TARDEC/Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) Discussion

[Zach O]

I think you might be missing one Lisa, you only have 23 on there. Or will there only be 23 teams there? Either ways, thanks so much for the list!

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by Zach O

I think you might be missing one Lisa, you only have 23 on there. Or will there only be 23 teams there? Either ways, thanks so much for the list!

New to the list is:
3401 - Orchard Lk. St. Mary's

[kenavt]

Thanks a lot! I updated the OP. So, is anyone sure how TARDEC is doing the alliance selection for the elimination rounds?

[Richard McClellan]

Here's a live stream for those who want to watch from home!

http://qik.com/video/7136828

[Richard McClellan]

Unfortunately we've had to take down the feed. It was streaming live from a Droid phone but after an hour or so the phone started overheating.

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by kenavt

Thanks a lot! I updated the OP. So, is anyone sure how TARDEC is doing the alliance selection for the elimination rounds?

Alliances will be determined according to where the teams seed. It should get interesting early tomorrow with teams playing the coopertition game trying to end up in the right spot. Alliances will be as follows (12 qualifing matches each):

1 - 9 - 17
2 - 10 - 18
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8 - 16 - 24

Rankings after day one attached:

[johnr]

Thank you Jack for the update and info. Richard,that was surprisingly good video, i hope you didn't fry the phone. The only thing i wish they had was some stands for visitors. Alittle hard to see the field.

[Basel A]

Another update: 2337 had their second suspension of the year, with 2619 hanging off (previously accomplished with them on the Ann Arbor practice field, finally done in play). Picture is coming soon (Media upload)

[Carolyn_Grace]

Today was great. I can't wait to go back tomorrow. It was so much fun to be at a competition where everyone was really just hanging out and talking and forming relationships that are hard to form during official FIRST competitions. I loved the atmosphere at the IGVC.

I hope more FIRST students go check out the actual IGVC pit area. Talking to the college students and professors was very cool. They were all really impressed that high school students built "those other robots" and they thought that Breakaway was really exciting. They couldn't believe that we built our robots in just 6 weeks.

So, students: go talk to them! Learn what schools they're from, make some connections. A few of the guys I talked to were very interested in the fact that one of our students did the majority of the programming himself, and wanted to try and recruit him for their school! You never know what opportunities may present themselves, but it doesn't hurt to go looking for some.

[johnr]

2337 seemed to have found a new location to start from and hang too. Did the back-side one hook hang count?

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by johnr

2337 seemed to have found a new location to start from and hang too. Did the back-side one hook hang count?

Indeed it did. Before states, we had discussed the possibility of playing with 469, and in that discussion the idea of hanging from the near zone came up. Many of us suspected we could do it, but (to my knowledge) it was never tried, game, practice field, anywhere. And now, we find out it works! Yay!

[hektormagee]

If you guys played D in your defense zone like you did on us at championships, it would have been awesome. I still think your hang mechanism/deflector was awesome.

[kenavt]

Originally Posted by Basel A

Indeed it did. Before states, we had discussed the possibility of playing with 469, and in that discussion the idea of hanging from the near zone came up. Many of us suspected we could do it, but (to my knowledge) it was never tried, game, practice field, anywhere. And now, we find out it works! Yay!

Are there any pictures of this happening?

[Richard McClellan]

trying a different streaming application today...here's the live feed!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/zerotruths/v3

[kenavt]

Originally Posted by Richard McClellan

trying a different streaming application today...here's the live feed!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/zerotruths/v3

Thank you so much. I think that's only reason why I don't run off screaming all the way to Oakland. Forty miles is a long way.