Team 254B
Team 254B was first started in the 2008-2009 VRC Elevation season; none of its four founding members had any prior robotics experience. However, they were able to make it to the World Championship divisional finals.
254B had an up-and-down 2010 season, filled with a variety of designs that worked with varying degrees of success. The team looks forward with eager expectation to what the 2011 Round Up season will bring!
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Members
A: Battery
B: Build
C: Coach
D1: Driver 1 (Driver)
D2: Driver 2 (Operator)
IT: Tech Support, including Webmaster
M: Media (Camera)
P: Programming S: Scouting
Italics denote an honorary member, someone not on the team but whose significant contributions merit recognition.
2009: Elevation
- Drew Willner, Captain (B, P, D1)
- Daniel Fernandes (P, C)
- Winston Young (B, D2)
- Charlie DePalmo (B, M)
2010: Clean Sweep
- Drew Willner, Captain (B, D1, M, P)
- Winston Young (B, D2, M)
- Daniel Fernandes (C, P)
- Charlie DePalmo (B)
- Mark Barneond (B)
- Nick Eyre (B)
Match Data and Awards
Team 254B is 44-25-0 on the field. For a tournament-by-tournament breakdown, please click here.
Team 254B has qualified for World Championships at two regionals. The team tied for third place at the 2009 World Championships, and won the Tournament title at the Second Pan-Pacific Championship.
Robots
Each ★ denotes one qualification for that year's World Championships.
Chicken Stick '09
- 10 lbs, 18" x 16" x 16", guaranteed brownouts (at least once a match)
- 1 potentiometer, 2 optical shaft quadrature encoders
- 6-motor, 6-wheel drive, top speed 5.23 fps
- 2-motor single-joint arm, 7:1 gearing
- 2-motor dual tank tread intake, 1:1 gearing, cap. 4 cubes
- Bonus cube (multi-directional), platform (multi-directional)
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Ghetto Betsy '09 ★
- 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
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The Cube '10
- 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
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The Doctor '10 ★
- 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
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Ghetto Betsy 2.01 '10
- 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
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The Weeble '10
- 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
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Contact
Please send any questions or suggestions to team254B@gmail.com.
This page is for the most part duplicated on the 254B Wiki on Vex Forum. Besides the detailed tournament data, this page contains all public information about VRC Team 254B.
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