2010 Palmetto Regional

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by cziggy343

343 had a semi-finalist showing in florida, and ended quals as the number seven seeded team (ended up being the number four alliance however) but next thursday we plan to do a lot of testing with autonomous and our new ball magnet and making our lifting mechanism faster. hoping that all goes well with that

cant wait for next week!

Hahhaa, got rid of the vacs?

[cziggy343]

Originally Posted by ttldomination

Hahhaa, got rid of the vacs?

haven't gotten rid of it yet, just seeing if the ball magnet works a little better

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by cziggy343

haven't gotten rid of it yet, just seeing if the ball magnet works a little better

We got rid of ours when we got our magnets working. It takes almost no lining up, and after we have the ball, we can drive it like we stole it, and the ball doesn't come out.

[cziggy343]

Originally Posted by ttldomination

We got rid of ours when we got our magnets working. It takes almost no lining up, and after we have the ball, we can drive it like we stole it, and the ball doesn't come out.

thats the hope of what will happen to us b/c the vacuum worked well... but only when we are perfectly in line with the ball... so, im hoping that this will give us the little extra edge we need in the driving of the robot

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by cziggy343

thats the hope of what will happen to us b/c the vacuum worked well... but only when we are perfectly in line with the ball... so, im hoping that this will give us the little extra edge we need in the driving of the robot

You and me both.

[Josh Drake]

I think we were getting a good suction on Thursday and into Friday, but come Saturday the balls seemed to have a lot of scratches and cuts on them. That may have contributed to the lack of suction. The magnet should solve that and the lining up issue our vacuum has. We also have a couple of other things up our sleve as Zig mentioned. Thursday will be go go go. At least my bed is 10min. away

[hipsterjr]

By Saturday at Peachtree we completely ditched our elaborite auger and roller system. We are using that weight to make some mods to our arm to function like 4.................................................. ...................
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[Zflash]

With 34 teams attending 17 of them will have Palmetto as their first event 16 will be attending Palmetto as their 2nd event and team 49 from MI will make this their third. No winners yet of previous events yet so everybody will be hungry. Coupled with all the talk about upgrades and this is certainly shaping up to be a competive and interesting event. I know that 1319 will also be showing up with a few improvements in mind as well. I am looking forward to the gameplay and seeing all of our old friends and meeting some new ones as well. Good Luck to all.

[Josh Drake]

Originally Posted by hipsterjr

By Saturday at Peachtree we completely ditched our elaborite auger and roller system. We are using that weight to make some mods to our arm to function like 4...

469! OH NO WE'VE LOST ONE THE DARK SIDE! I imagine other teams may do the same. Good luck with that.

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by hipsterjr

By Saturday at Peachtree we completely ditched our elaborite auger and roller system. We are using that weight to make some mods to our arm to function like 4.................................................. ...................
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Wow...a 469 copy? *really*?

We'll have to see if it is really that effective come Palmetto.

- Sunny

[hipsterjr]

Originally Posted by ttldomination

Wow...a 469 copy? *really*?

We'll have to see if it is really that effective come Palmetto.

- Sunny

Now did I say 469? There you go assuming things. Lets just say, week 1 scouting information will definatly need to be updated for many teams. Aside, you are right, I do expect to see a lot of teams try to copy 469. But there is a big flaw in the stratagy you most account for in your design.

[team1102a]

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[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by hipsterjr

Now did I say 469? There you go assuming things. Lets just say, week 1 scouting information will definatly need to be updated for many teams. Aside, you are right, I do expect to see a lot of teams try to copy 469. But there is a big flaw in the stratagy you most account for in your design.

In my design? Or in 469's design? Regardless, care to elaborate?

[hipsterjr]

Originally Posted by ttldomination

In my design? Or in 469's design? Regardless, care to elaborate?

Sorry, let me be clearer. Many teams will try to do what 469 does, but many will do it poorly because there is a flaw in the "God bot" strategy that 469 addressed in their design and worked around. I will leave it to the imitators to figure that one out.

@ ttldomination, hope that clears it up.

[hipsterjr]

I was planning on bringing my trackball (giant 40" exercise ball for the rookies) for an extreme kickball game during the team social. Any one up for it?

Also, does anyone have a decent sized compressor? Plan B will have to be to take 5 robots and use their compressors together to pump it up .