I would like to see a picture of that fantastic robot from 2000.
It used to hang on the bar, and its claw steal balls from the opponent’s basket and put on his own basket.
That was so incredible, so awesome! One of the most creative bots I’ve ever seen!
If you know what robot I am talking about, please tell me its name/team/number/anything!
The Robot you are talking about was team 25 Bristol Myer Squibb. If you go to the FIRST webpage it links to there website which is cool. There Robot from 2001 was also one of my favorites with its over the bar trick.
Chris Carnevale
Team 151
The Wildcards
2002 Quater Finalist UTC
Yup, that would be us =)
Though really, that incredible robot could not have been done without the generous efforts of our BMS engineers, along with last year’s and this years. They really make our ideas work, that is why when we plan, no matter how crazy the idea is, say it, because they will help us figure out a way to make it work. I hope you enjoy the picture.
Thanks Digo and Chris!
Our 2000 bot is by far my favorite too, and is also quite a crowd pleaser. Just yesterday we showed it off to the elementary schools at the annual “Invent America” contest in our town, the kids LOVE it, and it always draws a crowd.
If you would like pictures of our bot, just visit our website at www.raiderrobotix.com, we’ve have all of our pictures from 2000 and 2001 archived in the pictures section.
Thank you guys for helping me find this out.
And yes, you can easily see that robot wasn’t built by students. I bet the students learned a lot, though.
That’s nice that you still show the robot for everyone.
I used to tell people that I watched a match that a robot stole a black ball from the opponent’s basket and stood hanging it over it’s own basket. On the final seconds, as they were going to win for a lot of points, they put the ball back to the opponent!! (three times the lowest score…)
Thanks for the kind words about our 2000 machine. As my guys said above, it is still a crowd pleaser and has literally exposed 1000’s of people to FIRST robotics. With this year’s machine we will have 3 to bring to events and show off. We are currently raising funds for a trailer to take our machines on the road when we do appearances at schools, fairs and such.
We also need to recognize our alliance partners from 2000- Foothills HS and Vintage HS, both of California. We were picked by Foothills in the second round of picks- third from the last. We almost didn’t get to play!!! We will always be grateful for Kenny Bargas and his crew for giving us that chance and to the Vintage guys for “going Battlebot” to allow us the time to do our thing in the center of the field.
As a team we have been very fortunate to have a great relationship with 6 terrific tradesmen from Bristol Myers Squibb. Our BMS guys work with the students throughout the year, teaching, refining and LISTENING to everyone’s ideas. Our motto has more or less been that nothing is impossible- nothing beyond our reach. And as a team we have become very close friends.
While the students may not have done all the welding and such, everyone on the team has invested in some part of the machine or it’s operation. That’s what our definition of team is all about. Everybody brings somethig to the group and contributes their best.
Our 2000 year was truly a miracle and turning point for Raider Robotix. We haven’t looked back since. This year, being an odd number, we almost didn’t make the cut for Orlando but we got in at the last minute on the waiting list- another miracle. And we are looking forward to a coming year of great ideas realized.
Anyway- I talk too much. Feel free to drop by the pits (everybody) in Orlando and sit a spell. We just packed 1000 giveaway items which I’m still not sure will be allowed in our airline baggage!!! We plan to have a great time.
WC:cool:
Talking about the 2000 champs…
http://www.usfirst2000champs.org
Wetzel
When you can pull links like that from memory,
you need to find a way to market it.You guys got in? That’s great. We were really hoping to work with you guys at Rutgers, just 1 pick away. Anyways, the 2000 machine was great. Although, our to defeat to you in the finals still kinda stings… If things go well, maybe we’ll be on the same side in the finals. Congrats for getting in!
What a great year that was for FIRST. Team 25 was a very scary machine to go against in the finals. It was a pleasure battling it out in the finals. It took three to take us down, but man they did it in flying colors.
Jestin
131 CHAOSHey guys. I am really touched (chest swelling with pride) to hear how much our 2000 season is remembered by others. Thanks. It means a lot to the entire team. Cradle Robber is still alive and well and making appearances on a regular basis. It is due for maintenance over the summer and a little bit of spiffing up.
Team 25 has had a lot of ups and downs over the years. It took us four years to get the team partnership to the point where we even were a team. When I hear of all the trials and tribulations other teams post on this forum it makes me recall all of the challenges we have faced along the road. Team 25 made sure we did everything wrong at least twice just to make sure it was wrong! But now we have lots of fun with FIRST and we look forward to bringing others into the fold and helping our neighbors. As always, if there is anything we can do to lend a hand just ask.
For those who haven’t seen this year’s creation, the Silver Scorpion, well I hope you will find the new bot equally memorable. We did pretty good at NJ- seeded 4th and ended up in 2nd place. Can’t complain about that. THe SS is a monster goal controller and we have a little improvement to make in the pits next Thursday which will increase it’s efficiency. Nothing radical, just a little tweak which should make a difference.
