teams to look for this year

[SpikeZilla2K6]

1369 has a little something....thats all i got to say...

[Mohsin]

(for the Cnanadian regionals)
Theory 6 has proved the point that you must NEVER underestimate the rookies. Watch out for them, their over all handling was very good last year.
but still i agree, wait a few weeks, and then judge, cant really know a team till it preforms out there eh!

[Yan Wang]

I look forwards to seeing 33, 1114, 48, and 188.

Though we aren't registered for Canada

[Collmandoman]

It was a pleasure working with minotaur last year in one of our qualifying matches~ hope you all do well again this year!

[Spikey]

I think its way to early to say, we haven't even seen final robots yet, we should not make judgments until we see some final robots.

Of course to do a little touting watch out for Team 293, we had our proto bot capping week 1, and we have a pretty nifty design for an arm.
Can't wait to see everyone at the New Jersey regional at Sovereign Bank Arena.

[The Lugerer]

i'm looking foward to some more friendly competition between us (Peachtree Ridge, #1261) and another school 5 mins away: Collins Hill (#1183). they had a short green robot last year that drove over the 13" balls and shot them out in front or behind the bot...very cool

charles: you guys are going down

[Rabbit222]

222 Baby!!!

[sanddrag]

I definitely look forward to seeing the robots from teams 188 and 980 at the LA regional.

I didn't really want to make this a "look for my team because we're the best" kind of post but I am serious in saying this: keep an eye out for the HexaMax R2 system from team 696 the Circuit Breakers. You will be impressed. providing everything goes as planned, of course

[AJL930]

of course our team 930. Look out for us at midwest and nationals, hopefully we can repeat as champions at midwest and get farther at nationals then we did last year. But other then 930, personally im looking forward to seeing what 111, 45, and 71 do this year.

[Max Lobovsky]

Comon guys, can we get at least one post where you don't mention your own team? We know everyone's robot is going to be really awesome, and will win at every competition it enters this year. We will just look at the number below your name to find out which awesome robot you are going to build.

[Steve W]

I think that the teams that you have to watch out for are not the ones mentioned here. I think that it will be the ones that are usually in the middle of the pack. The game this year will not be dominated by one team but 3 teams working together. The teams with the best teamwork are the ones that we will need to watch out for.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

New England Region...

716, they always come up with something cool

173 - Have had good robots for years

190 - After the ramp blocking bot in 03, and the bar blocking/uncapping bot in 04, I think i know what they may do

[ElfMaster]

Our team's motto:

Its only temporary.... unless it works

[Phil Paspalas]

It seems to this rookie team adviser that strategy and operator skill is going to be almost more important than device sophistication. Having a solid control program and a simple but effective design, along with the ability to quickly coordinate with your alliance, should prove to be key.

Team 1676 wishes good luck to all at the New Jersey Regional. We just hope to make a good showing.

[kjohnson]

I Can't believe no one has said this already, but if team 435 (Robo Dogs) has as good a design as they did last year, they will be one to look out for.

[JulieB]

i would watch for 494 and 34



AND 538 peachtree 04 highest Seed

[activemx]

There are alot of teams that always put on a good show. Here are couple of teams other then those already mentioned in this thread i think are gonna be cool to watch.
in no specific order.
115, 968, 192, 190, 191, 258, 45, 48, 1114, 1097, 22, 173, 753, 108, 469, moe #?
couple more i just cant think of.

[Stephen Kowski]

1083....after listening to george he has my interests peaked to see his bot, and the auto mode.....you better deliver on what ya said mr. wallace or I will be severly disappointed

[Daniel Brim]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I definitely look forward to seeing the robots from team 980 at the LA regional.

I'm going to have to second that. In the past two years (since I started in FIRST), 980 has come up with some killer designs (almost literally to one hapless announcer at the Chatsworth Scrimmage in 2003). I was especially impressed with their hanging device and programming last year, and I have no doubt that this year can be a repeat performance.

Oh and I'm looking forward to seeing 696's drive train as well (hopefully for our sakes not as good as Heather's )

[slickguy2007]

I am eager to see the 303 and 25 again. They were definetly power players last year and I can't wait to see what they come up with. Good luck to everyone! I can't wait to see the ideas that people have come up with!

GO 1403!!!