Lonestar Regional 2010

[Pjohn1959]

Congrats to Danny Diaz from 418, the new Woodie Flowers winner at Lone Star.

[Meredith Novak]

Love the color commentator and interviews on the Lonestar webcast. What an amazing idea!!!

[The Lucas]

Originally Posted by Meredith Novak

Love the color commentator and interviews on the Lonestar webcast. What an amazing idea!!!

Ya combine it with 230's instant replay and 987 DVR functionality and we would have something truly amazing and professional done on a amateur's budget. Keep up the great work everyone, I am truly impressed with the quality of webcasts this weekend.

[ttldomination]

I must say, compared to the other webcasts I've seen, Lonestar was BY FAR, the best one. Excellent Job.

As to the robots, congratulations to all of the robots in the finals. I couldn't tell what was going on with 148's roller, but it was nice to see them battle it out and work with their partners to garner a win.

Also props to the finalists for giving the first seed a run for their money for all 3 finals matches.

[Elizabeth Waters]

Congratulations Teams 148, 118, and 247! Y'all played fantastic matches.

[JVN]

Originally Posted by ttldomination

I couldn't tell what was going on with 148's roller, but it was nice to see them battle it out and work with their partners to garner a win.

The ball sensor was bent in for Final 3. As a result, the robot thought we had a ball in the intake for the entire match; and the intake would not suck in. This is why the autonomous sat in place. This is why we REALLY had difficulty in Final 3. Luckily for us, 118 played an amazing match in a virtual 3v1 situation, and sealed the deal. Ugly wins still count, right? 148 <3 118.

-John

PS - We're (of course) redesigning the ball sensor mount, and also adding a control override for the intake. That failure will NOT happen again. However, we're really good at finding new failures!

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by JVN

The ball sensor was bent in for Final 3. As a result, the robot thought we had a ball in the intake for the entire match; and the intake would not suck in. This is why the autonomous sat in place. This is why we REALLY had difficulty in Final 3. Luckily for us, 118 played an amazing match in a virtual 3v1 situation, and sealed the deal. Ugly wins still count, right? 148 <3 118.

-John

PS - We're (of course) redesigning the ball sensor mount, and also adding a control override for the intake. That failure will NOT happen again. However, we're really good at finding new failures!

JW John, what exactly is the method you guys are using to sense a possessed ball? I currently have the denso running even with the ball in possession. Is there a reason why you didn't just let it run?

Thanks,
Akash

[Jimb0]

Hey does anybody have a video archive link of day 2 from the regional? We in the stands didn't get to see the interviews they were doing during the timeouts in the semi's.

Oh and don't forget Paul's son and his awsome dance moves.

Any help finding these video's would be greatly appreciated..

Atlanta Bound!!!!!!!!

Thanks again to the teams 118 & 647, ya'll did Great.

[Kevin_Morris]

Originally Posted by Jimb0

Hey does anybody have a video archive link of day 2 from the regional? We in the stands didn't get to see the interviews they were doing during the timeouts in the semi's.

My dad recorded the finals and mentioned he also caught the interviews. However, he said that was also when the webcast started having trouble buffering. You are more than welcome to a copy.

I would like to convey a special thanks to all the volunteers at LSR, especially the inspectors. There were many teams giving you head aches over the weekend. You kept cool and collected as we all had to make the mad dash to get everyone inspected on Friday. Great job.

[Austinite]

On behalf of team 2789, I want to say that we had a fantastic time and really enjoyed the strong competition. Congrats to teams 118, 148, and 647 on their win.

Also, special thanks needs to go out to teams 118, 2486, and 418 for lending us either parts or expertise.

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

JW John, what exactly is the method you guys are using to sense a possessed ball? I currently have the denso running even with the ball in possession. Is there a reason why you didn't just let it run?

Thanks,
Akash

Um...Really? Here are a couple of reasons why *we* don't let the motor run. I'm not sure what Mr. Neun's reasons are.

1. Don't want to stall the motor. Stalling the motor = BAD. During the finals at Palmetto, our sensor wasn't tripping as well, and the window motor was stalling. We could smell it from the drivers station. 343 was nice enough to spray their freezing blast onto our window motor before each match, or we would've been more toast. (pun intended )

2. In some instances with a particularly-not-well-inflated ball, the ball will get sucked into the robot further than 3". (That is of course if you're not using a hard backing). Which, if you are facing a physical backing, then you'll more than likely stall the motor, and then you're back to reason 1.


Our method is that the backing for the ball is hinged, so when the ball comes in, the backing goes in with the ball. And then at the appropriate 3", the backing trips a switch, which turns off the motor.

[James Tonthat]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

JW John, what exactly is the method you guys are using to sense a possessed ball? I currently have the denso running even with the ball in possession. Is there a reason why you didn't just let it run?

Thanks,
Akash

When I last saw it, it looked like they were using an IR beam of some sort. (Think of a garage door opener.)

Great job to 148, 118, and 647. Those finals matches had some definite heart stoppers.

Also, great job to 624, 704, and 3103 for putting up a valient fight.

[JaneYoung]

For me, the mark of a good match is the show of determination, good coaching, and grit. We saw a lot of that in these teams.

Congratulations to all of the award winners. Well done.
A special congratulations to FRC 2881 on the Judges' Award - you made Austin proud! Congratulations to 118 on the Chairman's!

Congratulations to 418's, Danny Diaz, on the 2010 Lone Star Regional Woodie Flowers Finalist Award. I know first hand, the amount of work and effort that Danny puts into FLL in our region and the amount of work, effort, inspiration, and encouragement that he brings to 418. I'm sure his wife, Dawn, and his daughter, Olivia, are very happy to see his tireless contributions recognized in such an awesome way.

Lone Star added two Dean's List Finalists to the group:
Ashvin Bashyam from FRC 2583 and Carlos Pineda from FRC 1480. Congratulations and well done.

The webcast was wonderful; kudos and thanks to the addition of the color commentary and interviews. That was a welcome and awesome addition and I hope to see more of that in our future.

Well done Lone Star,
Jane

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by Pjohn1959

Congrats to Danny Diaz from 418, the new Woodie Flowers winner at Lone Star.

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Congratulations to 418's, Danny Diaz, on the 2010 Lone Star Regional Woodie Flowers Finalist Award. I know first hand, the amount of work and effort that Danny puts into FLL in our region and the amount of work, effort, inspiration, and encouragement that he brings to 418. I'm sure his wife, Dawn, and his daughter, Olivia, are very happy to see his tireless contributions recognized in such an awesome way.

Thanks everyone for the congrats. This means a lot to me; I have a wonderful group of guys and gals on 418, and great mentors that I work with (like Jane and Bertucci) who really help/force me to step up my game every year. This is something I will treasure forever!

-Danny

[TubaMorg]

Lone Star added two Dean's List Finalists to the group:
Ashvin Bashyam from FRC 2583 and Carlos Pineda from FRC 1480. Congratulations and well done.

We were very happy to see Carlos join the Dean's List Finalists. If anyone knew his story, you would realize he truly epitomizes gracious professionalism. He suffered a tragic personal loss at the beginning of the season and he kept coming to work on the robot. Every day. Not a single person would have blamed him for stopping, but he didn't. He was committed to the job and he saw it through to the end. No excuses...ever. Enough said.

I would also like to extend our thanks to our 8th seed alliance partners 2587 (The DiscoBots!) and 2583 (Westwood HS) for joining us! We played them hard in an excellent alliance and the Lonestar Champs.

Congratulations to 118, 148, and 647, you guys did great! It was a very exciting finals.