pic: You guys remember what most of us said would never happen last year?

[Akash Rastogi]

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[Jonathan Norris]

it can...






at IRI

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

it can...






at IRI

Dang, loophole! Well, all the more reason to apply to IRI this year.

[Uberbots]

if all 3 of those robots show up on the same playing field, that would be an epic match.

i doubt there would be a moon rock left unscored 0=

[Lil' Lavery]

There hasn't even been any video of 217 posted on Chief Delphi. Nor has a single match been played by any of the three robots, or even anyone period.

Chill out, let the season play. Who knows? Maybe it'll turn out that corner dumpers and human players is the best strategy of all.

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

There hasn't even been any video of 217 posted on Chief Delphi. Nor has a single match been played by any of the three robots, or even anyone period.

Chill out, let the season play. Who knows? Maybe it'll turn out that corner dumpers and human players is the best strategy of all.

This.

Good looking machines and track records aside, these teams have as many wins and losses as everyone else right now.

[JesseK]

These teams all do simple things well. Such is great engineering, don't get me wrong.

But other than 1114 saying that they've learned how to do sheet metal, I don't really see any of the three teams doing something new & hard to each individual team. I suppose what I'm curious about is, what have the three teams learned this season that they'd care to share? Are you guys doing anything special with the 900K of data you're receiving back from the robot? Did you try anything new <to you> mechanically?

I think possibly the biggest thing the rest of us can learn from this is the coopertition side of things. When teams work together to design things rather than going it alone, you can really come up with magnificent machines. I am one of the many at this point who are totally humbled by watching videos of such dominant machines.

[ComradeNikolai]

I never thought refrigerators could look so intimidating.

Really, though, was FIRST sponsored by GE or some other company this year?

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by ComradeNikolai

I never thought refrigerators could look so intimidating.

Really, though, was FIRST sponsored by GE or some other company this year?

I am jealous of the refrigerator that looks like this.

[ComradeNikolai]

Originally Posted by Jared341

I am jealous of the refrigerator that looks like this.

You should see my kitchen.

These are sweet, though. I want to see them in action.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

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“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.” -- Sun Tzu

Every robot is defeatable, and every strategy is defeatable. All these teams have produced great looking robots with excellent capabilities. But they are far from undefeatable.

Good luck teams, the games start in just 1 week.






... and they do look scary together, don't they?

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.” -- Sun Tzu

Or, in the words of the just-as-eloquent and prophetic Dennis Green,

"IF YOU WANT TO CROWN EM, CROWN EM!"

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Jared341

Or, in the words of the just-as-eloquent and prophetic Dennis Green,

"IF YOU WANT TO CROWN EM, CROWN EM!"

But we don't know if they are who we thought they were.

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

But we don't know if they are who were thought they were.

Looks like the younger Lavery is looking for a seat on the GDC -- he's already mastered Buddhist kōans.

[Jessica Boucher]

The better question is, how is YOUR team doing? What are YOU doing to make your team better, stronger, closer to YOUR goals?

Your job is you. Focus on yourself and your team. Research of others is important, but it should be focused on how you can learn from it. Once you learn and you share what you've learned, everyone will benefit. Speculation for the sake of speculation is just wasted time.