Pre-event scouting--IRI

[kenavt]

Jeremypg399, do you want us to update our posts with offseason stuff and post reminders here? (at TARDEC, we got a second suspension plus went to the semis)

[Jeremy Germita]

Although I wasn't planning on that, That would be good.

I didn't plan on this as some IRI teams, 399 included, don't go to offseasons (Besides IRI, of course!).

Question: is TBA listing Offseasons this year? I know they did in previous years, but I didn't see anything about 2010.

[apalrd]

You want stuff from off-seasons too?

TARDEC IGVC:
8-4 quals
#1 seed (also #1 in hanging and coopertition points)
6-0 in elims
Winner
Best match: 17-6 WIN finals1 (33, 2137, 66 vs 51, 469, 245)

You already know the robot features from above.

[kenavt]

TARDEC/IGVC: (7-5-1) Semifinalists (lost to eventual winner 33, 66, and 2137). Highest scoring match: 17-13 W (tied for highest score on a side)

[Siri]

Team 1640, Sab-BOT-age

Events Attended:
Finger Lakes Regional
Philadelphia Regional (Semifinalists, Xerox Creativity Award)
- PA Robot Challenge (Semifinalists, GP Award)
- Monty Madness (Quaterfinalists)
- Bridgewater Raritan Battle Royale (Semifinalists, Engineering Excellence Award)

Highest Scored Match:
Philadelphia Regional, Qual 55, 9-1, WIN
Philadelphia Regional, Qual 65, 8-4, LOSS

Season Record: 10-12-1

Robot
Does your Robot hang? No, but we usually score enough to make up for it.
Over the bump? quite well, and we've never even come close to tipping.
Through the tunnel? without issue
Drivetrain specs? 4-wheel independent, continuous-turn pivot drive. CIM drive, window motor steering. Crab, snake, and aim (rotate around ball) modes. (Won Xerox Creativity at the Philly Regional)
Special notes? (Hang time, position, driver changes from competitions, preferred field placement):
Can start (and move to!) in any zone.
Very good near-zone scoring and mid-field clearing/scoring (we even have a mirror to see balls hidden by the bump).
Excellent defense, both out-maneuvering and out-pushing (just ask 341). Kicker will clear at least 1 bump if not 2, and we've scored from the far zone.
Our lead driver has driven for 2 years now, and our back-up will have 2 off-season competitions before IRI and drove some last year. Both our coaches have been on the drive team for 4 years (one as a driver for 3).
Our human players have never gotten a penalty. The robot has incurred 2 penalties in 23 matches.

Thanks for assembling all this!

[Jeremy Germita]

Another update...

GREEN - Means up to date, complete
ORANGE - Means no incomplete or out of date
BLACK- Means I have ZERO info

10/82 teams with All info in.
12%

1 16 Bomb Squad
2 33 Killer Bees
3 45 TechnoKats
4 48 Delphi ELITE
5 51 Wings of Fire
6 67 HOT
7 68 TTT
8 70 More Martians
9 71 Team Hammond
10 93 NEW Apple Corps
11 107 Team ROBOTICS
12 111 Wildstang
13 116 Epsilon Delta
14 118 Robonauts
15 135 Black Knights
16 141 WO-BOT
17 148 RoboWranglers
18 171 Cheese Curd Herd
19 217 Thunderchickens
20 233 The Pink Team
21 234 CyberBlue
22 292 PantherTech
23 294 Beach Cities Robotics
24 330 Beach Bots
25 343 Metal-in-Motion
26 359 Hawaiian Kids
27 393 Full Metal Jackets
28 399 Eagle Robotics
29 461 WBI
30 469 Las Guerrillas
31 494 Martians
32 503 Frog Force
33 537 Charger Robotics
34 573 Mech Warriors
35 694 StuyPulse
36 829 Digital Goats
37 830 Rat Pack
38 832 Oscar
39 868 TechHOUNDS
40 888 Robotiators
41 910 Foley Freeze
42 980 ThunderBots
43 1018 RoboDevils
44 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
45 1038 Thunderhawks
46 1058 PVC Pirates
47 1086 Blue Cheese
48 1094 Channel Cats
49 1108 Panther Robotics
50 1114 Simbotics
51 1327 S-Botz
52 1477 Texas Torque
53 1501 Team THRUST
54 1519 Mechanical Mayhem
55 1529 CyberCards
56 1538 Holy Cows
57 1592 Bionic Tigers
58 1625 Winnovation
59 1640 Sab-BOT-age
60 1646 Precision Guessworks
61 1675 UPS
62 1714 MORE Robotics
63 1718 fighting Pi
64 1720 PhyXTGears
65 1730 Team Driven
66 1732 Hilltoppers
67 1741 Red Alert
68 1747 HBR
69 1902 Exploding Bacon
70 2056 OP Robotics
71 2062 CORE
72 2081 Icarus
73 2171 RoboDogs
74 2194 Fondy Fire
75 2337 EngiNERDS
76 2481 Roboteers
77 2771 Code Red Robotics
78 2775 Jackson Area Robotics
79 2826 Wave Robotics
80 2949 pwnage
81 3138 Innovators
82 3176 Purple Precision

If you are shown in ORANGE or BLACK, post your info here,
If you are shown in GREEN, thank you very much!

