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Team 254A – “Phoenix 1″

Competition History

• Tracy Tournament – Excellence Award

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Team 254A – “Phoenix 2″

Competition History

• All-Star Championship – Champion, Excellence Award, Robot Skills 1st Place

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Team 254A – “Phoenix 3 (Phoenix Light)”

Competition History

• Pan-Pacific Championship (HECO Division) – Champion

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Team 254A – “Phoenix 4 (Mongoose)”

Competition History

• Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament – Champion

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Team 254A – “Cobra”

Competition History

• World Championship (Technology Division) – Division Winner, Excellence Award, Team Website 1st Place, Division Community Award Winner

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Team 254B – “Ares I”

Robot Abilities

• 9.4 lbs, ~18”×18”×18”
• 2 potentiometers, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders
• 4-motor (2X wire + 2X 393) drive, 4 wheel drive, top speed 2.18 fps
• 4-motor (2X wire + 2X 393) arm, 7:1 gearing
• Intake roller intake at 100rpm

Competition History

• Pan-Pacific Championship – Champion

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Team 254B – “Ares II”

Robot Abilities

• 5.2 lbs, ~17″×18″×16″
• 2 potentiometers, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders
• 4-motor (2X wire + 2X 393) drive, 4 wheel drive, top speed 2.18 fps
• 4-motor (2X wire + 2X 393) arm, 7:1 gearing
• Intake roller intake at 100rpm

Competition History

• Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament – Champion

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Team 254B – “Bludgeon”

Robot Abilities

• 11.5 lbs, ~17″×18″×17.5″
• 2 potentiometers, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders, 6 line followers, 1 ultrasonic
• 4-motor (4X 393 geared for speed) drive, 4 wheel drive, top speed 3.49 fps
• 4-motor (4X 269) arm, 5:1 gearing
• Intake roller intake geared at 200rpm

Competition History

• World Championship (Science Division) – Excellence Award Winner

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Team 254E – “Garfield”

Robot Abilities

• 4 motor drive gearing2:1
• linear sliders 4 motors gearing5:1
• tank tread intake 2 motors holds 5 rings
• 2 drive encoders

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Team 254C – “Unnamed Robot”

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Team 254D – “Unnamed Robot”

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Team 254E – “The Intimidator”

Robot Abilities

• 4 motor drive gearing2:1
• 4 high strength motor scissor lift gearing 1:5
• 1 motor intake roller holds 4 rings
• descorer

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Team 254E – “The Reaper”

Robot Abilities

• 4 motor drive gearing2:1
• 4 high strength motor scissor lift gearing 1:5
• 1 motor intake roller holds 4 rings
• descorer

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Team 254H – “Speedy Gonzales”

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Team 254H – “Speedy Gonzales with Wings”

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Team 254H – “The Bellarmine Tournament Bot”

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Team 254H – “The Bot for Worlds”

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Team 254S – “Unnamed Robot”

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Team 254A – “The Alpha Release”

Robot Abilities

• 19.0 lbs, ~18″×18″×18″, instant small ball floor-goal-fire
• 2 potentiometers, 1 ultrasonic sensor, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders, 2 limit switches, 4 bumper switches, 4 LEDs
• 6-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 2.62 fps
• 2-motor arm, 7:1 gearing
• 2-motor intake, 1:3 gearing
• 2-piston, 4-reservoir pneumatic firing system
• Small, medium, and large ball intake and rolling/firing outtake
• Floor goal firing outtake
• Automated “aim”, fire (partially multi-directional), and retract

Competition History

• Beach Cities/SMI Tournament – Champion
• Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament – Champion, Excellence Award, Robot Skills 1st Place
• Robovikes Fairfield Tournament – Champion, Excellence Award
• All-Star Championship – Champion, Excellence Award, Robot Skills 1st Place, Programming Skills 2nd Place
• Pan-Pacific Championship – Champion, Robot Skills 2nd Place, Amaze Award

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Team 254A – “The Beta Release”

Robot Abilities

• 17.0 lbs, ~18″×18″×18″, multi-directional medium and large ball “dumpfling”
• 3 potentiometers, 2 ultrasonic sensors, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders, 2 limit switches, 2 bumper switches, 4 LEDs
• 6-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 2.91 fps
• 2-motor arm, 7:1 gearing
• 2-motor intake, 1:3 gearing
• 2-piston, 4-reservoir pneumatic firing system
• Small, medium, and large ball intake and rolling/firing outtake
• Floor goal firing outtake
• Automated “aim”, fire (partially multi-directional), and retract

