Car Nack Predicts 2010-4

[Jamie Kalb]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

I predict week 4

Week 4 ... Boston?!? Akash, you said you were making changes, but I didn't expect this!

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Jamie Kalb

Week 4 ... Boston?!? Akash, you said you were making changes, but I didn't expect this!

LOL

I know Tom will be laughing at this post when he reads it.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Yah, where is the 254 bot? No video or even a picture!

Originally Posted by Enigma's puzzle

Are we foreshadowing something???

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

I know Tom will be laughing at this post when he reads it.

All I was trying to say is that there's tons of teams who haven't competed yet. The ball catcher isn't exceptionally difficult to build, so its within reason that we could see a few more of these.

I'm not saying 469's robot isn't wonderful (because it is). I just try not to count my chicks before they hatch.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Predicting robots to get on Einstein is not bad in week 2. By now, most good robots have made a debut whether on youtube or a regional and we are not saying, "Well we might as well hand over the trophy because they are going to win!". Predictions are different from facts. Anything can happen and everything will happen between now and Atlanta. So 469 has a very good chance of making it to Einstein, but we aren't asking for the trophy to be handed over.

There are two main reasons to not predict in week 2.

The number two reason is that strange new strategies or countermeasures may pop up, like the "A-Bomb".

The number one reason is that Beatty has not fielded a robot yet.

[=Martin=Taylor=]

The 254 robot has both 469 style shoots and a 217 style kicker. It dominates as usual. I believe they scored well over 37 points at their scrimmage... alone!

It also has a claw that can be used to forcibly grab alliance partners and lift them into the air for 3 pt bonuses.





























...and it flys.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by =Martin=Taylor=

The 254 robot has both 469 style shoots and a 217 style kicker. It dominates as usual. I believe they scored well over 37 points at their scrimmage... alone!

It also has a claw that can be used to forcibly grab alliance partners and lift them into the air for 3 pt bonuses.
...and it flys.

AND their autonomous scores from all zones, even the opponent's zones.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

AND their autonomous scores from all zones, even the opponent's zones.

Into all four goals.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Into all four goals.

Simultaneously.

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Simultaneously.

Chuck Norris.

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Simultaneously.

Up hill - both ways.

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by =Martin=Taylor=

The 254 robot has both 469 style shoots and a 217 style kicker. It dominates as usual. I believe they scored well over 37 points at their scrimmage... alone!

It also has a claw that can be used to forcibly grab alliance partners and lift them into the air for 3 pt bonuses.

...and it flys.

Wait..... that's what I told my drive team 71 will do. If that's what 254 will do what the heck will Beatty be unveiling this week in Chicago?

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Jamie Kalb

Week 4 ... Boston?!?

Team 125 the Nu-trons are the other ball defelecter that is out there so far if they ever get it working. They were having troubles at the Suffield shake down but it looked like their plan was to hang, fold out and redirect.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

The number one reason is that Beatty has not fielded a robot yet.

I like the way you think.

And I'm fully confident that a 30 point score will be broken, it will be at a Regional or District, in a Lucky Match and with Lucky Pairings. I'd guess that it would be a QM, where the opposing alliance is weak, and 469 is involved, but we'll see.

Also, dependent on how 6 Vs. 0 Matches play out, we could see a 6 vs 0 turn into a 30 point match.

[Bob Steele]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

Wait..... that's what I told my drive team 71 will do. If that's what 254 will do what the heck will Beatty be unveiling this week in Chicago?

Team 71 will grab all 12 balls on the field at the beginning of the match and hold them the entire time before scoring them all in the last 5 seconds...

legally...

while hanging...

with two other robots on them...

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

Team 71 will grab all 12 balls on the field at the beginning of the match and hold them the entire time before scoring them all in the last 5 seconds...

legally...

while hanging...

with two other robots on them...

I think you were looking for the Andy Baker thread ...