Most Innovative Teams

[Akash Rastogi]

Who are the most mechanically innovative teams to pass through FRC? What years and what mechanisms?

2010- Winnovation with their brilliant 6 wheel swerve, 67 and 1717's gas spring hanging mechanisms.

2008- Winnovation and Simbotics with their surgical tubing ball launchers (Granted they weren't the only ones)

Could you tell I'm a Winnovation fan?

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[sgreco]

118 in 08 stands out to me. The waterjet cuts, robonaut v6, coaxial swerve, surgical tubing launcher...quite awesome and quite innovative. There week 3 video goes down as one of the best teasers of all time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAJBC-DDL9w

I'm seeing a surgical tubing trend...

[Jeffy]

'08
1108- Suction ball control with a catapult. Very cool!
2337- We all know "das boot"

'09
1108 (again)- Human fed spiral, with physical switches as indicaters of a pin.
1986- If there empty cell launching strategy had worked better, they would have been unstoppable
525- A shooter that loads like a shotgun round, very cool to watch.

'10
The loopers -
469, 125, 2992
And since 1625's hanging mechanism hasn't been mentioned: Gas shock power

[sgreco]

I'm ashamed of myself for not mentioning this in my first post.

1771 in 08 is absolutely the coolest robot ever.

[dodar]

2007: I guess i have to jump on the Winnovation bandwagon too, their ramp lifter lifted 2 robots AND themselves off the ground

2008: 1771 had the suckiest robot that year ;-) and it worked!

[sgreco]

I think 71 making weight in 2007 was pretty innovative in itself, never mind how good they were. Dual 12 inch ramps, effective gripper and a swerve drive. A lot of teams made tradeoffs to get one of those three things and Beatty had all three.

[AdamHeard]

254/968 in their huge focus on continuous improvement, efficient design (especially in their drivetrain) and efficient manufacturing techniques.

Unconventional isn't necessarily innovation.

[fuzzwaz]

I really liked 2337's robot this year, I truely thought it was one of a kind

[Jen.Scharl]

Originally Posted by fuzzwaz

I really liked 2337's robot this year, I truely thought it was one of a kind

we nicknamed it "ca-chunk" thats the sound it makes when it hangs. lol

and the mid-season addition of a double-functioning scoring diverter was nice too

[Aren_Hill]

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

[musicspeaks]

This year, undoubtedly, 469.

I was irrevocably impressed.

[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.