FASTEST 2008 ROBOT

[ZsHeRm]

Originally Posted by Chuck Glick

Just so you know, TBA or The Blue Alliance, just so happens to EVERY one of your matches archived. To see them, click on the TBA icon next to your team number in the header of one of your posts. Then tell which match you did this epic 16 in! We would all love to see.

i talked to our coach and he said it was in a practice match... not sure if they record those, if they do tell me how to find it. on the other hand there is a match were we made 12 laps http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv...p?matchid=6291

sorry i can't find the 16

[Cory]

Originally Posted by brentmcjunkin

dont remember which number but i heard one could 40 fps

I don't see any realistic way a bot could accelerate to 40 ft/s in 54'. Not unless it weighed like 10 lbs

[commodoredl]

This is a bit off topic, since it concerns '07, but can someone tell me if the Behind The Design chapter on the robonauts is telling the truth?
It says that they managed to achieve 16 meters per second (52.5 feet per second) as a top speed with their V6 and crab drive. That translates to 35.7 mph, which is waaay too high for me to believe. I think they actually were only able to go 16 feet per second. Is that right?

On topic, 2560, you guys have an amazingly fast robot. Every video I saw you guys in, the announcer was always commenting on you. Definitely in the top 5 speeds this year.
I would also like to know 1024's speed, I know the perspective makes them seem faster just like 330 and 1114, but their robot seemed to keep pace with a lot of dedicated lapbots.

[Katie_UPS]

I don't know if its been said, but 902 was pretty fast...
Although I don't think they made it past a regional....

[EricH]

Originally Posted by ZsHeRm

i talked to our coach and he said it was in a practice match... not sure if they record those, if they do tell me how to find it. on the other hand there is a match were we made 12 laps http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv...p?matchid=6291

sorry i can't find the 16

Sorry, but practice matches don't count. Fewer robots, less congestion, and I think more time (not sure about that last one). They're practice, nothing more. 12 in one regular match, now that's a bit better.

[BT987]

another fast robot is 2034 the incredibulls(plus a good auto)

and also i think it was 2150 at vegas that looked reall really fast

[nikeairmancurry]

Well, i can say at the begining of the year, we wer ea racing bot and did about 20fps at pittsburg... We were ranked 3rd at the event..running about 7-8 laps a match if we weren't trying to play some defense... I know we weren't the fastest, but i know for sure if we could just run laps we could consitaly run around 9 laps..good handling and fast..

[Lil' Lavery]

While not the fastest bot out there, 381 was easily the best lap runner I saw all year. And that's no small feat, as I attended NJ, VCU, Philly, NYC, and Championship. They were a phenomenal lapping machine, weaving in and out of traffic without a hitch. Honorable mentions to 1655, 405, and 2016.

[Justin Ridley]

Originally Posted by commodoredl

This is a bit off topic, since it concerns '07, but can someone tell me if the Behind The Design chapter on the robonauts is telling the truth?
It says that they managed to achieve 16 meters per second (52.5 feet per second) as a top speed with their V6 and crab drive. That translates to 35.7 mph, which is waaay too high for me to believe. I think they actually were only able to go 16 feet per second. Is that right?

Oh no, this is true... we'd actually take the thing out on the highway and drag race mopeds.


Looks like a typo... hadn't noticed that. Maybe next year though

[commodoredl]

That's just amazing. It's great to see so many new innovations designed by high schoolers.

[Ken Streeter]

Originally Posted by ZsHeRm

What is the fastest robot ( In feet per second ) in the overdrive challenge?

We didn't attend any tournaments where there have been other "wicked fast" lap bots, but we think our "Speed Racer" would have given other lap-bots a run for their money.

We didn't get to compete with our "Speed Racer" robot configuration during the regular season, but did compete at last weekend's "Beantown Blitz" as a separate team (shown in the standings as "Team 9151").

This was the first tournament in which Speed Racer competed -- during the regular season, only two practice matches were driven at the Granite State Regional. So far this offseason, Speed Racer has only been a "substitute" robot at WPI's Battlecry -- Beantown Blitz, however, was the first tournament in which Speed Racer actually competed, as "Team 9151".

Videos of our best teleop round (13 laps) is now available on the team's webpage at http://www.mechanicalmayhem.org or http://www.team1519.org You can go directly to the page with the video on it at http://www.mechanicalmayhem.org/teamvideos.asp

Our 7-line, 13-lap round was preceded by a match boasting 8 lines in auto and 10 laps in teleop and followed by a 7 line, 11 lap match. I'm sure there must have been some faster robots out there in a straight line, but Speed Racer's maneuverability makes for some very quick laps, whether in competition or on an empty field.

[Skifanatic]

118 was pretty fast in Curie but 1519B aka 9151 was extremely fast - 8 lines in autonomous more than once and over 10 lines per match.