Best robot.

[JJG13]

Originally posted by EIROBOTICS86
311 271 173 108 180

I have to say I agree with the last one

I don't know if it was answered but, team 180 only went to the central florida regional.

Now for my favorite robots from UCF (in no paricular order).

233 - Think Pink loved the arms
176 - knock down wall, stack, and went under bar. Amazing!
710 - PAW. does the same things as 176, really good.
312 - Heat Wave. Best at knocking down wall and impossible to stop
79 - Captain Crunch. Omnidirectional. Wow!

[Kit Gerhart]

Originally posted by JJG13
INow for my favorite robots from UCF (in no paricular order).

233 - Think Pink loved the arms
176 - knock down wall, stack, and went under bar. Amazing!
710 - PAW. does the same things as 176, really good.
312 - Heat Wave. Best at knocking down wall and impossible to stop
79 - Captain Crunch. Omnidirectional. Wow!

I agree with this list, especially team 79's very impressive "crab" drive. It is very nicely designed and constructed, and worked well.

[Powers]

good to see our number up there, thanks SPAM and 1062, i was just wondering about you 180, b/c in the matches i saw it looked like you were having some drive train problems, never did make it to your pits to see what was wrong, too busy scouting/driving


I would personally like to add 212 to that list, although not the most impressive looking, they got the job done in the majority of their matches and were more than less overlooked in elims. Of course, they ended up as the 6 seed and won the entire thing, congrats guys. Also 168 could not be moved once they got onto the plastic, good suction cup action.

[dkeith]

111 is a great team. They are very tough to beat. Good traction and if you don't watch it those two ramps will put you on your back.

217 has a great atonomous mode. Paul is very good at strategy.

47 gets better at every event and will no doubt make the finals.

67 is great this year.

27 has great traction and almost won the GLR and did win in Cleveland.

548 has a great atonomous mode that is the most consistant I have seen. They also won Pittsburg.

902 has crazy traction with good game play.

71 what can you say. These guys are always comming up with something neat.

274 is very tough as is 1218.

There are many more that should be listed but I have to get ready for Houston.

[randomperson]

Hrm.. people keep forgetting some awesome bots..

67 - The best stacker I've seen anywhere. 6 boxes at ypsi.. kept having bad luck though at regionals..

68 - Trucktown has been having really bad luck, but they were awesome alliance partners, if they only hadn't screwed up in autonomous mode twice in a row Very strong bot though..

292 is a really strong bot.. we flipped them once though.. hehe

16 and 27.. both small, very fast, excellent autonomous modes as well.

111 - Cant forget them.. very innovative design, such good control too. Fast, good autonomous mode as well.

Favorite rookie team: 1188 Oaktown Crewz.. their driver rocked the house at ypsi! Didn't seed so well though..

On my personal feelings on what strategy will win:

A big strong robot with large wings or something along those lines.. such as 68 or 45, paired with two small fast bots such as 16 or 27 that can go under ramp and stuff. The bot with wings has to have a good autonomous mode so they can knock all the boxes over at first.. the little bots go knock over stacks and move stuff around. Thats what worked a lot from what I've seen.. just people catching bad breaks.

[abeD]

A big strong robot with large wings or something along those lines.. such as 68 or 45, paired with two small fast bots such as 16 or 27 that can go under ramp and stuff. The bot with wings has to have a good autonomous mode so they can knock all the boxes over at first.. the little bots go knock over stacks and move stuff around. Thats what worked a lot from what I've seen.. just people catching bad breaks.

Yea that was our strategy with 312(heatwave) and 267(demolition squad) at the UCF elimination rounds. In the quarterfinals it worked like a charm,heatwave got all the boxes we delayed a second came around and backed them up,waited till the end and then 312 and us(710) or 267 whichever was on the field at the time went up to the ramp and played KOTH, but then in the semis we started off the same way but got some bad breaks and we didnt win. But this is probably one of the best startegies you can use.

[Jonathan M.]

Any Dream teams? Like robots that would be perfectly paired to win?

