2009 IRI- Who has applied?

[Jon Jack]

Changes!? What Changes?!

Wasn't the robot supposed to be done back in February? Aw, man... Now I gotta get the kids back together *sigh*

[Nick Lawrence]

Wait, we can work on robots.... OUTSIDE OF BUILD WINDOWS???!!!

It took me all year to get used to it.


-Nick

[robodude03]

Originally Posted by Raumiester2010

We auto load

we haven't made many changes in our system, just sped everything up so we can be even more lethal.

it is also fun to look at the team listings too to see who is represented, Michigan is represented well just glancing, i managed to count at least 12 MI teams. that is 1/6 the field coming from the Great Lakes State ^-^

Most of our time has been spent fixing the battle damage caused by the Curie Finals We will most likely be adding some new autonomous modes to our robot, but no big changes otherwise.

[OZ_341]

We are adding a gyro to improve autonomous and also re-assembling our twin for use by pre-rookies in the Early Career matches.

All together it should not take too much time. (famous last words!)

[OZ_341]

Hi Everyone!

If any team that is staying at the Spring Hill Suites and has overbooked thier rooms, we would love to take over any extras that you might have.

We are about 3 rooms short.

We would deeply appreciate any help with this issue.

Thanks for considering this request.

Al Ostrow
Team 341

[OZ_341]

Originally Posted by OZ_341

Hi Everyone!
If any team that is staying at the Spring Hill Suites and has overbooked thier rooms, we would love to take over any extras that you might have.
We are about 3 rooms short.
We would deeply appreciate any help with this issue.
Thanks for considering this request.
Al Ostrow
Team 341

Thank you to everyone that offered their help with our hotel situation. We recently had our problem solved and now have enough rooms.

As always, the spirit and concern shown by the teams on CD leaves you speechless. We look forward to meeting everyone at IRI.

Best Wishes!

Alan Ostrow
Team 341

[Raumiester2010]

Originally Posted by robodude03

Most of our time has been spent fixing the battle damage caused by the Curie Finals We will most likely be adding some new autonomous modes to our robot, but no big changes otherwise.

heh heh heh, sorry about that... what did we do to you? (we being our driver)

[robodude03]

Originally Posted by Raumiester2010

heh heh heh, sorry about that... what did we do to you? (we being our driver)

LOL, no worries. That's the name of the game in the finals We had some broken ultrasonic sensors, broken lexan, broken gyro. All has been fixed now and our lexan now has stitches with a band aid. I'll post a pic of the band aid, our drive team got a kick out of that one.

[ShotgunNinja]

Hey, anyone know if it's against the rules to replace the main internal breaker on the power distribution board with a larger (ie. Higher wattage) one?

If not, I have a lot of stuff to do so our robot doesn't blow another fuse during a match...

Our captain just now realized that we don't have unlimited amperage and that there's no such thing as electromagnetic feedback from the CIM motors, and that our two giant fans, onboard compressor, belt motors, drive motors, mini-belt motors, and solenoid setup don't draw more amperage than the main breaker fuse will allow.

So it's up to me, the programmer, to fix the robot so it still has all of those devices, and they still can be pushed up to their limits, without blowing the fuse. Before the end of the month.

I kinda feel like that guy from the Apollo 13 mission...

[Chris Fultz]

Below is the final team list for the 2009 IRI -
This is a great lineup and we are excited for the competition!

16 Bomb Squad
33 Killer Bees
45 TechnoKats
47 Chief Delphi
48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
67 Heroes of Tomorrow
68 Truck Town Thunder
70 More Martians
71 Team Hammond
79 Krunch
107 Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S
111 Wildstang
116 Epsilon Delta
118 The Robonauts
135 Black Knights
148 Robowranglers
179 Children of the Swamp
217 ThunderChickens
222 Tigertrons
234 Cyber Blue
245 Adambots
254 The Cheesy Poofs
269 CooneyTech Robotics
292 PantherTech
330 Beach Bots
341 Miss Daisy
365 Miracle Workerz/MOE
393 Full Metal Jackets
399 Eagle Robotics
447 Team Roboto
461 Westside Boiler Invasion
469 Las Guerrillas
503 Frog Force
573 MechWarriors
829 The Digital Goats
830 Rat Pack
832 Chimera
868 TechHOUNDS
888 Robotiators
910 The Foley Freeze
980 ThunderBots
1000 Cybearcats
1008 Team Lugnut
1018 RoboDevils
1024 Kil-A-Bytes
1038 Thunderhawks
1108 Panther Robotics
1114 Simbotics
1501 Team THRUST
1503 Spartonics
1529 CyberCards
1538 The Holy Cows
1625 Winnovation
1646 Boiler Precision Guessworks
1649 EMS
1675 Ultimate Protection Squad
1714 More Robotics
1720 PhyXTGears
1732 Hilltoppers
1741 Red Alert Robotics
1747 HBR
1760 Robo-Titans
1771 North Gwinnett Robotics
1902 Exploding Bacon
1923 The MidKnight Inventors
2056 OP Robotics
2194 Fondy Fire
2199 Robo-Lions
2753 Team Overdrive
2775 Liberty-DeWALT Robotics
2826 Wave Robotics
2970 eSchool eBots

[Akash Rastogi]

w00t the East Coast is gonna rock this thing. Give those Midwest and West coasters some trouble guys!

[EricH]

But the West Coast is sending their best--and they do tend to give some tough matches when they play the Midwest and the East Coast and all those other areas.

[Chris is me]

Happy to see that the Hilltoppers made it into the final list. Yet another quality Wisconsin team that's smart enough to pull out some good upsets. Frankly I'm surprised they weren't selected in Atlanta.

Wisconsin's going to do well this year. Two of the all-star Rookie teams this year, now on top of that throw 1732 along with the regional winners, I think we're all ready to show the state a few hours over what we're made of :-)

Now onto the draft.

[OZ_341]

That is quite a list!
Miss Daisy is looking forward to seeing some old friends and especially making some new ones.
Our whole team is pumped about the trip!

[Raumiester2010]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Happy to see that the Hilltoppers made it into the final list. Yet another quality Wisconsin team that's smart enough to pull out some good upsets. Frankly I'm surprised they weren't selected in Atlanta.

Wisconsin's going to do well this year. Two of the all-star Rookie teams this year, now on top of that throw 1732 along with the regional winners, I think we're all ready to show the state a few hours over what we're made of :-)

Now onto the draft.

Hmm which state could you be referring to... XD

*Points east from Wisconsin*