Best Robot for Each Category?

[mini_moose_27]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

Yeah, I was gonna put 1477 in the all around category...but they could shoot full court?

They used it just as a test to show that they could at CMP after they switched their shooter design around a bit.

[waialua359]

Best all-around robot that stood above the rest: 469.
**Must be because Dan's family is from Hawaii. Hawaii people can easily identify other Hawaii transplants in the mainland, including offsprings. Seriously...

[IKE]

Just going to throw this here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMVS_iY5s5o
BTW, they loose this match, but I think they put up 142 pts on their own.

[MSawan]

This match by 1310 shows you how dominating they could be. Single handedly scored 138 points (148 if their alliance partner didn't knock them off of the pyramid). Wow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyEC142wuOM

[Ken Streeter]

Originally Posted by IKE

Just going to throw this here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMVS_iY5s5o
BTW, they loose this match, but I think they put up 142 pts on their own.

That match kind of shows it all, doesn't it? Is there even any debate after watching that video? The versatility is incredible.

The specific count doesn't matter, as the scoring is incredible. I counted 6 auto discs, 34 teleop discs (with some each of FCS, floor-pickup, and human load cycles), and a 10-point hang. Total score for just the one robot = 36 + 102 + 10 = 148

Just to help put that into perspective, we qualified for championships by winning the North Carolina Regional. The highest score of the entire NCR tournament, put up by any alliance, was 138 points. The one-robot 140+ performance shown in the video above would have won every single match of the tournament, singlehandedly!

[Tom Line]

Originally Posted by Ken Streeter

That match kind of shows it all, doesn't it? Is there even any debate after watching that video? The versatility is incredible.

The specific count doesn't matter, as the scoring is incredible. I counted 6 auto discs, 34 teleop discs (with some each of FCS, floor-pickup, and human load cycles), and a 10-point hang. Total score for just the one robot = 36 + 102 + 10 = 148

Just to help put that into perspective, we qualified for championships by winning the North Carolina Regional. The highest score of the entire NCR tournament, put up by any alliance, was 138 points. The one-robot 140+ performance shown in the video above would have won every single match of the tournament, singlehandedly!

Even more amazing was how consistently they could put up those insane numbers. Watch einstein and count. I know they put up more than 30 discs in one match, but I stopped counting during the other because my jaw was on the floor.

At MSC, they got the 'perfect' auton against us (90 points). Ever get that 'oh crap' feeling during a match? Yeah......

[Mr. Lim]

Originally Posted by IKE

Just going to throw this here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMVS_iY5s5o
BTW, they loose this match, but I think they put up 142 pts on their own.

That has to be the best single-robot effort I've seen this year.

1310's Curie Q72 performance has to be a very close 2nd though:

http://youtu.be/YyEC142wuOM

7 disc auto

32(?) in tele-op using a combination of FCS and ground-pickup

They didn't get their 10pt though, as they got caught under a partner when they pulled-up...

[tickspe15]

Climber-254
FCS-67 runner up 148
All around 469
Defense 4814
Floor pick up 469

[Chris is me]

FCS: 1519, 148, 67, 2169, and 195 all deserve nods here. They all peaked at different times and have various advantages and disadvantages. The common factor in all of them - they used FCS as their primary strategy, their CG was low enough to avoid tipping (at least in their final iterations), and they were more accurate than many cyclers.

Climber: 3467, 254, and 1114 were the only three climbers consistent and fast enough to be in contention for this title. Many good climbers and climber dumpers this year, but these three were the best. Special nod to 2170, probably the best / fastest climber dumper I have seen this year, and one of the only ones that did the maneuver quickly enough that they could afford to actually play some defense.

Defense: 862, 4814, and 2168 all stand out as robots with specific defensive functions built into their robot that allow them to effectively defend in a variety of scenarios. All three of them were very well driven.

Floor Pickup: Ruling out any team without a 7-disc autonomous (sorry 20). 469 cycled more than they swept the floor, but that pickup was amazing. 33, 254, 341, 1538, 1310, 2056, and many others all had great floor pickups. There is a lot of parity in terms of quality of pickup mechanisms this year.

Shooter-Climber: See "Climber". The only change is the omission of 2170.

All Around: In my opinion, the best overall robot of 2013 was 469. (Is this what this category was supposed to mean? Because not one robot in FRC executed every game task this year)