Anyway, with 9 days to go we are halfway to the airport and running on adrenaline already. Drop by the pits and say hi or play giant ball games with the Volcano Crew. And please- take some fo the giveaways!!! I have 1000 pieces heading down there.
It’s going to be a fun Championship- win or lose! See you there.
WC
Hi ! Everybody your local neighborhood mascot here
I wouldn’t say it wasn’t built by us students, the robot was built @ the Bristol Myers Squibb Maintenece shop and for insurance reasons we really couldn’t touch anything but for most of the building process we were right there with them we did what we could at the high school like wiring and other small stuff that our small wood shop could handle
these guys had a great robotlast year, it could go over the bar. I was wondering, do they have one this year? if they do, what does it do and such
these guys had a great robot last year, it could go over the bar. I was wondering, do they have one this year? if they do, what does it do and such
Perseus-
This year’s machine is more functional than the decorative Robo Kong of last year but we did design it with an “out of the box” flair. The Silver Scorpion is a powerful 2 goal grabber. The machine has two huge retractable hooks which deploy as the robot leaves the gate. They grab two goals simultaneously while we run between them and then pull the goals in towards the chassis locking them to the robot as a tight unit. Shock absorbers and a sliding carriage for the hooks allow a full speed grab of the dead weight goals without damaging the machine. As the hooks deploy they give the sound of two scimitar swords crossing- kind of a ninja intimidation sound. They arch around front like the chelae of a scorpion- hence the name. They can release goals, work independently and even drag a robot if necessary. They dragged last year’s Kong sideways like a rag doll. These grabbers are unlike any grab mechanisms I have seen so far.
The machine runs on six, well machined enhanced tires which have incredible traction and a 33/1 geared down power of Chiaphua motors. At Rutgers we were usually the first robot to the goals and had them hooked and in our zone by the time most robots reached center field. The machine is also highly maneuverable and our drivers have a well practiced matador routine for beating other robots.
To top it off there is a 30 ft fold out tether arm powered by a small robot which is aimed on a 360 degree turret. It can reach from zone to zone from nearly anywhere on the field.
Sorry if it sounds like boasting but we are really proud of this machine. It is the most powerful and durable machine we have ever built and seeded us the highest we ever achieved at Rutgers- 4th!!. If you guys have time between battling Sparky and Beatty drop over to Archimedes and take a look!!
Good luck in your division and maybe fate will let us meet on the big stage.
WC:cool:
http://robotics.arc.nasa.gov/foothill
Sorry guys 255 won’t be there this year - good luck to you all.
I’ll be doing the webcasts and cheering you on.
I expect to see 25 254 60 192 to make it to the finals -
Thanks Doc-
We were looking all over for you in the rosters when we found out we were going so we could repeat our Friday polynesian party like last year. It was disappointing to see Foothills absent. Sorry. Of course, if any of the team is travelling to Fla. anyway as spectators they are welcome to be a part of our group for all our events.
Of course next year is OUR year and we should start planning an ODD team blowout.
Thanks for the confidence in our machine. Since it wasn’t telecast, nobody in the country saw the Rutgers Regional and has any idea what the Scorpion has to offer. We’ll show them all later this week. Should be fun. I think some of learned predictions made in other threads may change becuse there are a few RU based machines with a lot of merit which nobody has really seen.
Anyway, I hope your prophesy comes true. It would be great for a team from the waiting list to get that far- and a real comment on the rules change this year.
WC
Thanks Wayne - If you have a party I’ll come.
It was really sad - we were on the waitng list, But I found out on April 4th, that we got in - The team was on Spring Break, so they didn’t find out until the 8th - The logistics of getting everyone drug screened (A requirement for Foothill students) going out of state - tickets, Hotel accomodations, permission slips, rearranging teacher schedules, etc. just made it impossible.
I think it is amazing our designs are so simliar - we don’t have a go home device, and our robot is simple - four motors and one pnuematic system - but it deploys two arms as it moves forward, snags two goals moves them into scoring position, and then we deploy a brake plate that lifts the robot off its weels and transfers the weight of the goals to the plate - it worked fairly well in practice, but we were heavy and had gear stripping problems with the Chippuas. We only got the robot to run well in four of the matches and we lost them all because of unfavorable alliances.
Did have a great human player - sank 6 out of 10 from extreme range into a moving target on three occasions. Sad - oh well - with a little more practice I thenk we would have been a Beatty Beater. I wish we were there only to show that a team with limited technical resources can be as competitive as the ‘fancy’ teams. (wait a minute - we already proved that in 2000!) -
I expect the Raiders to carry on!