pic: Exploding Tick Tigers

[gorrilla]

what kind of airplane is that in the backround?

[Doug Leppard]

Originally Posted by gorrilla

what kind of airplane is that in the backround?

It is a "private jet" Boeing 737. I had heard it belongs to the sheik of Dubai.

[GBIT]

Quesiton:
How do you guys plan on being legal with no bumpers on the sides. I noticed that you had no fame rails on the sides and bumpers need to be supported by frame. You need these by the rules to support the bumpers. Just wondering....

[Doug Leppard]

Originally Posted by GBIT

Quesiton:
How do you guys plan on being legal with no bumpers on the sides. I noticed that you had no fame rails on the sides and bumpers need to be supported by frame. You need these by the rules to support the bumpers. Just wondering....

Thanks for input. This only a practice bot, much is not by the rules. This bot will never see a competiton.

Our real bot will have legal bumpers.

[GBIT]

Ok cool there has been a lot of talk in terms of bumpers and such and i just wanted to make sure... see you in Atlanta I hope i want to see it in action

[redbarron]

Man and I thought that building three was bad .... We built three bases this year. We built the base for team 120 and they did their own superstructure, and then our competition and practice bot. Congrats for pulling the triplet operation off!! And they look great too I gotta take some notes next time I see ya Dave

Hope to see you guys in Atlanta since we couldn't make it to Florida this year.

[Doug Leppard]

Originally Posted by redbarron

Man and I thought that building three was bad .... We built three bases this year. We built the base for team 120 and they did their own superstructure, and then our competition and practice bot. Congrats for pulling the triplet operation off!! And they look great too I gotta take some notes next time I see ya Dave

Hope to see you guys in Atlanta since we couldn't make it to Florida this year.

Thanks for the encouragement. Yes it was a real stress to build four, but by that time you know how to do it. Problem is that we now know what we needs to change on the three shipped bots for Thursday and we have a lot to do on Thursday, so that will be a challenge also.

But good thing is that we have more driver practice and know now what problems we will have and can fix them.

[etgrant69]

I was crunching numbers last night (yes, for fun) and noticed two of these powerhouse teams (1251 & 1902) are in the top 10 most consistant teams attending the Florida Regional in the last 5 years and 1251 is #1! Check out the data posted on our website.


Who is the most consistant team in Florida?

-=Ed=-

[gorrilla]

Originally Posted by etgrant69

I was crunching numbers last night (yes, for fun) and noticed two of these powerhouse teams (1251 & 1902) are in the top 10 most consistant teams attending the Florida Regional in the last 5 years and 1251 is #1! Check out the data posted on our website.


Who is the most consistant team in Florida?

-=Ed=-

wow we're 13th

is the ranking only based on final seeding?

[Doug Leppard]

Originally Posted by etgrant69

I was crunching numbers last night (yes, for fun) and noticed two of these powerhouse teams (1251 & 1902) are in the top 10 most consistant teams attending the Florida Regional in the last 5 years and 1251 is #1! Check out the data posted on our website.


Who is the most consistant team in Florida?

-=Ed=-

I guess we made the right move partnering with 1251. Glad as the youngest team to be on this list.

[etgrant69]

Yes, the data is taken from the official FIRST data (linked to by the years) and then averaged by the number of years attending.
(2005+2006+2007+2008+2009)/Years

[1902_Battery_SGT]

[quote=etgrant69;853766]Yes, the data is taken from the official FIRST data (linked to by the years) and then averaged by the number of years attending.
(2005+2006+2007+2008+2009)/Years[/Q

instead of just adding up all the ranks and dividing by the number of years, would it not be more 'accurate' if the lowest and highest rankings where thrown out? That way you could have a more accurate average?

[etgrant69]

[quote=1902_Battery_SGT;853768]

Originally Posted by etgrant69

Yes, the data is taken from the official FIRST data (linked to by the years) and then averaged by the number of years attending.
(2005+2006+2007+2008+2009)/Years[/Q

instead of just adding up all the ranks and dividing by the number of years, would it not be more 'accurate' if the lowest and highest rankings where thrown out? That way you could have a more accurate average?

That's the great thing about metrics, there are alot of ways to evaluate the data.
But, now that you mention it, I'm going to go back and see what the results would be under those conditions.

[David Guzman]

That's pretty cool.

I like to see that we are first, however over the years it has been proven that rankings are not an accurate way to measure a robot's performance/ability. Although I got to admit is still pretty cool to see a collection of data from the past 5 years.

Thanks for putting it together and sharing.

[etgrant69]

[quote=1902_Battery_SGT;853768]

Originally Posted by etgrant69

Yes, the data is taken from the official FIRST data (linked to by the years) and then averaged by the number of years attending.
(2005+2006+2007+2008+2009)/Years[/Q

instead of just adding up all the ranks and dividing by the number of years, would it not be more 'accurate' if the lowest and highest rankings where thrown out? That way you could have a more accurate average?

I doubt this will look right here but here is the revised list based on Scott's suggestion. As you can see it does change the standings with one notable exception. 1251 is still #1.

Team 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Years Avg
1251 16 4 4 3 8
1592 7 9 8 3 8
233 5 2 18 3 8.333333333
79 8 15 6 3 9.666666667
179 13 11 13 3 12.33333333
180 8 23 8 3 13
1649 18 9 13 3 13.33333333
801 23 6 15 3 14.66666667
1341 19 16 15 3 16.66666667
1557 35 12 11 3 19.33333333
1345 10 33 2 21.5
1902 20 24 2 22
1523 32 27 10 3 23
1065 32 14 2 23
108 21 25 26 3 24
386 17 14 44 3 25
744 38 18 2 28
1144 28 28 2 28
945 14 41 30 3 28.33333333
86 21 39 2 30
168 34 35 23 3 30.66666667
408 31 31 2 31
312 37 28 2 32.5
665 47 37 17 3 33.66666667
1543 44 14 43 3 33.66666667
342 40 30 2 35
1029 16 41 49 3 35.33333333
1390 15 43 48 3 35.33333333
21 29 39 47 3 38.33333333
1875 36 46 2 41