Competition History

• OCRL/SMI Tournament – Champion, Programming Skills 1st Place, Innovate Award
• Independence Tournament – Finalist, Robot Skills 1st Place, Programming Skills 1st Place
• RAPSA Tournament – Champion, Robot Skills 1st Place, Programming Skills 1st Place
• Championship of the Amercias – Champion, Excellence Award, Robot Skills 1st Place, Programming Skills 1st Place, Think Award

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Team 254A – “The Omega Release”

Robot Abilities

• 18.0 lbs, ~18″×18″×18″, the longest-lasting 254A design (Alpha-Beta-Omega)
• 3 potentiometers, 2 ultrasonic sensors, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders, 2 limit switches, 2 bumper switches, 4 LEDs
• 6-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 2.91 fps
• 2-motor arm, 7:1 gearing
• 2-motor intake, 1:3 gearing
• 2-piston, 4-reservoir pneumatic firing system
• Small, medium, and large ball intake and rolling/firing outtake
• Floor goal firing outtake
• Automated “aim”, fire (partially multi-directional), and retract

Competition History

• World Championship (Technology Division) – Unite Award, Amaze Award, Programming Skills 2nd Place, Team Website 3rd Place

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Team 254B – “The Cube”

Robot Abilities

• 19.0 lbs, ~18″x18″x18″
• 1 potentiometer, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders
• 6-motor, 6-wheel drive, top speed 2.33 fps
• Pneumatic powered basket
• Rotating adjustable intake

Competition History

• Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

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Team 254B – “The Doctor”

Robot Abilities

• 15.0 lbs, ~18″x18″x18″
• 1 potentiometer, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders
• 6-motor, 6-wheel drive, top speed 3.00 fps
• 2-motor double bar linkage, gearing 7:1
• Pivoting 4″ intake roller, gearing 1:1

Competition History

• Pan Pacific Championship – Champion

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Team 254B – “Ghetto Betsy 2.01″

Robot Abilities

• 8.3 lbs, ~18″x18″x18″
• 1 potentiometer, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders
• 4-motor, 6-wheel drive, top speed 2.91 fps
• 2-motor basket, gearing 1:7
• 2-motor tread wall, top speed 2.57 fps
• 2-motor belt lift, top speed 1.54 fps

Competition History

• Ceres II Tournament

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Team 254B – “The Weeble”

Robot Abilities

• 10.0 lbs, ~18″×18″×18″
• 1 potentiometer, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders
• 6-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 3.49 fps
• 4-motor arm, 5:1 gearing
• 2-piston, 2-reservoir pneumatic firing system
• Small, medium, and large ball scoop and rolling/firing outtake
• Floor goal firing outtake
• Automated “aim”, low/high fire, and retract

Competition History

• World Championship (Technology Division)

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Team 254C – “Beast Mode: Atlas”

Competition History

• Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament – Judges’ Award, Robot Skills 2nd Place, Programming Skills 2nd Place
• Robovikes Fairfield Tournament – Finalist, Programming Skills 2nd Place
• All-Star Championship – Champion, Robot Skills 2nd Place
• Ceres I Tournament – Champion, Robot Skills 2nd Place, Programming Skills 2nd Place
• Pan-Pacific Championship – Champion
• San Ramon Tournament – Robot Skills 1st Place

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Team 254C – “Beast Mode II: Basilisk”

Competition History

• Independence Tournament – Champion, Robot Skills 2nd Place
• Ceres II Tournament – Finalist
• Tracy Tournament – Finalist, Excellence Award

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Team 254C – “Beast Mode III: Chimera”

Robot Abilities

• Drive train (4-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 2.91 fps)
• Arm (4-motor arm, 5:3 gearing)
• Intake (2-motor intake, 1:1 gearing)
• Features: intakes anything in under 0.5 sec each and dumps a full load of 6 footballs in under 1 sec, defense with outtake

Competition History

• World Championship (Technology Division)

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Team 254D – “Mr. Zombie”

Robot Abilities

• 20 lbs, 18″x18″x15″, a driving box
• 4-motor, 6-wheel drive, top speed 1.74 fps
• could score green balls and white balls

Competition History

• Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

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Team 254D – “The Shredder”

Competition History

• Independence Tournament – Champion
• Ceres II Tournament

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Team 254D – “Om Nom Nom”

Competition History

• World Championship (Technology Division)

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Team 254E – “E-Volution”

Competition History

• World Championship (Science Division)

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Team 254F – “Wall (Defensive Section)”

Robot Abilities

• ~30 lbs, ~18″x18″x18″, unfolding 12′ wall
• 2 pneumatic cylinders
• 0-motor, 4-wheel rubber-band drive, top speed undetermined and unreached, 1:36 gearing
• Molded together with Floyd to start within the 18″ sizing cube

Competition History

• Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament
• Ceres Tournament – Finalist

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Team 254F – “Floyd (Offensive Section)”

