Team 48 is Looking Forward to the Wisconsin Regional in Week 4, visiting with old friends and making some new ones.
Looks to be a nice mix of teams at the top end - best of luck to all competitors!
I’d love to see some video links from Lake Superior and any other regionals where Wisconsin Regional teams have already competed.
Here’s a collection of 2012 stuff from us - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD17A7B0415C26704&feature=view_all
1306 is just about ready to go. We are still unpacking from our move to our new BadgerBOTS Robotics Education Center at the beginning of the month. We were able to find most of the equipment we need. Should be fun to see you all there!
Photos from moving day and our test run: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnvrany/sets/72157625630416689/
1732 is looking to build off our preformance at Boilermaker this past weekend where we upset the #1 seed in two matches.
Even with Midwest the same week, Wisconsin shouldn’t suffer that much due to some strong out of state teams like 48, 868, and 2169. Should be a very exciting Saturday afternoon.
There’s a team coming from Mexico too. I wonder if my Spanish teacher will let me off the homework that I’m missing.
Team 967 is super excited for this regional. There are a bunch of great teams attending this event, and we are looking forward to making new friends. It will be really cool to once again see a bunch of really solid teams that we met last year at 10,000 Lakes, too. Finally going to the same regional as our fellow Iowans from Team 167 (our closest FRC neighbors) will be pretty sweet.
We have been very busy upgrading our shooter and designing a new bridge manipulator, and we can’t wait to try out the new hardware. We think we will have new bridge capabilities and a reliable 3 point shot, but we’ll have our work cut out for us when we unbag the robot.
Has anybody seen a webcast link for this event? Has Wisconsin had one in the past? I know a bunch of our people are interested in following from home in Iowa.
I confirmed with the regional chair that there will be a webcast, but I do not know of a link yet. I believe that FRC269 will be providing the feed.
2826 is excited for the Wisconsin Regional after finishing as finalists at Lake Superior and is ready to defend its title! I agree with John that there are some great out of state teams who I feel will fill a bit of a void that has been left by some of the teams that will be at the Midwest regional. I also believe that WI will make a great showing as many teams this year have benefitted from a week 4 regional by competing in weeks 2-3. I am looking forward to seeing all the wonderful designs on Thursday!
From what we saw at the Sussex-Mini competition should be pretty tough this year. Here is our vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p_bFfEBzMw&feature=related
Video from the Sussex-Mini:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8imHZ9ivbOQ
Team 1716 is more than excited for this years Wisconsin Regional! This being our only regional this year, the team has put 100% effort into making a strong showing here. There are going to be some amazing moments, some sad failures, but in the end, I hope everyone has a great time!
Good luck to all teams, and I look forward to seeing you all in the pits tomorrow, and on the court the next couple days!
Team 167 is excited for the Wisconsin regional, only a few hours here and we’ll be on the road to Milwaukee. I know the students are excited to be going to the same regional as another team from Iowa (967) which will be the first time in a while from what I’ve heard.
This will be the first regional other than Arizona I’ve been to so I’m looking forward to a fresh new experience and meeting a lot of new teams and faces. And I get a chance to change the color I dye my hair for competition 
This will be our only regional but we do have some videos from practicing just before we bagged the robot: http://www.icrobotics.org/media. Hopefully we remember how to drive as well as we were doing on bag day!
Great to have all you newcomers to the Wisconsin Regional!
If you want some ideas of things to do in Milwaukee, you can stop by UPS’s pit (look for the brown and gold aluminum) and ask, also I’m sure the other Milwaukee teams have ideas to share too.
Just so it doesn’t catch you by surprise, if the load-in route is the same as previous years there is a bit of a ramp down to the level of the floor. Things with wheels, especially tippy things with wheels, pose somewhat of a challenge and require a bit of care 
We are looking to eat out with another team. Anyone interested?
Any word on a webcast for the Wisconsin regional?
So far this is the only source I know of. Since it’s practice day it does not appear to be running right now so we will have to wait until tomorrow to know for sure.
Boy Scouts from Rockford Troop 139 will be attending on Saturday, as part of the new Boy Scouts Merit Badge for Robotics. They will be guests of FIRST Team 2039, Rockford Robotics. (I was hoping to snag them to come with us to Midwest, but alas!) I understand the scouts will be in uniform, so say Hi if you see them.
Their troop leader is this guy, Dr. Jeff Royce (picture attached); he is a Headache doctor, so if you see him be sure to grab your head and yell, “OW!”
BSA now offers a robotics merit badge, and one of the ways to get this badge is to attend a robotics competition. This is an opportunity to invite another organization to “coopertate” for the better future of the world with us; let us hope they accept (but not graciously, that’s another thread). Alliances aren’t only forged on late Saturday mornings in March and April.
Wisconsin webcast - http://www.5nines.com/firstrobotics
I am amazed at the picture quality of the webcast for the Wisconsin regional (knock on wood). Even has an HD option! The HD is a little laggy for me however. Just wearing my old team t-shirt rooting for 1732!
We are now streaming the Wisconsin Regional on The Red Alliance.com
Does anyone have individual scoring numbers for teams. I am a former member of 2169 and it looks like we racked up a good deal of teleop points. I was wondering how many we have scored vs our alliance members and how that compares with other teams.
Also this regional has been very exciting and the webcast is excellent quality. Good luck to all the teams out there, and have fun.
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2169’s alliances have had 219 points scored in teleop and 101 in hybrid, which puts them at 1 from shots alone. They do not go for the coopertition bridge which makes them seed 12th but they are likely to be a top pick.
Source from official FIRST website: http://www2.usfirst.org/2012comp/Events/WI/rankings.html
According to our teams data 2169 is currently at 140 points scored. This does not include balance.
