2007 Silicon Valley Regional

Competition Regional Competitions
#41

SVR will be a fun, scoring intensive regional. PALY Robotics is really looking forwards towards unleashing Thor for the first time, and see how our arm holds up with the rest.

Mike, what exactly is the “west coast” arm? I’ve heard of the West Coast Offense before, but not west coast arm.

-Guy

#42

For west coast arm: see team 60/254 in 04 and 254/22 in 05, i believe 60 did it even earlier that 04 but I haven’t personally seen it. I could link to 4 other teams who are making “west coast arms” this year, but I’ll let you find those on your own :wink:

Only 2 days left!

Mike C.

#43

Coming from one of the regional’s 5 rookie teams, team 2135 is diving into the competition head-first. Most of us do not really know what to expect at all, but we’re game for whatever’s to come! I, personally, am excited to meet all of the other teams competing :slight_smile:

We have a few things left to correct on our 'bot (wire gauges, etc. etc.), so hopefully we will finish in time for inspection.

For those going to SVR, look around for our team! Team 2135 Presentation Invasion :smiley:

#44

Team 2024 is coming over from Hilo Hawaii with a two-bot lifter. Very unique design…you just have to drive up four to six inches into a tray and we pull you up the rest of the way up like a tow-truck on either side of us. We then pull the whole side up and use kickstands to stop the backdrive. Worked well on some bots we used several years ago but we’ll see when we get there how it works on you folks! We’ve missed FIRST the last three years so we’re coming in as a rookie with distant memories of how it all goes!

Aloha,

#45

If you guys need any help, feel free to ask one of us from team #8. We’ve been around for a while, could probably lend a hand or a piece of advice if needed.

-Guy

#46

Team 488 is looking forward to bettering our PNW performance :slight_smile:

2 robots @ 12"

We have very large low profile ramps that are really easy to drive onto that lift independently and without the need for continuous power.

#47

That looks pretty awesome. Hopefully we’ll get a chance to test it for ourselves.

#48

I don’t mean to totally derail this thread, but here are some pictures of the evolution of the “west coast” arm.

2000:
http://www.firstrobotics.net/00gallery/pages/060-1_jpg.htm

2001:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/12758
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/12759

2004:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/16914
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/19859
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/17228

2005:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/20479

It feels like only yesterday…

#49

Among all the ramp bots I’ve seen, I say this one is definitely my favorite. I’m sure you can back up your performance at PNW pretty easily.

This will be my first ever regional, I won’t be there on Thursday, but I’ll be all pumped up for Friday and Saturday.

If you want to see 115’s bot, it’s on the MVRT website’s frontpage(as a rookie, not sure if this is indeed what you call a west coast arm)

#50

We went to L.A. instead, and Sacramento is our second regional again.

Hey, I’ve never met 488 before! Looking forward to that :slight_smile: Have they ever been at SVR in the past?

#51

Nope, first time :wink:

#52

1070 will be going as one of the all girls teams! Can’t wait to see everyone there.

#53

less than one day w00t! I just want to say one last good luck to all teams. Hopefully everyone has minimal problems if any at all. And lets not forget to have fun. See you all tomorrow bright and squirly. =P

#54

hey, can anyone post the link to the SVR webcast. I checked robotics.nasa.gov webcast list, but the link is not there. Thank you

#55

http://robotics.arc.nasa.gov/events/webcasts/regionals_2007.php

#56

notice there is no link to the SVR webcast…

#57

should be on tomorrow, Friday:yikes:

#58

well the first day of SVR is over. who sticks out to you guys?

#59

Im sure the hawaiian team, 368 did, as usual.:smiley:

#60

I wouldn’t be surprised if they did, it’s a nice looking robot from what I saw on their website, and their manipulator is quite impressive, though I still sort of like our’s better.:stuck_out_tongue:

Unfortunately I wasn’t there today, stayed in school for today, but I’m ready for tomorrow, I’ll be out there scouting and cheering on my team, MVRT!:slight_smile:

I would guess that the teams who had already competed before(i.e. 254, 114, etc.) probably stood out the most, but once it really begins, we’ll see who really is the best.