Difference between revisions of "DEWBOT IX Mid-Atlantic Region Championship"

Revision as of 19:41, 17 April 2013

Together with alliance partners 2729 (Storm Robotics - alliance captain, from Lenape and Cherokee High Schools in Marlton & Medford, NJ) and 2590 (Nemesis, from Robbinsville High School, Robbinsville, NJ), we won the MAR Championship!

We had difficulties during qualifications. Our shooter lost its mojo for most of the qual matches and the problem was only resolved at the end of day 2 when we fixed a robot-wide voltage control issue and replaced the shooter motor. We also suffered from communication drop-out several times, both due to the voltage failures and likely due to a disconnect internal to the router. The cRio was isolated, shooter motor switched, and router and power cable replaced before alliance selection. Our climbing system was also unreliable, which we are aiming to resolve for Worlds.

On the other hand, our drive team was phenomenal and our scouting awesome. The new anti-backdrive mechanism on our caterpillar drive worked flawlessly on the practice field and in our one 10 point climb.

Standings & Statistics

Official Position

Rank: 27 of 49 (79^th percentile)
Qualifying Match Record: 6-6-0 (top 10-2-2, avg 6-6, stdev 2.3)
Elimination Match Record: 6-1 - Champions
Qualifying Score: 12 (20 top , average , stdev )

MAR Points

Total Points after 3^rd event: 191
Rank: 9th

Match Results

Qualification Matches

Elimination Matches

Crew

Students

Drive Team

Douglas M - Driver
Jack R - Operator
Yahya M - Human Player

Pit Crew

Molly K - Pit Captain
DJ R - Pit Liaison, Programming
Kira K - Mechanical
Patrick C - Mechanical
Brad M - Electrical

Programmers

DJ R (pit)
Patrick D (pit)
Mike
Kevin
Rachel
Hannah

Scouting

Lucy
Fatima
Ian
Mike
Sarah
Kevin
Rachel
Hannah

Mentors

Clem McKown - Head Mentor, Pit & Elimination Crew, Photography
Siri Maley - Drive Coach & Team Strategist, Pit & Elimination Crew Lead
Scott Featherman - Pit Crew & Electrical Adviser
Julie Christopher - Pit Crew & Programming Adviser
Frank San Miguel - Pit Crew (Programming)
Faith McKown - Logistics
Ben Kellom - Mechanical Mentor
John Weissman
Mike Rizzo - Referee & Most Senior FIRSTer at the Competition
Andrew Weissman - Pit Crew (Mechanical), Scouting
Julie Kulik
Rich Kulik

Parents

Ellen Kellom
Bill Curran
Marianna Curran
Debbie Drago
Sue Rogers
Rich Tipperman

Volunteers

Mike Rizzo - Mentor, Referee
Sasha Wall - Alumna, Field Reset
Nicole Wall - Alumna, Field Reset
Rita Wall - Alumni Parent, Judge

Mid-Atlantic Region Championship Photo Gallery

Pit - DJ & Kira
Molly & Kira
Douglas
DJ
Ian scouting
Gary Deaver & Douglas
Andrew Weissman
Blue bumper mass
Robot mass (w/ dumper)
Kira & Patrick C
On the practice field
Test climb
Dashboard
Scouts at work
Jack, Yahya & Douglas queued
Robot ready for qualification match 32
2607 & 75 up
Robots ready for match 43
Yahya feeding
Climb
Queued for the practice field
Pit
Paul Kloberg (Team 303)
Color guard
Douglas & Yahya set up
Sab-BOT-age in the stands
Team flag
1^st alliance line-up
Drive team at work
DEWBOT shooting
Robot
Andrew Weissman
Brad
Drive team between elimination matches
Yahya & Douglas set up
All alliance robots up
Highest score!
Yahya feeding
Jack & Lucy w/ Storm student
Finals ceremony
Finals - Introductions
Finals - Handshake
Flag
Disk leaving DEWBOT's shooter
Team in the pit after winning
Award walk
Team with banner & trophies
Team w/ robot
Winning alliance
Victory dinner

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 Together with alliance partners 2729 ([http://www.stormrobots.org/ Storm Robotics] - alliance captain, from Lenape and Cherokee High Schools in Marlton & Medford, NJ) and 2590 ([http://www.frc2590.org/ Nemesis], from Robbinsville High School, Robbinsville, NJ), we won the MAR Championship!
-We had difficulties during qualifications.  Our shooter lost its mojo for most of the qual matches and the problem was only resolved at the end of day 2.  We also suffered from communication drop-out every time we were hit until we replaced the router and its cables on the morning of day 3.  Both of these problems were behind us before alliance selection.  Our climbing system was also off and this problem has not been entirely resolved.
+We had difficulties during qualifications.  Our shooter lost its mojo for most of the qual matches and the problem was only resolved at the end of day 2 when we fixed a robot-wide voltage control issue and replaced the shooter motor.  We also suffered from communication drop-out several times, both due to the voltage failures and likely due to a disconnect internal to the router. The cRio was isolated, shooter motor switched, and router and power cable replaced before alliance selection.  Our climbing system was also unreliable, which we are aiming to resolve for Worlds.
-On the other hand, our drive team was phenomenal and our scouting awesome.  Aslo, the new anti-backdrive mechanism on our caterpillar drive worked flawlessly.
+On the other hand, our drive team was phenomenal and our scouting awesome.  The new anti-backdrive mechanism on our caterpillar drive worked flawlessly on the practice field and in our one 10 point climb.
 ==Standings & Statistics==
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 *DJ R (pit)
 *Patrick D (pit)
+*Mike
 *Kevin
 *Rachel
+*Hannah
 ====Scouting====
 *Lucy
 *Fatima
 *Ian
+*Mike
 *Sarah
 *Kevin
 *Rachel
+*Hannah
 ===Mentors===
 *Clem McKown - Head Mentor, Pit & Elimination Crew, Photography
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 *John Weissman
 *Mike Rizzo - Referee & Most Senior FIRSTer at the Competition
-*Andrew Weissman - Pit Crew (Mechanical)
+*Andrew Weissman - Pit Crew (Mechanical), Scouting
 *Julie Kulik
 *Rich Kulik
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 *Debbie Drago
 *Sue Rogers
-*Tipperman
+*Rich Tipperman
 ===Volunteers===
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 Image:DB9_MAR-CMP_1304012_csm-4.jpg|Yahya feeding
 Image:DB9_MAR-CMP_1304012_csm-5.jpg|Climb
-Image:DB9_MAR-CMP_1304013_csm-1.jpg|Queued fro the practice field
+Image:DB9_MAR-CMP_1304013_csm-1.jpg|Queued for the practice field
 Image:DB9_MAR-CMP_1304013_csm-2.jpg|Pit
 Image:DB9_MAR-CMP_1304013_csm-3.jpg|Paul Kloberg (Team 303)