pic: West Coast Collaborationz and Team 254 Present

[phrozen solyd]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Considering the similarities to their 2004 robot, I'm sure this version was completed pretty early in the build, allowing for more practice and tweaking. A good robot, heavily tweaked with practiced drivers usually goes very far.

Great work. Can't wait to see it in Atlanta.

Actually, funny thing is, we stayed awake for the last 48 hours of build, trying to finish the robot before the FedEx guy arrived. A week before ship, we had to completely redesign and rebuild the entire arm gearboxes.

At least we've got the practice robot to play with until Sacramento.

[Yan Wang]

Awesome looking robot. Last year, your robot was my favorite - it did everything and it did it so well.

I went to your website (as the caption suggested) and I found that the robot's weight is 129lbs. Is that with or without the battery? When we weighed our robot with the battery, it was somewhere between 132 and 133lbs.

[pakrat]

how many teams are meber of the West Coast Collaborationz?? Just you and 60, or are there more this year?

[Katy]

Very nice!

Though I am a bit scared at the idea that a game suppose to be "rookie friendly" and a game that can be played with an almost-last-year's robot are suppose to be the same thing.

[activemx]

I dont think 60 is collaborating with 254 this year. But i might be wrong.

[Yan Wang]

Originally Posted by activemx

I dont think 60 is collaborating with 254 this year. But i might be wrong.

I think you're right. Early in the season, 60 released a concept animation of their robot, the Revolver, which could store 4 tetras on itself. 254's robot doesnt look anything like it except for the base.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Yan Wang

I think you're right. Early in the season, 60 released a concept animation of their robot, the Revolver, which could store 4 tetras on itself. 254's robot doesnt look anything like it except for the base.

It was later posted that it was only that-a concept.

I've heard they aren't working together as well.

[Kyle]

It looks great, cant wait to see it at Nats again, kinda

[J Flex 188]

I believe 22, our gracious hosts for the second leg of our exchange program to Southern California this year are the other part of this collaboration, or so the scuttlebutt has been.

Now I hope that we are allied with them again in the elims

[phrozen solyd]

Originally Posted by J Flex 188

I believe 22, our gracious hosts for the second leg of our exchange program to Southern California this year are the other part of this collaboration, or so the scuttlebutt has been.

Now I hope that we are allied with them again in the elims

You're right, we're working with 22 pretty extensively this year - their robot is almost identical. But we still share a lot of strategy and design with 60 and vice-versa, by no means are they "out" of the collaboration.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Team 60's robot also looks very similar, save the end effector.


(found on the team 60 website)

[BoyWithCape195]

What ever that thing is

[MasonMM]

On the website for 254 it says you guys can pick up three tetras at once... I'm wondering where you get the tetras from... do you have to knock them off one by one from the auto loader, stack the three together on the floor, and then pick all three up from the bottom one? Or do you have a tricky way for the human player to load them on there? or can it all be done from the auto loader... I'm very curious to know...

and any problems snatching a tetra from a loader and still being on the HDPE triangle... it looks like your arm sticks our pretty far from your base.

[activemx]

I think you should have waited or asked 60 for permission before posting their robot picture. Just my thoughts on it.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by activemx

I think you should have waited or asked 60 for permission before posting their robot picture. Just my thoughts on it.

They're in publicly available image galleries on their site.

My rule of thumb is if I don't want someone to see it, I don't put it in a place where it can be found.