Team 1717 Lift Montage

[robotguru1717]

Here is Team 1717's Lift montage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okbeHXxAR7A

This includes every single match from the San Diego Regional (17 total matches) whether we lifted or not. The video is not edited to show only our successful lifts.
There are few occasions when we did not lift a robot or lifted but did not get points for it.
◘In Round 24, Team 1332 had their ramp partially deployed which were still touching the ground even after lifting the core robot 15".
◘In Round 47, Team 1372 had drive train malfunction mid way into the match, and could not get back to our lift.
◘In Round 63, Team 687 was unable to make it back to our panels.
◘In Round 70, Team 1527 tried to reposition their robot while we were mid lift even though they were perfectly placed.
◘In QF 4-2, Team 294 broke their arm and it rendered them unable to get on our ramps (it was dragging on the floor).
◘In Finals 1-1, Team 294 rushed back at the last second to get on our panels, but was too late.
◘In Finals 1-2, Our initiation process for activating the gas springs was cut short by the buzzer causing only three springs to release. In addition to that, winning the match dangled on the fact that we needed a 60 point lift, so we waited for Team 294 to make it onto our ramp, but couldn't in time due to defense by Team 330. If they made it on in time, we would have won the regional!
◘In Finals 1-3, Team 368 was entangled with a tipped robot from the opposing alliance and couldn't get to our lift due to this.

[rsilverstein]

Greatest lifting robot in the country!

[BBnum3]

Originally Posted by rsilverstein

Greatest lifting robot in the country!

Kind of a bold statement, but one I don't necessarily disagree with.

MAN those lifts are smooth and easy to drive on to. The buzzer lifter aspect is nice, too. It's a shame you aren't going to Atlanta, you deserve to. But hey, there are always off-season competitions to dominate .

[David Brinza]

You're looking at their end-game - they're good on the field for the rest of the match as well.

Off-season?
- Yeah, I could imagine them in the IRI finals...

I was able to get an up-close and personal tour of this fine machine (the kind that inspectors get ). It is an efficient, very well-engineered robot. Congrats, 1717: your team has had a remarkable year. A lot of us would like to see you again on the field again soon (especially as alliance partners).

[rsilverstein]

Originally Posted by David Brinza

You're looking at their end-game - they're good on the field for the rest of the match as well.

Off-season?
- Yeah, I could imagine them in the IRI finals...

I was able to get an up-close and personal tour of this fine machine (the kind that inspectors get ). It is an efficient, very well-engineered robot. Congrats, 1717: your team has had a remarkable year. A lot of us would like to see you again on the field again soon (especially as alliance partners).

Thanks David.
It was great to be at both LA and SD regionals with you guys.
I'm really hoping to be able to go to IRI!!

[cooker52]

What can I say but....
WOW!!!
I wish you guys were going to Atlanta. I would have loved to have seen your robot up close.

[Joe Ross]

It's even more amazing when you consider how many teams with ramps or lifts deferred and let 1717 do the lifting, for example, 1266, 330, 1332, 980, 1566, 696, 1572, 1641, etc.

It's hard enough getting consensus among an alliance, to be the lifter every single time requires a clear superiority.

Great Job!

[sanddrag]

It was our pleasure to keep The Burd's wings up and be lifted by this masterpiece of a robot. Gas shocks FTW!

[EmilioM]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

It was our pleasure to keep The Burd's wings up and be lifted by this masterpiece of a robot. Gas shocks FTW!

Thank you very much. You guys have a killer robot, good luck in Atlanta

[wdw_mkr87]

obviously none of you have seen any of the matches from the Las Vegas regional or the VCU regional

Team 1885 had one of the most rock solid and reliable ramps that also had the abilitie to score nearly three or four ringers before deploying there ramps like the military deploys moveable bridges.

They are on there way to Atlanta as i type and are hungary for more wins. after some communication errors in both of the regionals they attended they cannot wait to get back on the field and show everyone how to win this game.

Also they have added many strategist that will be roming the pit areas and watching almost every match to understand the other teams ways of scoring and defending this allows them soke up any possible ways to advance there selves and there alliances to the finals

[EmilioM]

Originally Posted by wdw_mkr87

obviously none of you have seen any of the matches from the Las Vegas regional or the VCU regional

Team 1885 had one of the most rock solid and reliable ramps that also had the abilitie to score nearly three or four ringers before deploying there ramps like the military deploys moveable bridges.

Do you have pictures or more importantly - do you have video? Seeing as how we also built a lifting robot, I am interested in hearing more about the details of your design. Also, what were your lifting stats - i.e. How many robots did you lift in qualifying/eliminations? How many bonus points did you score by lifting?

In the mean time, could you describe to me through a post the workings/dynamics/specifications of your lift system.

Ps. Lift robots rule!!!!

Pps. we also had an arm capable of placing 3-4 ringers before returning to deploy our ramps with about 40/35 seconds remaining, these are just vids of the end game...

[wdw_mkr87]

we score in the last 25 to 30 seconds and we have two twelve inch high ramps.

the other teams just need to have a good driver and we should have two robots up every match, in the finals at VCU and Las Vegas and almost every qualyfing match we had robots up on our ramps.

if you want to see our robot go to www.battlefieldrobotics.org or check out sum of the pics at the virginiafirst regional website from the championship day