[team2039] Re: Successful Competition
- From: "Lesko, Kenneth R HS" <ken.lesko@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "team2039@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <team2039@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:37:36 +0000
Great job team! I was a little disappointed as this was the first time I
didn’t get to watch the team’s performance either in person or at least through
webcasts. First the webcast link didn’t get published on the First site until
Friday and when I try to connect it didn’t work so I was watching how you were
doing by the round schedule and standings pages. I saw that after 11 matches
you were 37 and figure you weren’t going to get selected but when they put up
the elimination schedule 2039 was listed so I was excited. The bummer part was
nobody keep the elimination schedule up to date throughout elimination rounds.
Nobody was listed for semifinals or finals and match scores for the quarter
finals were not posted. Went back Saturday night and still no info. Didn’t
find out how you did until I talked to the Webbers at church on Sunday. Sounds
like everyone had a great experience and you did good. Had you gone to a
second competition I’m sure you would have gone even farther. Super job!
Regards,
Ken Lesko
Rockford Robotics Sponsorship Mentor
Hamilton Sundstrand Electric Systems
Systems Integrated Product Team Lead
A350XWB Ram Air Turbine System
Phone (815) 226-5135
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On Behalf Of Brad Masbruch
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 1:39 PM
To: team2039@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:team2039@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [team2039] Re: Successful Competition
What I wrote before didn't have anything about how we finished. Below is a
summary that I sent to some friends. If we're having a meeting Tuesday, I would
suggest discussing it further there, and then sending it out on Wednesday.
We had many struggles with having to cut weight, tear things apart, re-design,
fix, re-wire, and re-program many times between each of our matches (there was
never a dull moment). In the end we had a robot that could compete with the
best robots there. We finished the seeding matches ranked 37 out of 48, but
looks were deceiving because we were scoring the most of the 6 robots on the
field in our matches. Other teams took notice and we were picked for 1 of the
alliances (there were 8 alliances with 3 robots each). We were the 6th ranked
alliance, and in the quarterfinals we beat the 3rd ranked alliance in a best of
3 match (lost 1st but won the next 2 games). In the semi-finals we played the
2nd ranked alliance where we lost the 1st game 59-54 (one of our alliance
robots lost communications, then won the 2nd by scoring more points than anyone
had all weekend in a game (76). But in the 3rd game they put up and impressive
86 points and we were knocked out. That alliance then went on to destroy the
1st ranked alliance by scoring 98 points in both games.
On Mar 25, 2012, at 1:28 PM, Mary Johnson
<mgjohnsn@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mgjohnsn@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I would like to do a short email to our sponsors with competition results.
Does anyone want to add to Brad's summary? Also, if anyone has some pictures,
please forward your favorite shots to me and I will include them in the email.
Thanks,
Mary Johnson
Sent from my iPad
On Mar 24, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Brad Masbruch
<bmas99@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:bmas99@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I want to congratulate everyone on a very successful competition. I'm proud of
what we accomplished these last 3 days. After a long build season we went to
the competition with high hopes that we had a well functioning robot. When we
got there we were over weight on our shooter, over weight on our robot, lost
distance in our shooter, then had inconsistent shooting distances, and fried
some electronics (and this was just Thursday). Instead of getting discouraged,
we thought quick on our feet and worked hard. After all the re-design,
re-wiring, re-working, and re-programming, we ended up with one of the most
consistent scoring robots at the competition. We may have not won it all, but
you should be proud of the robot you made and all your hard work over the past
several weeks. I know I am.
Brad Masbruch
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