Most Innovative Teams

[IKE]

Originally Posted by Aren_Hill

umm guys...469? EVERY YEAR EVER (okay, done now)

Aren's right for as long as I can think back.
2005, the giant tower that could simultaneously stack like 5 or more tetras
2006, their shooter that had the abbility to shoot a coulmn of balls
2007, drawing a blank
2008, They had the side roller collectors that were originally on an arm, and then converted to a luancher (the collectoer was quite different)
2009, Multi-column shooter was pretty original.
2010, What did they do in 2010 again?

[Craig Roys]

Originally Posted by IKE

Aren's right for as long as I can think back.
2005, the giant tower that could simultaneously stack like 5 or more tetras
2006, their shooter that had the abbility to shoot a coulmn of balls
2007, drawing a blank
2008, They had the side roller collectors that were originally on an arm, and then converted to a luancher (the collectoer was quite different)
2009, Multi-column shooter was pretty original.
2010, What did they do in 2010 again?

2007 - Giant airport landing strip ramp similar to RUSH's. It was nice for wide robots like us that year; one of the few we had no problems driving up on.

[ttldomination]

I think that in '08 1771 was pretty much the most innovative. And they have an award to prove it.

In '09, I really liked 111's machine. There was also another team that had a similar implementation of that design and I simply loved it.

In '10, 469 was amazing. I was freaking out when at the bell, the game was tied, and then all of a sudden they score two more goals because of their loop and grabed the win. 67 and 1717 were also pretty impressive with their ability to lift even after the buzzer.

[Akash Rastogi]

Another addition to my Winnovation list - their 2010 lifter was also gas spring powered. These kids are insane.

[jblay]

2010: 67 gas spring powered hanger was the coolest thing of the year.
1717 pushing off of the platform was a truly brilliant idea.
469 god bot
2009: 1280 their idea was so simple but gave them such an unbelievable amount of hopper space.
2008:1771 with their insane vacuum system.
1114 just look at it. the way their winch disengaged is enough to earn them a spot on this thread.
217 pvc grabber with surgical tubing that just worked brilliantly at picking up and launching the balls.
2007: 1717 their ramps where just amazing. pushing off the ground with what i believe was gas springs was just awesome
126 had rollers that could acquire the outside of the ringer and the inside.
330 having the bottom part of their pneumatic attach to the bottom part of their grabber made it so simple to fit within the dimensions.
2006: 25 having their shots be intermittent so that they were more consistent was one of the things that brought them so close to a national championship.

[Hawiian Cadder]

Chainzilla whatever year the tetrahedrons were, that thing was sweet.