2014 St. Louis Regional

[Walter Deitzler]

Originally Posted by Justin Shelley

So i was checking out the websites of teams that will be at the STL regional and OMG look at the Lightning Lancers robot!!

http://www.first1444.com/discord/

Wow, cut out the swerve drive that they had last year and they replace it with that... Dang. Can't wait to see how it performs, It does look like a total beast.

[Justin Shelley]

Yeah I am by no means a friend of mecanum, but swerve on the other hand is my lover for life!!

If it performs as good as it looks they will be seeded extremely high this year.
And a team that pays that much attention to detail on aesthetics will likely have paid that much detail all throughout the year

[Walter Deitzler]

Originally Posted by Justin Shelley

Yeah I am by no means a friend of mecanum, but swerve on the other hand is my lover for life!!

If it performs as good as it looks they will be seeded extremely high this year.
And a team that pays that much attention to detail on aesthetics will likely have paid that much detail all throughout the year

I was not saying that as a bad thing, the swerve last year seemed to causes them a lot of problems. They took the time they spent on the swerve it into that beast of a manipulator. Awesome job guys!

(There is a reason I am bad at English class, I am not the best at conveying what I am thinking without drawing/CAD)

[Justin Shelley]

All of the teams that will play at Arkansas and St. Louis are in eliminations.

1985 is the second alliance and their captain
1706 is the seventh alliance and their captain
4500 is the second pick on the first alliance

My predictions, 4500 will win the event with their captain being 16 and 1985 will be the other Finalist. 1985 may pull through though!! I look for it to be a close match, 1985 made a very smart first pick.

1706 is going to have a hard time against 1985 and I doubt they make it past Quarterfinals, 1706 is a great team but they had a tough schedule and continue to have a tough schedule.

[Richard Wallace]

Go RoboHawks!

Following the semifinals now -- your team is representing St. Louis very well.

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(Better look into that drivetrain issue. )

[Walter Deitzler]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

Go RoboHawks!

Following the semifinals now -- your team is representing St. Louis very well.

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(Better look into that drivetrain issue. )

On a side note, Clayton HS seems to be well on their way to winning the whole thing. St. Louis teams are looking very good this year.

[Justin Shelley]

Robohounds managed to win but only by foul points, very close!! Great job guys and can't wait to see you at STL

[DeAnnaC]

We are currently in possession of a backpack that was left in section 114..

If you (or a team mate) are missing one, contact us through the River City Robots webpage: rivercityrobots.org

Congrats to all the teams that played in the regional - we had a great time competing and working with the teams in St. Louis. Best of luck to those that will be at Championships!

DeAnna

[DeAnnaC]

Looks like the videos from the St. Louis Regional are going up!

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...a3kGEuzrpMogTS

Enjoy!

Feed the Fish!
DeAnna

[RandeJ]

We rookies had a great time and want to thank our mentor teams #1208 and #4246, alliance partners 3792 & 5176, and all the other welcoming and friendly squads. Unfortunately we came up against a great group of robots in the quarters and just couldn't press through.

We learned so much and had a blast doing it. We especially liked crowd pleasing truss catches

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RubsNF4zUTU