you can see the stacking ability and the intake working. This was the first time our drivers touched this robot so you can see that we were a bit too fast. We also hadn’t figured out the right order to pull from the landfill.
The tools are there. By Saturday morning we had things under control.
Here is the highest score at va from a different angle. You can see us clean out the right side landfill, but the stack blocks the cameras view of the left half of the landfill.
Please do not tell us (unless they will join us of course), that Karthik was in awe of another Landfill Tote muncher (and to use language like better than he’s ever personally seen, is indeed scary)…Anything possibly faster than 1114’s Magical Mystery Machine would scare the pants off the rest of us out here out of wt. and true bot cheesecaking options (we can, but we refuse to take away from what we do have).
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We use the HP Station for 6 high capped stacks…So, actually to know that there are more than a few magical landfill tote munchers and stackers to possibly compliment, is actually a relief.
watchfirstnow.com has a lot of match video of them. they still had some issues with bin stability but otherwise they were so fast: http://watchfirstnow.com/archives/122867839
Thanks for the link Michael…I will.
OMG that video is so depressing… wow stacks everywhere…I though only Dallas did that.
Matches 57 and 62 are the ones of note. Match 57 shows us stacking 2 stacks of 6 and one of 5 without bins. For match 62 we were able to stack two stacks of 6 with a bin after adding a tab that stopped the bin from sliding forwards, but the bin wasn’t pushed far enough back for the tab to snap into place for the first stack, and therefore we lost the bin.
As for eliminations, we were having brownout issues that first match, which led to latency problems which caused us to lose our first stack and almost lose our second stack (after losing the bin on top… again…).
368 will be unveiling their robot on the field during Week 5 Hawaii.
Only the driver can prevent their robot from doing 3 capped 6-stacks from the landfill with time to spare.
With a smooth running swerve again, it makes being a landfill stacker that much more effective. They drop off stacks sideways like 1114 to cut down on the time to drop off capped stacks.
Being that this is their 1st event, I’m sure whatever bugs they may have will be solved by Saturday afternoon come eliminations.
They also orient cans up and down while driving.
Thanks for the kind words, Glenn. However, until proven in competition, it’s probably best not to raise expectations. We’re not as confident as you are, but again, thanks for the kind words.
From Florida I believe 744 Shark Attack deserves mention in this thread, they work both RC’s and totes from the landfill with ease.
Self-righteous, maybe, but I would like to throw TechFire 225 into this discussion. We’re purpose built for the landfill, and in week 3 at Springside-Chestnut hill we consistently made a little over two three-stacks with cans. We also scored 20 in auton a couple times and made the co-op stack. Right now in practice we’re making about two six-stacks with cans (or the equivalent in points).
118 would have had 3 capped stacks of 6 at Sacramento if we had completed our job in the final 2 matches at Sacramento. They have the 2nd best landfill bot out there after watching many webcasts. Our mentors raved about their elevator mechanism.
Looking forward to seeing your machine at SVR. Maybe we’ll team up again. (And if you’re bringing a short crew again, please get ahold of us ahead of time to help out.)
I’d like to shout out to the omni directional internal stackers. The technical capabilities of these robots seem trivial to me when compared to how well these robots compliment any team they are on. A lot of these designs and robots mentioned seem game breaking.
1519!
1519 has two district event wins and two #1 seeds from mining the landfill every time. It is obvious that they are quite effective at it.
Due to what I believe was a dead cell, the logs showed that the battery was under 9v for the entire match, that’s why the driving was slow and twitchy.
Later Friday I could see your correction, Saturday you executed very well. Congratulations, on your wins. Best wishes for Chesapeake, I see you doing well there too.
First off, I’d like to say thank you to those who nominated us on this list. But I’d like to say that this is a list for the BEST landfill bots. We are good, but not to the tier of say 2056 or 987. We have a lot of things to improve to get to that level, but we have 2 weeks to correct our mistakes and flaws before Chesapeake.
Next I’d like to make my nomination for this list. 2481 is in my opinion, our robot but much more perfected. A beautifully programmed and driven swerve drive, an extremely quick elevator, and extremely quick “extendo arms” for co-oping make this robot an extremely strong contender for the position of best. Not to mention their simple can manipulator. Since the second I saw the original video, I have held the belief that this robot is Einstein worthy, and will more than likely top their past years performance. With a few modifications between now and World’s, I think they can be on Simbotics’s currently lonely tier. They currently are at least tied with 2056 and 1519, who I believe are definitely some of the best landfill bots.
Wow. Thanks a ton for that very high level of praise. Very much appreciated, to say the least. We’re definitely motivated to keep grasping for that bar that the Canadian super-duo keep collectively setting and raising for outstanding landfill play. We have some improvements we’ve been working on for St. Louis, for sure.
Also, I’ve gotta give another shout out to 118, who’ve been able to solve the 3 stacks riddle out of the landfill this past week in Sacramento. They’re also doing their own part to raise the performance bar for munching through the tote mosaic, as well. Inspiring job, as always, guys!