MARC 2013

FIRST General Forum
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If interested in attending a very fun event in the summer, then the MARC is the place for you. Details below:

2013 M.A.R.C. ROBOTICS COMPETITION

WHAT: Michigan Advanced Robotics Competition (MARC)

WHEN: June 21st at noon and
June 22nd (ALL DAY)

WHERE: Monroe High School
901 Herr Rd
Monroe, MI 48161

PRICE: $350
$300 for the 12 original teams that attended the inaugural MARC event

TEAM LIMIT: 48 (Depending on # of teams that apply)

REGISTRATION: Now until May 15th. Pay by May 25th and receive a $50.00 discount. (Original teams $350 - $50 (plank-owner discount) - $50 early-bird discount = $250)

HOW TO REGISTER: 2013 Michigan Advanced Robotics Competition (MARC) Registration Form.

FOOD: Teams can purchase hot dogs, nachos, pizza, cheesy bread and water/pop during the event (both days) at the arena.

LODGING: Available close by.

VOLUNTEERS: We have NUMEROUS positions that need great volunteers - field reset, queuing, field repair, refereeing, pit admin…the list goes on. Those interested in volunteering should contact Marjie Jenkins. Due to the lack of volunteers to fill some primary roles, special discounts will be given to teams that provide volunteers for refereeing, judging, and queuing ($25 OFF PRICE),

QUESTIONS/INFO: Contact Steve Ketron 734-265-3574
[email protected]

Marjie Jenkins (Volunteer Coordinator)
[email protected]

BLANK 2013 REGISTRATION FORM.doc (31 KB)
AGENDA.xlsx (15.4 KB)


BLANK 2013 REGISTRATION FORM.doc (31 KB)
AGENDA.xlsx (15.4 KB)

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OK the championship is over. So now is the time to get working on the off-season schedule. As the organizer of MARC, I want to say thank you to every team that comes. This was my last official season as team 1528 (MTR) team advisor/teacher. I have resigned as a teacher and will be starting a new career with Chrysler on Monday (5-6-13). With this being said, **NO ** this is not MARCs last year. I might not be the teacher/lead mentor but I am still going to play a role with MARC organization and MTRs build season. Please dont think this is the last year of MARC. 1528 is going to host this awesome event for years to come. I want to thank all those people that have supported 1528 and myself in the past and hope that you will continue to support 1528 as we restructure our team and MARC. Trust me when I say you wont even notice a difference.

Below is a list of teams that have already registered for MARC:
107 Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S.
240 TEMPEST
245 AdamBots
279 Tech Fusion
302 Dragons
308 MONSTERS
503 Frog Force
910 Foley Freeze
1023 Bedford Express
1243 Dragons
1250 Gator-Bots
1504 Desperate Penguins
1528 MTR
2673 Tenacious Technicians
3547 VIRUS
3641 The Flying Toasters
4395 B.O.S.S.
4478 Material Oscura****

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All 2013 rules will be applied with the exception of the following:

There will be no inspections so there is a honor system to the overall weight.

Elimination alliances:

-Each alliance will consist of 4 robots

-Order of selection will be 1-8, 8-1, 1-8

-Each robot on an alliance must play at least once some time during the Elimination matches

-This eliminates the Backup Robot rules, but the Time Out rule remains in effect

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Is there an updated team list for MARC? Apparently the one in the excel spreadsheet is actually from last year.

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Here is the list of the teams going to MARC"
33 Killer Bees
51 Wings of Fire
67 Heros of Tomorrow (H.O.T.)
68 Truck Town Thunder
70 More Martians
107 Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S.
191 X-CATS
217 ThunderChickens
240 TEMPEST
245 Adambots
279 Tech Fusion
280 TnT
302 Dragons
308 MONSTERS
469 Las Guerrillas
503 Frog Force
548 The Robostangs
815 Advanced Power
910 Foley Freeze
1023 Bedford Express
1243 Dragons
1250 Gator-Bots
1504 Desperate Penguins
1528 Monroe Trojan Robotics
1718 The Fighting Pi
1732 Hilltoppers
2337 EngiNERDs
2604 Metal and Soul
2673 Tenacious Technicians
2832 Livonia Warriors
2834 Bionic Barons
3175 Knight Vision
3302 Clawson Turbo Trojans
3322 Eagle Imperium
3547 VIRUS
3641 The Flying Toasters
4384 Benzene Bots
4395 RoboVikings
4478 Materia Oscura

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Just curious… Will there be a Chairman’s portion to this competition?

