What's Your Favorite Autonomous (or Hyrbid) Ever?

[Billfred]

Consistency from year to year is a little tougher to gauge, since The Big Goal In Autonomous Mode isn't necessarily the one that teams choose to do. (2005 comes to mind.)

That said, some favorites come to mind:

25 in 2006: These guys had it nailed. When folks at New Jersey started aiming their autonomous at them, they implemented a delay to throw them off again. It's definitely a contributing factor in their undefeated streak stretching from New Jersey through Vegas and all the way to Saturday in Atlanta.

111 in 2003: StangPS was ahead of its time. Chart out your waypoints, download to the robot, run. In a game where autonomous execution was a huge advantage, you couldn't beat it.

254/968 in 2006: It was a simple autonomous--drive forward and shoot. They couldn't pan, due to the design of the robot, but its ability to abort the run based on sensor feedback (such as, say, due to a hit) made it more powerful than similar teams' designs.

1902/1369 in 2007: The keeper wasn't as big as some years' autonomous goals, but 1902 (and, to a lesser extent, its twin 1369) were able to execute beyond compare, all the way to Einstein in the former's case.

1114 in 2008: To steal a label from another Canadian, the Simbots of this past season were The Excellence of Execution. I don't think there was anyone more effective at both lines and balls.

1519 in 2008: Reports of Speed Racer getting two laps in autonomous at some off-season events should send chills down the line of everyone.

910 in 2007: Two keepers in a match where most matches were lucky to even see one attempted. I don't know if it would've stuck as well in the regular season, where autonomous countermeasures are more likely to develop, but the feat is undeniable.

[R.C.]

I would like to say 233 last year, 2007.

[=Martin=Taylor=]

237 - 2005 - They could do the impossible... Cap the vision tetra
190 - 2004 - Nobody stops Gompei!
980 - 2003 - I remember that bot from 2003 Cal-Games. The box-basher-arm thingy was awesome.

Found some vids of 980 too.

[ATannahill]

Your second link is the same as the first.

[Cory]

980 and 233 in 2005

[R.C.]

Just wondering, does anyone have links or vids for these awesome autonomous or hybrids

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by rc_cola1323

Just wondering, does anyone have links or vids for these awesome autonomous or hybrids

A lot of the 06 ones are on TBA from Atlanta.

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Link fixed.

How did I forget this hilarious doozie? It takes skill to balance those rings

[vivek16]

Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII

Link fixed.

How did I forget this hilarious doozie? It takes skill to balance those rings

Haha, that is cold.

-Vivek

[FoleyEngineer]

Originally Posted by rc_cola1323

Just wondering, does anyone have links or vids for these awesome autonomous or hybrids

I like this version better because it shows the insanity after it happened (match to win the finals, last match of the year).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYogy0ES9bs&NR=1

Also, if we get a chance to incorporate the obstacle avoidance sensors and code that we already have on our 2008 bot, then at WMRI next month we'll crank up the auton driving speed (currently at 58%) to 100% and let it fly. That could get us 8-9 lines and 2 balls. Also our auto-ball capture would be fun after the second ball knock but we'd have to be lucky to have time to launch it.

Aren't robots just the coolest toys ever!

John

[BrendanB]

190 in 2004 is my top favorite, then comes 233 in 2007, and then our(1519) Speed Racer with 9 lines in hybrid-http://www.mechanicalmayhem.org/teamvideos.asp

[njamietech]

Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII

237 - 2005 - They could do the impossible... Cap the vision tetra

Hey our robot did it too (624)

well it was on.... but didn't count. Talk about stressfull

[EricLeifermann]

66 in 2005 could cap the vision tetra in auto as well

[Scott Ritchie]

To me it has to go to 190 in 2004. The way they did it time and time again was amazing. There wasn't any green lights back then to guide you.

The same year 980 also had the ablity to pick up the big ball and then knock off the little ball was a close second.

[Jessica Boucher]

Originally Posted by Scott Ritchie

To me it has to go to 190 in 2004. The way they did it time and time again was amazing. There wasn't any green lights back then to guide you.

190 has video somewhere of their 04 auto where they launched off of 237 at River Rage to get to the bar - when I talk about FIRST to new people, that's the video I used to show all the time.