2008 New Jersey Regional

[Ricky Q.]

Are they not running the practice match schedule outlined in the FIRST manual? They might be behind and wanting to speed it up, I have just started watching.

From The Tournament:
The first five minutes of each practice match will start with a 15-second hybrid period,
followed by a “free-form” session, in which the ROBOTS may be exercised to evaluate
operational characteristics, gain driver experience, determine system robustness, etc.
During this five-minute period robots avoid robot-to-robot interaction.

(15 sec Hybrid, 4:45 Teleop)

The second five minutes of each practice match will be conducted as a “competition
match” with approximately two minutes for set up, two minutes and fifteen seconds of
regular game play (including operations), and one minute to clear the field.

(Normal Match)

[Mr. Lim]

Sweet 1547 =P

Waldo's speed and size will be good for 7+ laps a match, even in traffic!

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Ricky Q.

Are they not running the practice match schedule outlined in the FIRST manual? They might be behind and wanting to speed it up, I have just started watching.

From The Tournament:
The first five minutes of each practice match will start with a 15-second hybrid period,
followed by a “free-form” session, in which the ROBOTS may be exercised to evaluate
operational characteristics, gain driver experience, determine system robustness, etc.
During this five-minute period robots avoid robot-to-robot interaction.

(15 sec Hybrid, 4:45 Teleop)

The second five minutes of each practice match will be conducted as a “competition
match” with approximately two minutes for set up, two minutes and fifteen seconds of
regular game play (including operations), and one minute to clear the field.

(Normal Match)

Looks like they're just running 2 "competition matches" with the same teams.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

1547's drivers are great. 25 looks good, as usual. Should be easy to play keep away with them, though.

[Tottanka]

4 hurdles by 25, last one almost got placed on overpass.
awesome robot, awesome drivers, awesome Hybrid.

[JesseK]

Nice try 25, couldn't get it to stick on top at the end. Nice score.

[Nawaid Ladak]

i like it this way

[Tottanka]

the scissors bot is really god! just placed a ball on overpass

[Chris Marra]

25 seems to have alignment difficulties knocking balls off of the overpass, both during auto and teleop. I'm sure this is just programming and driver training, but it does show the flaw in the "nudging-a-ball-with-something-that-is-over-6-feet-tall" concept. That being said they ran two very impressive rounds, and their pickup method really shined.

But I was REALLY impressed by Waldo's drivers and the way their robot seemed to be handling the course. They got a solid 7-8, seem to be sliding around the corners pretty well, and managed to deal with traffic really well. A really strong showing for the strengths of RC car robots.

[BoyWithCape195]

It Died

[Fireworks 234]

Did the webcast just die on anybody else or was it just me?

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by BoyWithCape195

It Died

ditto

[Martino]

NO!!!! it just died on me!!! did it do that for anyone but me?

[Vince lau]

i think it died for everybody

[Bomberofdoom]

OMG! Just when i restarted to fix my WMP