I have some info on:
67--They defeated us in Newton QF's, I had to research them!
330--Pit and Arena scouting in the Arizona Regional
359--Same as 330
469--I've heard great things about their bot
980--Same as 330 & 359
1592--Pit and Arena scouting from the Colorado Regional

330, 359, 980, and 1592 just need to inform of any changes, deeper descriptions of their bots would also be nice.

Everyone else in orange, I have your match scores.

If you don't want to reveal your team's info, I respect your privacy, just shoot me a PM saying you don't want to, or with the info there.

App updates:
The Fourth of July release date is still on. In the next couple weeks, I'll show the other scouts on 399 the app.
I had another idea:

Perferred Starting zone. By the autonomous modes you have, I put you into 4 categories:
NEAR
MID
FAR
ANY

If there is anything different, post here.

-Jeremy

[Carrington]

Team 1625 WINNOVATION

Events Attended:

-Kansas City Regional
-Finalist
-Engineering Excellence Award
-Record:12-4-1
-2nd Alliance Captain

-Midwest Regional
-Semifinalist
-Regional Chairman's Award
-Record:10-4-0
-2nd Alliance Captain

-Galileo Division
-Winner
-Division Winner
-Record:13-3-0
-3rd Alliance Captain

-Einstein Field
-Semifinalist
-Record:1-2-0


Highest Scoring Matches:

Galileo Semifinal 2 Match # 2
-1625, 2056, 3138 vs. 78, 51, 2122
-20-9 Win

Einstein Semifinal 1 Match # 2
-1625, 2056, 3138, vs. 67, 294, 177
-22-14 Win (Highest scoring match on Einstein)

Season Record: 36-13-1

Robot Specs:

Drivetrain:
-Six Wheel Coaxial Swerve Drive
-13 Feet Per Second

Kicker:
-Variable Tension Kicker
-Cam Style Release Mechanism
-Can Score From Every Zone

Roller:
-Pinch Roller on a Hinge
-Top Roller Made of Trackball Bladder
-Bottom Roller Made of Blob Tape(Electrical Sealant Tape)
-Run By a Polycord Slip Clutch

Hanging:
-Side Pole Hang
-Gas Shock Powered
-Average Lineup Time 5 Seconds
-Average Hang Time Zero Seconds

Bump:
-Yes

Tunnel:
-Yes

Autonomous
-Auto From All 3 Zones
-Can Score From All 3 Zones

[Jeremy Germita]

Wow. In all the work I've been doing to put this together, I've forgotten to post my own team's info.

Team 399
Eagle Robotics

Events:

Arizona Regional
Quarterfinalists
5-7-0
Innovation in Control Award

Colorado Regional
Semifinalists
9-4-1
Engineering Inspiration Award

Newton Division
Quarterfinalists
6-3-3

Season's Highest Scored Match
Newton Division QF1 M1
399-308-2619 v 67-294-177
14-18 loss

Robot Info

Hang:
No

Bump:
Yes

Tunnel:
Yes

Drivetrain:
6 Wheel Drive Tractions

Notes:
Perferred Starting zone: MID
Autonomous and scoring in mid and near zones. Can score from all zones
Deflector Shield, Effective in any zone, Excellent Feeder, moderate ball control, great pushing power(nearly tipped 330 in Arizona), CAN Bus.
Bungee Cord Deflector Shield can feed balls into the near zone, Articulates.

Picture:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/35391


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Update:
The app is complete.
I will just send it off to a few other scouts get any feedback.

I am assembling a PDF of the information I have gathered.

I might start sending PMs to people... Or not... I'll have to see.

If you have any scouting data on any other IRI teams, PM me. I'll accept data back to MSC and the Championship Event*

*Reason:
MSC and Championship teams have already attended at least 2(some cases 1) events and have gotten their strategies/mechanisms decided

[Jeremy Germita]

Is anyone still interested? I am getting the feeling that I am doing this in vain...

I have alot of the stuff done. I just need more info.

Like I said, I'll take information back to MI State Champs and the Championship Event.

I'll take a look at 1114's scouting database and get what I can from there. If you have any scouting info from any event, send it to me in a PM.

