469
2007 - 1114, 330, 254/968, 71,

[Tetraman]

The 2005 Tech Fusion robot was, in my opinion, the best. I remember that year in buckeye, it was incredible.

[Kate00]

It's interesting that 10 people have voted for 1114 as the best robot of 2007, yet they got shut out of technical awards at the Greater Toronto Regional.

edit: maybe the judges didn't see the same robot i did...

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Kate Mosley

It's interesting that 10 people have voted for 1114 as the best robot of 2007, yet they got shut out of technical awards at the Greater Toronto Regional.

they definitely deserved a few.