Robot Abilities

• ~10 lbs, ~16″x16″x18″, medium ball manipulator
• 1 potentiometer
• 6-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 2.18 fps
• 2-motor single-joint arm, 1:5 gearing
• 2-motor dual tank tread intake, 3:1 gearing
• Molded together with Wall to start within the 18″ sizing cube

Competition History

• Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament
• Ceres Tournament – Finalist

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Team 254F – “Outside the Wall”

Robot Abilities

• ~10 lbs, ~18″x18″x18″, conveyor belt, built upon “High Hopes” – a robot never used in competition
• 2 optical shaft encoders
• 4-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 2.4 fps
• 2-motor lower belt, top speed 1.21 fps
• 2-motor upper belt, top speed 1.21 fps
• 2-motor pivoting high-strength gear intake, 1:4 gearing
• Pneumatic gate
• Small and medium ball intake and outtake, white ball outtake

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Team 254S – “Blackjack”

Robot Abilities

• ~ 8 lbs, irregularly-sized (sized in diagonally)
• 1 bumper sensor, 1 limit switch
• 6-motor, 4-wheel drive train, top speed 4.8 fps
• 2-motor, single-joint arm, 5:1 gearing
• 1-motor intake, 4:1 gearing

Competition History

• Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament – Finalist
• Fairfield Tournament

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Team 254Z – “ΣX (Sigma Chi)”

Robot Abilities

• 7.0 lbs, ~18″×18″×16″, line-tracking OperatorControl
• 6 line sensors, 1 potentiometer, 4 quadrature shaft encoders, 1 bump sensor, 6 LEDs
• 8-motor, 6-wheel drive, top speeds: 3.49 fps on X-axis, 1.74 fps on Y-axis
• 2-motor double bar linkage, 3:1 gearing
• Large ball passive outtake

Competition History

• Ceres I Tournament – Finalist
• San Ramon Tournament – Champion

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Team 254Z – “The Backbreaker”

Robot Abilities

• 11.0 lbs, ~18″×18″×18″, gut-wrenching over-the-wall back-breaking dumps
• 2 potentiometers, 1 ultrasonic sensor, 2 quadrature shaft encoders, 1 bump sensor, 3 LEDs
• 4-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 2.91 fps
• 4-motor arm, 5:1 gearing
• 2-motor intake, 1:4 gearing
• Small, medium, and large ball intake and rolling outtake
• Floor and high goal rolling outtake
• Automated “aim”, dump, and retract

Competition History

• Independence Tournament

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Team 254Z – “The Backbreaker”

Robot Abilities

• 14.0 lbs, ~18″×18″×18″, out-of-field firing range
• 2 potentiometers, 1 ultrasonic sensor, 2 quadrature shaft encoders, 1 bump sensor, 3 LEDs
• 6-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 3.49 fps
• 4-motor arm, 5:1 gearing
• 2-piston, 3-reservoir pneumatic firing system
• Small, medium, and large ball scoop and rolling/firing outtake
• Floor goal firing outtake
• Automated “aim”, low/high fire, and retract

Competition History

• Tracy Tournament – Champion, Robot Skills 1st Place
• World Championship (Science Division) – Amaze Award

Team 254A – “Rambo”

Robot Abilities

• 22.5 lbs, ~18″x18″x18″, 38″ stretch (upward)
• 1 potentiometer, 2 limit switches
• 4-motor, 8-wheel drive, top speed 1.20 fps
• 2-motor single-joint arm (360-degree freedom), 35:1 gearing
• 2-motor arm extender, 1:1 gearing
• 1-motor wrist (360-degree freedom), 7:1 gearing
• 1-motor quad intake roller double-ended basket, 1:1 gearing, cap. 6 cubes
• Autoloader pull (5 cubes in ~12 sec)
• Bonus cube (multi-directional)

Competition History

• Tempest ‘n Tampa Tournament – Champion, Gracious Professionalism Award

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Team 254A – “RoboRanger I”

Robot Abilities

• 15.0 lbs, ~18″x18″x18″, 293-line OperatorControl() code with OperatorAuto functions
• 1 potentiometer, 4 ultrasonic sensors, 3 limit switches
• 6-motor, 6-wheel drive, top speed 1.74 fps
• 1-motor dual tank tread + dual 4″ rim intake, 1:1 gearing, cap. 5 cubes
• 1-motor single-joint arm, 25:1 gearing
• 1-motor arm extender, 1:3 gearing
• 1-motor dual intake roller claw, 1:1 gearing, cap. 1 cube
• Autoloader pull (5 cubes in ~5 sec)
• Bonus cube (multi-directional), Platform

Competition History

• Pan-Pacific Championship – Amaze Award, Programming Skills 2nd Place

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Team 254A – “The Cheesy Failure”

