double keeper-- yes

[ADZDEBLICK]

that is truly amazing

[MGoelz]

Congratulations 910!!!!!
I knew you would get it eventually...you were soooo close at IRI.
Great job!!

[s_forbes]

That's a brilliant bit of programming right there. That is by far the best autonomous mode I have ever seen.

[65_Xero_Huskie]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

That's a brilliant bit of programming right there. That is by far the best autonomous mode I have ever seen.

Not counting 2005, this is the best automode i have seen since.
Good job guys, you are awesome

[M. Mellott]

Great job! Wished it could have happened at Kettering as well (to see it in person), but that's why we have video! A really sleek design--congrats!

[Qbranch]

Sweet! I just feel bad that FIRST never turned the rack as much as they made it sound they would... I wouldn't have run off making ultrasonic radar systems... *sigh*

-q

[Chief Pride]

Originally Posted by Qbranch

Sweet! I just feel bad that FIRST never turned the rack as much as they made it sound they would... I wouldn't have run off making ultrasonic radar systems... *sigh*

-q

i thought we werent allowed to use ultra-sonic?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by zinefer

i thought we werent allowed to use ultra-sonic?

If it fits in the electronics budget, you can use it. (Use is not reccommended, due to risk of interference from other robots using the same technology. Not that very many do.) Unless you can quote a rule that disallows ultra-sonic...I can't remember anything off the top of my head.

[Rory Windrim]

Way to go 910! Congratulations to a great alliance (910,1625,313) you deserved the wins. Also a BIG Thank you to 70 and 47 for having us as their alliance partner.

[Tottanka]

AMAZING. No Words.
I think that those programmers should be highly rewarded.

[3dude_2231]

It's difficult not to hate you right now

Awesome achievement !

[FoleyEngineer]

Here's a shot someone took of it "posing" with the two tubes it scored. You have to remember it took a lot of luck too you know.



It was funny, after it scored, one of our drivers said his hands were shaking so badly he could hardly hold the controls.

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by EricH

I hope you're joking. If it fits in the electronics budget, you can use it. (Use is not reccommended, due to risk of interference from other robots using the same technology.) Unless you can quote a rule that disallows ultra-sonic...

Ultrasonics are allowed, and the VEX ones are very high quality for the price and will interface to the RC very simply.

I think the odds of an ultrasonic collision are very low. I have never intentionally tried to cause one, but the sensors really aren't sampling most of the time. We never had any collision issues as far as I know all of 2006.

[Cooley744]

Wow! That is amazing. I hadn't even considered a double keeper auto.

[jerry w]

Congratulations on the successful execution of the "brother's keeper".
Our team talked about this maneuver. It is great to see someone actually succeed at it.
Each robot was limited to a single keeper. Thus, after hanging your own keeper, your robot had to return and grab a keeper from a brother robot. Hanging the second one does not mean that you are now your brother's keeper. It just means that your robot can handle your brother's keeper.

I hope to see a writeup of the method used to do this.

Jerry w