Zone Zeal Year in Review

[Aaron Lussier]

What about best looking wheels.

^--------Poor attempt at getting people to type my teams number
I should'nt have even done this.

oh well

[Melissa Nute]

Best Bot of 2002 - 173

Best Ball Collector - 86 (if run properly we could get all balls in less than a minute)

Best Dual Goal Grabber - 60

Best Triple Goal Grabber - 71

Strongest Pulling/Pushing Bot for a rookie (just for you Nataku) - 810

Best Hybrid (Ball Collector/Goal Grabbing Bot) - 121

Best Sound Effects - 86 (Pac Man )

[Renzorocks]

Best Bot of 2002 - Team 121

Best Ball Collector - Team 175

Best Dual Goal Grabber - Team 60

Best Triple Goal Grabber - Team 71

Strongest Pulling/Pushing Bot - Team 88

Best Hybrid (Ball Collector/Goal Grabbing Bot) - Team 121

Best Rookie Robot - 716!! awesome robot, u guys have a great future

[Ashley Weed]

Originally posted by D.J. Fluck
Vote for:

Best Ball Collector 121 and 95 and 175

Best Dual Goal Grabber 25

Best Triple Goal Grabber 71

Strongest Sitting Bot 190

Best Hybrid (Ball Collector/Goal Grabbing Bot) 173

Best looking bot 263

Originally posted by verdeyw
How about best runner/mini-bot/tether device/whatever you call it... Team 84

A quick overview of my votes:
I nominated 121, 95, and 175 all because we didn't have any ball capabilities this year and every time I saw these robots in action it just amazed me.
I nominated 25 because they are just awesome! You guys rule and are extremely good at what you do. Thanks for all you helped us accomplish this year.
My vote for 71 is self explanitory.
190 Should receive votes for best sitting bot. Once they got ahold of the goals they were going to sit and watch, and you really had to work to do anything about it. (apologies again for the breaking of your arm)
The vote for 173 is another obvious one.
Coolest looking robot goes to 263 I hope it's right, and they are the Campbell Soup team from N.J. You have to go look them up, and just see the design, you'll get a luagh and be purly amazed.

Best mini-bot, and I am trying to do this completely unbaised, but sorry I have to do it, because I believe it is true is team 84. If you haven't seen it in action be sure to catch a glimpse of 'Moose' this fall. I will attempt to attach a picture, but it is truly amazing. Moose weighs in at a hefty 9 lbs. and is a 4" mini-bot with antlers and a tail. The tail lies flat on the floor and can not cause entanglement. Moose is fully controlable by a joystick, and the operator is 'crazy'. Moose is not afraid to attack robots larger than her, can push a goal, maneuver around balls, and out run robots. Moose is responsible for all of the awards that team 84 won this year, and specifically was awarded the Leadership In Control Award for her design, uniqueness, and controling.
PLEASE, anyone who has ever competed with the 'Moose' or has seen the 'Moose' in action feel free to comment, or cast your vote for her.

[Rob Colatutto]

Originally posted by weedie

Coolest looking robot goes to 263 I hope it's right, and they are the Campbell Soup team from N.J. You have to go look them up, and just see the design, you'll get a luagh and be purly amazed.

263 is not cambells soup team!! we are symbol technologies and citi corps team, from long island... the small black robot that had the flames painted on it, sometimes refered to as the "evil microwave"

[RBrandy]

OK

Overall Best TEAM-45

Best Bot of 2002-71

Fastest Bot-No vote

Best Ball Collector-45

Best Single Goal Grabber-No Vote

Best Dual Goal Grabber-201

Best Triple Goal Grabber-71

Strongest Pulling/Pushing Bot-93

Best Hybrid (Ball Collector/Goal Grabbing Bot)-121

Best looking bot-111

[Perseus]

this is kinda off topic....but looking at all the "71" 's i remembered this. Does ne one remember how dominate beatty was 2 years ago. I mean, my team at the time, MOE, benefitted from it alot, but i mean, i think that 71 deserves some real credit for building sych great robots back to back

[evulish]

Originally posted by weedie


Moose is fully controlable by a joystick, and the operator is 'crazy'.

Yeah...that operator was a bit off. She couldn't even drive straight. Sheesh. Who was it again? Oh yeah...you

*runs away and hides for eternity*

[Chris]

Best Bot of 2002: 60

Fastest Bot: 60

Best Ball Collector: 121

Best Single Goal Grabber: How could you people forget SPAM 180?

Best Dual Goal Grabber: That drove Between and grabbed: 60
That Grabbed Front to back : 254/343

Best Triple Goal Grabber: I think all teams that tried this were Very Brave 365,71,384,21,195 to name a few But the best was obviously 71

Strongest Pulling/Pushing Bot: 180

Best Hybrid (Ball Collector/Goal Grabbing Bot): 121

Best looking bot: 67

Chris
New Member of Clarkson FIRST team.
00-02 Team 151 Wildcards

[Ashley Weed]

Originally posted by Nataku


263 is not cambells soup team!! we are symbol technologies and citi corps team, from long island... the small black robot that had the flames painted on it, sometimes refered to as the "evil microwave"

Eeekkk, sorry for that. They were at the Mid Atlantic regional, look like a giant loaf of bread, and was the Campbell Soup team, I believe from Cambden N.J.

[Mike371]

Best Bot of 2002 - Team 173
They were really impressive in the LI regional

[Gary Stearns]

Team 95 has my vote for Best Ball Bot @ the NE Regionals 173 gets a nod too BUT TEAM 236 TECHNO TICKS I /We modistly think was pretty cool too.

[Matt Reiland]

Biggest wheels is easily one of the rookie teams, something like 999 they had wheels that were at least 2' in diameter.

[Joel J]

I nominate:

Best Bot of 2002: NO IDEA!
No idea.

Fastest Bot: 60
They were the fastest moving robot I saw this year. 18fps, wow'ish!

Best Ball Collector: 95
Hands down! No other ball bot could scoop up 20 balls in ~5 seconds. Long live the popcorn popper.

Best Single Goal Grabber: 66
Biased nomination.. I think its right, though.

Best Dual Goal Grabber: 60 || 469
Team 60's and team 469's tenacious traction and ability to maneuver the goals once they latched onto them was amazing.

Best Triple Goal Grabber: 71
Hands down! No other three goal grabber had the power, speed, and robustness of this machine (unless I missed something). Very impressive idea and implementation.

Strongest Pushing Bot: 180
Dangerous robot. Saw videos of them at KSC showing the goal who was boss. Also got a personal demo during the Championship Event finals. These guys could push!

Best Hybrid: 121
Yup...

Best looking bot: 60 || That yellow robot with the silver arms
Wasn't paying too much attention to the actual look of the robots at the competitions, but these two stood out in my mind.

umm...

Best Wheels: 151
I loved the wheels.

Most Impressive Rookie Bot: 810
This robot could push! Yea, they broke a few times, but when they worked they looked awesome.

[Joe Menassa]

Best Dual Goal Grabber=190

Best Triple Goal Grabber=71

Strongest Pulling/Pushing Bot=469

Best Hybrid (Ball Collector/Goal Grabbing Bot)=121

Best looking bot=60

Most exciting to watch=173 (their design was amazing)