2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by boiler

I was standing next to Andy Baker on Monday evening; at 6:05 his BlackBerry made a squeal and started to smoke.

Luckily, Andy being Andy, he was able to force the smoke back in.

We received 72 applications within 24 hours. I think that now we are in the high 80's. Teams still have time to send in applications. There will be a final list put together this weekend and then invites sent out on Monday (5/12).

I believe that we will be posting a "who has applied" list this morning.

Andy B.

[Andy Baker]

As of this moment, here are the teams who are applying for the 72 spots at the 2008 IRI. We are currently receiving more applications. Please get those in by Saturday (5/10), as we will be sending out invitations on Monday (5/12).

If your team is not listed here, and you think that you have signed up (or still want to sign up), please re-register and send a note to PC@IndianaRoboticsInvitational.org

As we always say, the teams make this event wonderful. Here is the list so far. Keep in mind that this is the applicant list. Invites go out Monday.

1 Juggernauts
16 Bomb Squad
27 Team RUSH
33 Killer Bees
39 The 39th Aero Squadron
45 TechnoKats
47 Chief Delphi
48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
67 Heroes of Tomorrow
68 Truck Town Thunder
70 More Martians
71 Team Hammond
93 NEW Apple Corps
101 Striker
107 Holland Christian Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S.
111 Wildstang
116 Epsilon Delta
118 Robonauts
121 The Rhode Warriors
125 NUTRONS
135 Penn Robotics
141 WOBOT
148 Robowranglers
171 Extreme Engineering
177 Bobcat Robotics
195 Cyber Knights
217 ThunderChickens
222 Tigertrons
233 The PINK Team
234 Cyber Blue
254 Cheesy Poofs
292 PantherTech
330 Beach Bots
364 Team Fusion
368 Team Kika Mana
461 Westside Boiler Invasion
469 Las Guerrillas
494 Martians
503 Frog Force
573 The MechWarriors
578 Blue Lightning
829 Warren Robotics "Digital Goats"
830 Rat Pack
832 Roswell High School Chimera
868 TechHOUNDS
876 Thunder Robotics
888 Robotiators
910 Foley Freeze
931 Perpetual Chaos
968 RAWC
980 ThunderBots
987 High Rollers
1008 Team Lugnut
1018 RoboDevils
1024 Kil-A-Bytes
1038 Thunderhawks
1094 River City Robots Channel Cats
1098 Rockwood Robotics
1103 Commetron
1108 Panther Robotics
1114 Simbotics
1126 SparX
1243 Dragons
1259 Paradigm Shift
1327 SBotz
1379 Gear Devils
1477 Northside Roboteers
1501 T.H.R.U.S.T.
1503 Spartonics
1519 Mechanical Mayhem
1529 Southport CyberCards
1592 Bionic Tigers
1625 Winnovation
1629 GaCo
1646 Precision Guessworks
1675 The Ultimate Protection Squad
1716 Redbird Robotics
1718 The Fighting Pi
1720 PhyXTGears
1731 Fresta Valley Robotics
1735 Green Reapers
1736 Robot Casserole
1739 Chicago Knights
1741 Red Alert Robotics
1747 HBR
1760 Robo-Titans
1902 Exploding Bacon
2056 Patriotics
2171 RoboDogs
2177 The Robettes
2194 Fondy Fire
2197 Las Pumas
2199 Robolions
2377 C Company
2404 TNT
3000 Team DeWalt

Sincerely,
Andy Baker
submitted on behalf of the IRI Planning Committee

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

As of this moment, here are the teams who are applying for the 72 spots at the 2008

Wow that's some list, especially with more to come. I don't envy your committee's job.

[David Brinza]

Whoa!

Nine of the twelve teams that played on Einstein this year are on the list (including 5 of the 6 in the finals)!
Maybe 60, 348 and 1124 will also apply to "complete the set"?

As usual, IRI is going to be AWESOME!!

[Andy Baker]

Just glancing at the list of applicant teams, here are some interesting numbers:

28 different teams have won 38 Regional Championships at 22 of this year's FRC Regionals
9 teams were division winners in Atlanta
9 teams were Regional Chairman's Award winners

Andy B.

[IndySam]

Killer Bees
TechnoKats
Wildstang
Bobcat Robotics
ThunderChickens
PantherTech
Frog Force
Digital Goats
Rat Pack
TechHOUNDS
Thunderhawks
Channel Cats
Panther Robotics
Dragons
CyberCards
Bionic Tigers
Redbird Robotics
RoboDogs
Las Pumas


Quite a menagerie.

[Chris Marra]

Interesting to see that 469 hasn't applied yet. I hope they will be able to make the event and defend their previous wins (I think they have 3?).

Also of note, there are 13 World Championship winning teams (and 17 titles!) currently on the list, 1/3 of the total 39.

[Meredith Novak]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

Just glancing at the list of 85 applicant teams, here are some interesting numbers:

27 different teams have won 37 Regional Championships at 22 of this year's FRC Regionals
9 teams were division winners in Atlanta
9 teams were Regional Chairman's Award winners

Andy B.

And 5 Hall of Fame teams

[David Kelly]

Originally Posted by Chris Marra

Interesting to see that 469 hasn't applied yet. I hope they will be able to make the event and defend their previous wins (I think they have 3?).

Also of note, there are 13 World Championship winning teams (and 17 titles!) currently on the list, 1/3 of the total 39.

469 has now applied.

[smurfgirl]

Originally Posted by David Brinza

Whoa!

Nine of the twelve teams that played on Einstein this year are on the list (including 5 of the 6 in the finals)!
Maybe 60, 348 and 1124 will also apply to "complete the set"?

As usual, IRI is going to be AWESOME!!

We're thinking about it... maybe.

[Cory]

After our original app not making it through, 254 has applied as well.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Cory

After our original app not making it through, 254 has applied as well.

Great, I was surprised when I didn't see you guys on the original list.

[andrew348]

348 will not be attending. We'll there goes the opportunity for a finals rematch.

[JB987]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

We received 72 applications within 24 hours. I think that now we are in the high 80's. Teams still have time to send in applications. There will be a final list put together this weekend and then invites sent out on Monday (5/12).

I believe that we will be posting a "who has applied" list this morning.

Andy B.

Andy,
Any idea what time Monday invites will be posted?

[Chris Fultz]

Invitations will be posted by 6 PM Monday, 12 May.
THis will include the 72 teams plus the first teams on the wait list.

Emails will also be sent to all invited teams with instructions on how to continue the registration process.