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Will there be a webcast?

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Related but will 2337 be uploading the matches to youtube shortly after each match?

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We will be bring our equipment, if bandwidth is permitting we would be more then happy to archive the event (and Stream on twitch.tv).

-Clinton-

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Could we have webcast information please?

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Here is the link to the webcast.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/marc-2013

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So the stream quality is not what we would like for the event, but thanks to 2337, each match is being uploaded to Youtube.com/firstinmichigan as it happens.

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I believe these are the rankings so far.

Rank	Team	QS	AP
1	1243	12	186
2	3641	12	132
3	2673	10	186
4	33	8	230
5	1504	8	226
6	245	8	222
7	68	8	186
8	1732	8	168
9	469	8	120
10	4384	8	114
11	1718	6	234
12	70	6	216
13	2604	6	174
14	191	6	166
15	2337	6	154
16	4478	6	144
17	1250	6	142
18	308	6	120
19	3322	6	112
20	548	6	108
21	1528	6	102
22	302	4	192
23	2834	4	184
24	67	4	148
25	3547	4	146
26	107	4	90
27	51	4	84
28	240	2	204
29	815	2	152
30	3175	2	132
31	1023	2	126
32	280	2	126
33	3302	2	118
34	2832	2	106
35	217	2	96
36	4395	2	96
37	910	2	90
38	503	2	72
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Does anyone have alliance selection results?

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  1. 1243-67-548-2834
  2. 3641-33-217-51
  3. 1504-107-910-1250
  4. 70-245-815-3175
  5. 469-68-3597-302
  6. 1732-1718-1023-2673
  7. 191-2337-3322-240
  8. 4478-4384-503-2604

1 def 8 (2-1)
2 def 7 (2-0)
6 def 3 (2-0)
4 def 5 (2-0)

4 def 1 (2-0)
6 def 2 (2-0)

6 def 4 (2-0)

Thanks to 1732 for picking us! Also thanks to 1023 and 2673 for being great alliance partners.

And a big thanks to the organizers of MARC and all the volunteers…once again you’ve put on a great event. We look forward to it every year.

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BX would like to thank 1732 for digging way down in the rankings and putting their faith in us. Our veteran drivers only drove 2 qualifying matches so that we could show we could climb. Other than that, we rotated rookie drivers through so that they could gain experience. We didn’t have them climb because of the complexity of the climb. So, we are very thankful that you picked us and we greatly enjoyed working and cheering with you. Your team is energetic, and was so fun to sit next to.

Also, huge thanks to 1718 for such a strong performance! Thanks to 2673 for keeping our elimination streak undefeated! You all were great to work with.

BIG BIG thanks to Steve & Kyle for putting in so much work hosting, and to Marjie for coordinating all the volunteers, and to ALL the volunteers who braved the heat and storms to help make this event fun for all!

It was a lot of fun to see all of our robot friends again!

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Hello all!

Materia Oscura Team 4478 wants to give a big thanks to all of our alliance partners. First of all, we are so grateful that the Benzene Bots accepted our invitation to join our alliance, since we attend the west campus of the International Academy and your team is based out of the east campus of the same school. It was so nice to actually be able to work with our fellow classmates that we don’t get the chance to work with in school and I really feel like over the course of this season we have gotten to know your team better.

Also, our alliance would not have been complete without both the hard work of the Frog Force and of Metal and Soul. You guys did a wonderful job! Thank you so much for accepting our invitation.

This has been an unforgettable experience for our rookie team, as we hardly expected to be in eliminations in the first place. We’d like to thank the organizers of MARC for doing such a great job with the tournament this year.

Thank you!

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MARC 2013 was great. It was well run and I never noticed any problems. It was my first competition to drive the robot at, and a load of fun!

It was also cool to talk to new people!

(and I finally got to see Koko Ed in person!)

EDIT: Does anyone have a copy of the Match Schedule?

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Once again, the organizers and volunteers put on another great MARC event. A great big thanks goes out to all of them! Summer would not be the same without MARC (and it’s nice warm gymnasium)! Team1732 would like to thank our alliance partners 1718, 1023 and 2673, who played their roles perfectly. 1718, your firepower was truly impressive. 1023, your rock solid climb and dump (plus autonomous scoring) was a godsend. 2673, you guys came through with perfect autonomous and hanging and smart, well executed defensive play. Also, big thanks to Dan from 469 for helping us (and many others) diagnose our control issues on the field. It was so much fun to see and play with our friends in Michigan once again!