I gotta say 343 ans 16 have been great parnters in the past (2002 St. Louis Champs). 343 Has the large wings. And 16 is the small fast bot. And they are both in the same division! I hope to see them paired as alliances while watching the webcast. Well when I'm not watching SPAM compete.

My updated list:

343 Metal in Motion: Just awesome

16 Baxter Bomb Squad: A great robot, a great team.

79 Captain Crunch: Awesome Crab Drive.

180 S.P.A.M.: Great team with a nice robot, I hope they do well.

68 Truck Town Thunder: An excellent design!

312 Heat Wave: Great Auton Mode.

233 'That Pink Team' Think Pink: Very nice design I really liked it!

710 P.A.W.: Nice bot! Hehe.

342 The Burning Magnetos: I love the paint job and your Animation! The robot was good too. LoL

And there are so many more but I am lazy, and it's been a long day. So Later.

[Karthik]

Here's a rookie team that shouldn't be overlooked.

1114 - The best stacker I've seen by far. They went into their second match of the Quarterfinals at the Canadian regional down by 123 points. They quickly made a six stack (took a HP stack of four and added two more to it) and protected until the end. They ended up winning the match 121-0, but losing overall by just two points. One extra bin on either side of the field would have been enough to at least get them into a tie breaker. Nevertheless, coming that close was still a huge accomplishment.

I predict that they'll be the first robot to create a stack of seven. It seems to be within their capabilities, plus they have a great little box uprighting device which makes things that much easier.

I don't remember seeing such an amazing rookie team since 254 and 308 made their debuts in '99.

personally i think the game this year levels the playing field... theres a lot of plows with drive trains on them and i think it will come down to strategy and driving

[ryanspensley]

I think all of you have listed some great robots above. The only problem I see in the future is that some of them break down frequently. If a robot breaks down in the first match of any elimination round, then they are in trouble.

[Vu2000]

Best Robot is probably 60 and 68, the way i saw it at AZ and LA

Best Rankings 968, RAWC, definitely QP average of 188 at LA most by at least 31, AZ regional champs, had best arm but couldn't use it due to rules.

Best Drive system: 292, Circuit Breakers, For a stop and go robot it runs up and down the other side of the ramp in less than 5 seconds probably, or 64 has best steer design and driving

Best Autonomous: 60, definitely, they finish their match in less than 5 seconds, they line track knock all 27 boxes down and then lock on to the top of the ramp and thats it

Best looking: 207 metal crafters

Others i saw were really good: 234, 980

[Kit Gerhart]

A team that has to be one of the best is PantherTech, Team 292. They were top qualifier in two regionals, and won in Evanston with Teams 45 and 245. They have a fairly simple, but powerful drive train, a very good autonomous run, and excellent driving.

[Powers]

We didnt break down once, it was awesome lost a wheel, but we won the match and had it back on for the next

[viper]

from the regionals ive been to, (sj and seattle)

i think the best robots out there

1) 254 cheesypoofs (gotta love their anchor)
2) 233 rocobotz (their 6 wheel design makes them almost impossible to move sideways-good stack protection)
3) 359 waialua (speed!!!!!)
4) 492 sorrie forgot the name (their auto modes...work great..)
5) 190 wPi (the INS is beautiful, one of the few robots that could have possibly beaten our bot 2 the top..the crab design.. O_o whoa..)
6) 753 MVHS (fast, strong, and can someone say totally cOOL?? it has TRACKS and can outrun some wheeled bots!!!)
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umm brain freeze
thats all i can think of for now...
sorrie if i missed ur team..i kno theeres more teams..but i just cant rember


and i only saw 2 regionals..out of..many many more..im sure there was alot more...

I love 111. There are tons of great bots, but 111 is just awesome. Ever since I saw them at great lakes I was like "wow". They have the awesome autonomous program that they can reprogram however they like, and they are pretty fast about it too. Also, I've never seen anyone take them off the ramp. I don't know, just seems like a great robot with a winning strategy =)