Whhhoooo is ready for this year’s DC competition? Also any thoughts on the new venue at George Mason University? Team 2900 will be attending and ready for the competition and below is a list of all the teams that I believe are attending!
56 ROBBE XTREME
116 Epsilon Delta
225 TechFire
339 Kilroy
449 The Blair Robot Project
509 Red Storm
538 Dragon Slayers
587 Hedgehogs
611 Saxons
612 Chantilly Robotics
614 Night Hawks
615 Knights
623 Cougar Robotics
686 Bovine Intervention
888 Robotiators
1123 AIM Robotics
1389 The Body Electric
1418 Vae Victis
1731 Fresta Valley Robotics Club
1758 Technomancers
1849 Griffins
1885 ILITE Robotics
1915 MTHS Firebird Robotics
2377 C Company
2421 RTR Team Robotics
2537 Space RAIDers
2640 HOTBOTZ
2642 Pitt Pirates
2849 Ursa Major
2900 The Mighty Penguins
2911 CoolBots
2912 Panther
2914 TIGER PRIDE
2961 Crimson Tide Engineers
2963 AnaDroids
2964 Robopanthers
3419 RoHawks
3455 Carpe Robotum
3650 Robo Raptors
4067 The Incredible Hawk
4099 Falcons FIRST
4242 Fresh T.E.C.H.S.
4456 Mechadets
4464 Team Illusion
4466 Robo Hamsters
4541 Cavaliers
4821 Haynes High
4945 Titanium-Wrecks
4963 RoboJets
5243 Wildcat Robotics
5338 District III
I wish I could be a cool kid. I’m busy getting 40 hours into 3 days so I can do the Regional without taking the vacation I don’t have because snow days took it all :ahh:.
Can’t wait for Thursday though
We’re looking forward to some wicked D from 2914 this year
The view is definitely problematic. From the sides you can see the field but really struggle to see the board, and from the front you can see the board but most of the field is cut off. Hopefully next year they’ll put the judge’s table on the other side of the field and slide the whole thing further away so we can all see.
Rough game this year; 4464’s roller arm is currently out of commission (the shafts of the PG188’s we were using to actuate it both sheared clean in two following an impact in one of our matches), but we’re enjoying playing hard defense while we work to get it operational again. That match against team 56 was exhilarating! The front of our AM14U also has a nice curve now, as well; no idea when that happened or what actually caused it.
I don’t see why they didn’t set this up like they do at VCU. Each pit row could have been shallower, but they could have made more rows…or they could do it
the way the do pit rows at the NC regional. This way they could have turned the field to face the other way.
Visiting my former team today, the space definitely seems cramped. It feels tight and not easy to move at all. Seating isn’t awful, but some views are bad and seeing the board is an issue. Also the proximity of the field to the audience is an issue from what I’ve seen. There were matches where high speed thrown balls ended in the stands hitting people.
I do love that it’s just a nice ride down Rt 123 for me though.
Siegel Center at VCU I believe is bigger than the Patriot Center, but pits could be reworked.
3650 has had their share of issues too. Programming, a bad motor, a bad Jaguar, controller issues, it’s all been a mess. Fortunately everyone is having a good time.