I'll try as hard as I can to get this done by July 4th. I might push it back a week if things don't go as planned.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by jeremypg399

Is anyone still interested? I am getting the feeling that I am doing this in vain...

I have alot of the stuff done. I just need more info.

Like I said, I'll take information back to MI State Champs and the Championship Event.

I'll take a look at 1114's scouting database and get what I can from there. If you have any scouting info from any event, send it to me in a PM.

I'll try as hard as I can to get this done by July 4th. I might push it back a week if things don't go as planned.

What data do you need? What numerical data do you want? Obviously I can't do much to tell you about specific mechanisms but any numbers you want I can get you if you ask.

[Jeremy Germita]

I have many teams' records, events, and matches. The info I really need is about the robot, as it isn't really on the internet.

Thanks, Andrew, for the offer.

[pwnageNick]

Team 2949 PWNAGE


Events Attended:

Midwest Regional
-Finalist
-Engineering Excellence Award
-Record:11-4-2
-4th Alliance Captain
-Defeated HOF team 111 Wildstang, and Galileo Champion 1625 Winnovationin in the semi-finals

Greater Toronto Regional
-Semi-finalist
-Record:7-4-3
-Lost to team 1114 Simbotics and team 2056 OP Robotics in semi-finals
-We were the closest team in regional play to defeating Simbotics, we tied them 10-10 in the last qualifying match



Highest Scoring Matches:

Midwest Regional:
-Qualifying Match #59 W 12-3
-Qualifying Match #65 W 12-4

Greater Toronto Regional:
-Semi-Final Match 1 L 15-11



Season Record: 18-8-5
2 Events Attended



Robot Specs:

Drivetrain:
-4 Wheel Tank Drive
-Omni Wheels in the back for smooth turn
-Grippy wheels in front for Power
-8 feet/second

Kicker:
-High Power Kicker
-Cam Release Mechanism
-Can Score From Every Zone
-Can Kick once every second- no reload time

Ball Control:
-Vacuum
-Holds onto the ball and never lets go until its kicked
-Lasts the whole Match
-Only working effective vacuum in all of FRC

Hanging:
-Hook that telescopes out, and winchs up.
-Efficient, only failed twice the whole season.
-Can also work as a good defence mechanism
Hangs from the side/bump

Bump:
-Yes, and doesn't crash around

Tunnel:
-Yes

Autonomous
-Auto From All 3 Zones
-Can Score From All 3 Zones

WE ARE ALSO THE ONLY TEAM THAT CAN BLOCK 469
WE CAN REACH UP AND DEFLECT BALLS AWAY FROM THEIR MECHANISM AND TOWARDS OUR OWN SIDE.

This is our second year in FRC and we are located in Batavia, IL. Just an hour west of Chicago.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by pwnageNick

WE ARE ALSO THE ONLY TEAM THAT CAN BLOCK 469
WE CAN REACH UP AND DEFLECT BALLS AWAY FROM THEIR MECHANISM AND TOWARDS OUR OWN SIDE.

Legally? How?

OP: If you need info on the rest of the teams, I can give you unofficial, no-guarantees info that's as good as my memory.

Originally Posted by pwnageNick

-Only working effective vacuum in all of FRC

News to me.

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by pwnageNick

Only working effective vacuum in all of FRC

I think there were a lot of teams that had effective vacuums, but they accepted the rollers after they saw how dominant they were.

- Sunny

[pwnageNick]

Legally? How?

Well, I suppose just like 469 gets, we would get 1 penalty for extending beyond the height parameters for the normal robot size configuration, but the penalty that we get and the penalty they get would be cancelled out. Other then that, we are not breaking any rules by doing this. We would simply be able to extend our arm that we hang with because it can extend at an angle, which would therefore allow us to block balls above them and deflect the balls towards our alliances offensive zone.

Quote:
Originally Posted by pwnageNick
-Only working effective vacuum in all of FRC
News to me.

I said effective. 2791 had a record of 15-12-5. They averaged 4.4 goals per match per alliance.They also did not ever make it to the finals. Finally, it does not look like they can hang. 2949 pwnage had a record of 18-8-5, we averaged 6.7 goals per match per alliance, made it all the way to the finals while facing harder opponents then that of 2791, and also can hang.


Quote:
Originally Posted by pwnageNick
Only working effective vacuum in all of FRC
I think there were a lot of teams that had effective vacuums, but they accepted the rollers after they saw how dominant they were.

- Sunny

This is very true Sunny. A good example is Wildstang. We went to their practice driving event before shipping day, and they saw our vacuum and thought it was really cool. Sure enough when we showed up for the Midwest Regional, they showed up with a vacuum. Although there's didn't end up working as well. Lets just say that it felt really good to defeat them in the semi-finals.