Most Innovative Teams

[Cory]

Originally Posted by dodar

2008: I would like to also mention 190, even though it was deemed illegal, our team thought of their design too and it was a very unique loophole that was almost the perfect scorer for Overdrive, a sort of 469 Breakaway for that year

Minus the part where it didn't work at all.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Cory

Minus the part where it didn't work at all.

I will agree. It was an ingenious design and an engineering challenge, but it didn't work as planned. The most I ever saw was 3 hurdles in one match at their prime. But a rotating double tower with suction cup is amazing nonetheless!

[santosh]

71 in 2004/ there was also a rookie team in 04 that both caught all the balls in a tarp as they fell onto the field from the driver station.
330 in 04 because they built a sick hanging robot that could strafe across the bar to block other from hanging
and of course, 1771 in 08. Sean did wonders with that robot

[BrendanB]

Don't know how this design/strategy worked out, but this was a really cool robot from team 68!

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/14988

[Cory]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Don't know how this design/strategy worked out, but this was a really cool robot from team 68!

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/14988

They had to remove the arms that straddled the center field divider, as reacting off of it was not allowed.

[kreeve]

2008: 1114 - best hurdler, best hybrid mode, best at almost everything.
2009: 2056 - could completely fill an opposing trailer in one dump.
2753 - won both Jersey and Archimedes in their rookie year.
2010: 469 - don't think I need to say any more.
67 - hanging after the buzzer + great scoring in general.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by kreeve

2009: 2056 - could completely fill an opposing trailer in one dump.

Not to discount anything 2056 has done, but a ton of teams could do that last year. Good, but not particularly innovative.

[penguinfrk]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Not to discount anything 2056 has done, but a ton of teams could do that last year. Good, but not particularly innovative.

Xbot 488 was similar, except their robot was opaque. Unless you were looking straight on, you couldn't tell how many were inside. Simple, not particularly ingenious, but effective.

[Chris Hibner]

How about team 45 from 1999-2002 and their innovations in bringing gear shifting to FIRST. That eventually led to AndyMark, which I'm sure everyone has heard of.

Other good ones:

67 in 1998: the first omni wheel in FIRST.

47 in 1998: the first swerve drive system.

27 in 2002: the first Archimedes Screw ball storer/sorter that I saw.

111 in 2001: the first help-your-partners ramp-bot to be successful.

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

27 in 2002: the first Archimedes Screw ball storer/sorter that I saw.

Techno Ticks (236) also had a ridiculous Archimedes Screw that year.