pic: Team 190 2008 Teaser 1

[Francis-134]

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[Matt C]

Wow Lexan, that's a first for you guys isn't it?

[Greg Perkins]

I don't know if that was a sarcastic statement, but I'll answer the non-sarcastic answer. Team 190 in 2002 built their robot almost completely out of lexan (I know this because at battlecry that year they got pulled in half and I helped fix it).

Looks good 190

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Greg Perkins

I don't know if that was a sarcastic statement, but I'll answer the non-sarcastic answer. Team 190 in 2002 built their robot almost completely out of lexan (I know this because at battlecry that year they got pulled in half and I helped fix it).

Looks good 190

And then there was 2004... Not going to forget that one easily.

[Matt C]

I was a mentor on 190 those years. I just forgot my smiley. I actually have a section of the 2k3 lexan "Wings of DOOM" in my office (it's really a cubicle).

[Brandon Holley]

wheres the suction guys ??

[Racer26]

Yeah... 190 '04 was definitely something to be marvelled at.

We competed with them at the Wonderland Invitational at Canada's Wonderland, Ontario, Canada. We won, with the assistance of 1241, and 1114. 1241's massive 5pt ball catching net, and amazing human player, and our flawless autonomous teamed up to score ridiculous points. I recall one match where 190 hung in autonomous and spread their lexan wings, and I think we just slammed our claw right on top of their wings, and hung anyway.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by 1075guy

...and I think we just slammed our claw right on top of their wings, and hung anyway.

This wouldn't score you any points as you needed to be supported by the bar, and only the bar... see http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/17417
This was at the 2004 NJ Regional. In the semis (or quarters?) my team (#11, MORT) hung on team 237 (who could strafe back and forth on the bar). The referees deemed us not hanging because we were attached to them.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

This wouldn't score you any points as you needed to be supported by the bar, and only the bar... see http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/17417
This was at the 2004 NJ Regional. In the semis (or quarters?) my team (#11, MORT) hung on team 237 (who could strafe back and forth on the bar). The referees deemed us not hanging because we were attached to them.

Somebody tell the L.A. refs that!!!! [/sarcasm]

The rule was that if your support (other than the bar) was removed, and the robot would still be hanging from the bar, then you were hanging. At least that's how the L.A. refs called it. (314 on top of 330 in the second or third finals match. Literally on top of, as well as figuratively.)

Oh, well, hopefully the reffing will be more consistent this year, with the ref training course.

[Racer26]

I dont recall whether we were actually on top of their wings or if we'd managed to slide our claw under theirs... either way, I know we got the points, and it WAS a first year offseason event, so reffing might not have been 100% accurate.

[Matt C]

Lets not get on a tangent. I see a segmented upper claw with a window motor without window tape. I'm still trying to figure out the offsets on the pinned cross tubes. With the presence of the pot, I'm guessing this is an early picture of some sort of powered ball feeding device, an articulated upper arm to fit inside the starting configuration, or an elaborate ploy to avert our attention from their obvious anti-gravity CVT with onboard INS, GPS, and scented pine tree air freshener.

[WernerNYK]

Originally Posted by Matt C

Lets not get on a tangent. I see a segmented upper claw with a window motor without window tape. I'm still trying to figure out the offsets on the pinned cross tubes. With the presence of the pot, I'm guessing this is an early picture of some sort of powered ball feeding device, an articulated upper arm to fit inside the starting configuration, or an elaborate ploy to avert our attention from their obvious anti-gravity CVT with onboard INS, GPS, and scented pine tree air freshener.

Darn, you figured us out!

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Matt C

... elaborate ploy to avert our attention from their obvious anti-gravity CVT with onboard INS, GPS, and scented pine tree air freshener.

Correction: It's lemon scented.

[Matt C]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

Correction: It's lemon scented.

I never said it was pine scented, merely a scented pine tree.

I might have to get one of these to you guys just so you have a spare when the first one wears out.