Top Bots for 2009?

[Steve Kaneb]

The best robot/driver combination I have seen this year is 121.
If they are not pinned for the whole match, you can reasonably expect two to three dumps of about 10 balls from them.
No other team has the consistent collection that 121 has displayed. When teams are trying to defense, but failing to pin them, The Rhode Warriors gallop around the field grabbing a shocking number of balls.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Shooters= 1114, 188, 1771, 1717, 368, 217 anyone im missing? 2415 is good too. Heard from 100 that 1323 was decent. =D

987, and depending on how you classify them, 148

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Rookies= 2815, 2753, 3025

2775

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

987, and depending on how you classify them, 148


2775

Wow how could I miss 987 and 2775. My apologies.

[astallasalion]

Based on what I personally saw at the two regionals I went to, (I'm not gonna count TBA/CD videos/pictures, there'd be too many to list if I did)

Best shooter - 1771 hands down.
Best dumper - 342
Best rookie - 2815

[sgreco]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Shooters= 1114, 188, 1771, 1717, 368, 217 anyone im missing? 2415 is good too. Heard from 100 that 1323 was decent. =D

I'd add 40 to that list.

Also a correction from my earlier list...2056 owns.

I didn't watch Waterloo because my team was competeing, but after watching 2056 at GTR there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that they are among the top 5 robots this year.

[Buckles121]

Originally Posted by Steve Kaneb

The best robot/driver combination I have seen this year is 121.
If they are not pinned for the whole match, you can reasonably expect two to three dumps of about 10 balls from them.
No other team has the consistent collection that 121 has displayed. When teams are trying to defense, but failing to pin them, The Rhode Warriors gallop around the field grabbing a shocking number of balls.

Thanks man. With out new and improved fan, we get around the field quicker. =)

[JackN]

The top robots I have seen in person:
67-Just the best scoring machine. They are fast and strong and can empty a hopper quickly.
68-Big hopper, fast scoring, smart driving, they are tough to beat.
85-A very fast scorer that can quickly end a match if they get an opening
217-The ThunderChickens are a great scorer, they can blow a team out so quickly.
469-I am a big FAN of this robot. They are so strong and they navigate the field very well.
910-I haven't seen them since their first regional but their continued success and strong scoring there leads to me ranking them here
1918-I have seen this team grow over 3 events, they score lots fast, nobody picks up balls better

Teams I have seen online
71, 111, 148, 254, 1114, 1625

[JHay]

I would have to say that 67, 85, 216 (Great defense and driving), 504, 904 were some of the toughest competitors that we had at WMD and would personally like to thank them for all the professionalism that they showed us at GVSU. Sorry if I forgot any other heavy hitters at WMD.

(TY for the mention 1504! )

[dwaynetrip3119]

Originally Posted by Raumiester2010

Thanks for mentioning us,

our robot can hold about 15 balls in our hopper and about 10 -11 ish balls in our conveyor system. that's plenty to really ruin someones day if we get a full load out on you. too bad it didn't happen that way too often. great job to 217 and 67 for knocking us out of the elims at Troy. one team that was a little overlooked was 3119. though they are a rookie team and they don't score, they did a great job of playing def against us at troy, allowing 67 and 217 to wreak havoc on us and our allience GJ guys.

Thank you for mentioning us. We gave it all we had in that competition. When we lost in the semis at wayne state, we had a feeling that we would bounce back with a win at Troy. The funny thing is that I told my teammates that it would be like so cool if we were teamed with 67 and 217. We would take care of defense and they would score. And look it actually happened. I really hope that teams could stop overlooking us because if you search 3119 on this website. You would see that teams are actually believing that we are the best defensive team in the state of michigan. I also been receiving kudos from other teams and volunteers that i was the best human player out there. I was told that i made more super cells than anyone else. Well thank you again and i will see you this week at EMU!!!!!

[Nurnburger]

I'd have to say 1717 is the best I've seen. They went undefeated at Sacramento. We lost by 6(?) points in the first semifinal match against them, but when our elevator malfunctioned in the second match we got smashed.

[BT987]

i think 254 is insane.
330 has a crazy drive train and can control matches with just one dump its scary.
any video of 1717?

[Akash Rastogi]

What about best gravity dumpers? I think they'll be the best 2nd round picks in Atlanta, if not, some may be captains.

I don't know of many others but I'm putting ourselves up for that one.

11 (mind you we're one of the few that can stop our dump in the middle of scoring), 316, 342?- They were gravity dump right? Me thinks...

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by BT987

any video of 1717?

look here for some of the LA long beach matches, 1717 was in quite a few of them....including the finals

http://www.youtube.com/user/frc1726

[Johnny]

Originally Posted by Jared341

254/968 are incredible

AGREED!!!

Some of the best west coast teams throwing up some huge numbers:
254(Cheesy Poofs)
968(RAWC)
1538(The Holy Cows)
330(Beach Bots)
987(HighRollers)
1622(Spyder)
1717(Penguineers)
1388(Eagle Robotics)
973(Greybots)
1266(The Devil Duckies)
Yes, I am including my team because we have finished in the semifinals in both our regionals and were seeded 2nd at the Vegas regional with a 8-1 record. With some midifications, our robot is now a very effective scoring robot. Our team isn't known for its robot, but this year we are going to be.
399(Eagle Robotics) How could i forget such a dominant robot? I don't know

All these teams are capable of scoring over 20 balls in a match very easily, most likely more if given the chance. These teams are sure to be in Atlanta(except 330 and 1388 : ( I believe) and are sure to be a force in any divison.

My favorite rookie teams so far have been 3006 and 3009(both competed in Vegas). 3006 was an effective scoring robot that lead an alliance to the finals and 3009 had an effective defensive/super-cell gathering robot and also recieved the Rookie All-star award.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

What about best gravity dumpers?

1625, 234, 2068, 179, etc