Robots in the D

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by RSpartain7

Oh okay cool! I wonder how its going to throw the baseball!?!

My thoughts exactly! Its shooter appears to be a regular 2 wheel shooter, maybe they made some sort of modification.

[OliviaG]

Originally Posted by Jay Money 1058

My thoughts exactly! Its shooter appears to be a regular 2 wheel shooter, maybe they made some sort of modification.

At first I thought they might be using an FTC robot! The only thing I could think is if it was a catapult... apparently not

[Ekcrbe]

I'm not sure but I heard they might have made a custom robot for this purpose.
That would suffice the baseball/RR ball size difference, but it sounds like quite a bit of work for this application.

[OliviaG]

Originally Posted by Ekcrbe

I'm not sure but I heard they might have made a custom robot for this purpose.
That would suffice the baseball/RR ball size difference, but it sounds like quite a bit of work for this application.

Ah, that would make more sense, because I can't see how they would modify their current robot. seems like allot of work though!

[JosephC]

Originally Posted by RSpartain7

Ah, that would make more sense, because I can't see how they would modify their current robot. seems like allot of work though!

But it would definitely be worth it! I'd personally like to see it throw a 200 mph pitch, and then see Verlander try to one up it.

[OZ_341]

If someone involved from Frog Force would like to post how teams can help with online promotion, Team 341 would love help promote this event.
Best of luck to everyone involved.

[OliviaG]

Will I be able to watch it on tv? or streaming online. I just have to see it!

[akoscielski3]

Originally Posted by RSpartain7

Will I be able to watch it on tv? or streaming online. I just have to see it!

There most likely will be a video made after the pitch and put on youtube. Im gonna guess Frog Force will make a video about the event. Not sure if it will be on TV or LIVEstreamed.

[Ekcrbe]

Originally Posted by akoscielski3

There most likely will be a video made after the pitch and put on youtube. Im gonna guess Frog Force will make a video about the event. Not sure if it will be on TV or LIVEstreamed.

The game will be on Fox Sports Detroit and MLB.tv, and they usually show first pitches.

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by PVCpirate

I think there is a possibility that this robot throwing out the first pitch makes it on to ESPN (SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight etc) since it occurs before an MLB game. They accept suggestions for their nightly Top 10 plays via twitter using #SCtop10, and I've seen off beat things like this on it from time to time. I think a wave of tweets from the FIRST community might be able to get this on national television. Sound like a challenge?

Just hope they don't make it on the Not Top 10

[Reanna]

I am so jealous, I'm a huge fan of the Tigers! :$

[amk]

We had a small run of navy blue shirts made with a Robots in the D logo on the front, and a sponsor list on the back for the game. Many people asked about them, so we are making them available for anyone to order at $12 each. Please use the order form at http://frogforce503.org/sites/defaul...torderform.pdf

Orders due September 4. Questions to frogforce503@gmail.com.

[amk]

Chris Conway did an excellent job shooting and producing this video about Cyber Young and the Robots in the D event, check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC0a8ex3LJU