Robot Abilities

• 10.0 lbs, ~18″x18″x18″, > 3 ft. of chain
• 2 potentiometers, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders, 2 limit switches, 2 bumper switches
• 6-motor, 6-wheel drive, top speed 3.60 fps
• 2-motor single-joint arm, 7:1 gearing
• 2-motor dual chain + dual 4″ rim intake/outtake, 10:24 gearing, cap. 5 cubes
• Autoloader pull (5 cubes in ~4 sec)
• Bonus cube (multi-directional)

Competition History

• Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament – Amaze Award

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Team 254A – “RoboRanger II”

Robot Abilities

• 18.0 lbs, ~18″x18″x18″, 496-line OperatorControl() code with OperatorAuto functions
• 1 potentiometer, 2 ultrasonic sensors, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders, 3 limit switches, 2 bumper switches
• 4-motor, 6-wheel drive, top speed 2.91 fps
• 2-motor dual tank tread + quad 4″ rim intake, 1:3 gearing, cap. 5 cubes
• 2-motor single-joint arm, 7:1 gearing
• 1-motor arm extender, 1:3 gearing
• 1-motor dual tank tread outtake, 1:1 gearing, cap. 4 cubes
• Automated autoloader pull (5 cubes in ~2.5 sec)
• Bonus cube (multi-directional)

Competition History

• World Championship (Science Division) – Create Award

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Team 254B – “Ghetto Betsy”

Robot Abilities

• 16.0 lbs, MAXDIM, snapped two 36T gears in half
• 1 potentiometer, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders
• 6-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 3.63 fps
• 2-motor four-bar linkage, 7:1 gearing
• 2-motor dual tank tread + dual 4″ rim intake/outtake, 1:1 gearing, capacity 5 cubes
• Autoloader pull (5 cubes in < 5 sec)
• Bonus cube (multi-directional), platform

Competition History

• Siatech Tournament
• San Ramon Tournament – Finalist, Robot Skills 1st Place
• World Championship (Technology Division) – Division Finalist

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Team 254C – “Danger”

Robot Abilities

• 12 lbs, 18″x18″x16″, aka “The Pinchy-Pinchy-Poofs!”
• 1 potentiometer
• 6-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 3.63 fps
• 2-motor single-joint arm, 7:1 gearing
• 1-motor claw, 5:3 gearing
• Autoloader pull
• Bonus cube (multi-directional), platform

Competition History

• Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament
• Siatech Tournament – Amaze Award
• San Ramon Tournament – Robot Skills 2nd Place
• World Championship (Science Division)

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Team 254D – “Sandal I”

Team 254D was the title of Sandal I, a robot entered into this tournament to fill the 17th spot in the 18-team regional. It was built in a week by Kendall Searing and Tyler Santos-Matson with the aid of Taylor Furtado, and driven by Matt Weems and Kendall Searing.

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Team 254E – “e-Rex”

Robot Abilities

• 12 lbs, 16″ x 18″ x 18″, drives and can score if tipped
• 4-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 3.63 fps
• 4-motor four-bar linkage, 5:1 gearing
• 2-motor dual tank tread + dual 4″ rim intake/outtake, capacity 3 cubes
• Autoloader pull (3 cubes in 1.5-3 sec)
• Bonus cube (multi-directional), platform
• Automated controls to raise arm to set goal heights

Competition History

• Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament
• Siatech Tournament – Champion
• World Championship (Science Division)

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Team 254F – “Barn of Steel”

Team 254F was the number of Barn of Steel, a robot entered into this tournament to fill the 18th spot in the 18-team regional. It was built in a day by John Mueller and driven by Taylor Furtado.

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Team 254F – “Shopping Cart”

Robot Abilities

• 18 lbs, ~18″x18″x18″, dual cube shooter (San Ramon ’09 only), held all the cubes in the field
• 1 potentiometer, 1 bumper switch
• 6-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 2.18 fps
• 2-motor single-joint arm, 7:1 gearing
• 2-motor dual tank tread intake, 1:3 gearing
• Bonus cube (multi-directional), platform (multi-directional)

Competition History

• Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament
• Siatech Tournament
• San Ramon Tournament
• World Championship (Science Division)

Team 567 – “Fat Boy” (FIRST Tech Challenge)

Robot Abilities

• 31.5 lbs, ~18″×18″×18″, ~144 gears, 36″ peak stretch (outward)
• 1 bumper switch
• 6-wheel, 4-motor drive, top speed 1.20 fps
• 4-motor unfolding arm, 35:1 gearing
• Dual intake roller intake, 1:1 gearing, cap. 6 rings
• Retractable platform hook, geared to arm

Competition History

• Norcal Tournament – Champion, Amaze Award
• Las Vegas Tournament – Amaze Award
• World Championship