254E History

Founded in the 2008-2009 Elevation Season, Team 254E first appeared at the Bellarmine Bay Area tournament. Although both of its members had limited prior experience with robotics, neither had been associated with VEX beforehand. Far exceeding expectations, 254E seeded third at its first tournament and reached the semi-finals. 254E later won the SIATech regional, qualifying it for the World Championships in Dallas, where it reached the divisional semifinals.

So far in the 2010 Clean Sweep season, 254E has won a Programming Skills, Excellence, Amaze, and Create Award, and has finaled at 4 tournaments.

Dead micro-controllers are the bane of this team's existence.

Members

B: Build, C: Coach, D1: Driver, D2: Operator, M: Media, P: Programming

2009: Elevation

• John Paton (Captain, B, M, D1)
• Joseph Vokt (B, P, D2)
• John Mueller - Honorary (B, P)

2010: Clean Sweep

• John Paton (Captain,B, M, D)
• Joseph Vokt (B, P)
• Arvind Srinivasan (B, P)
• Anselm Mak (B, C)
• Josh Cohen (B)
• Matt Weems (B)
• Jonathan Chang (B)

Match Data and Awards

254E has qualified for World Championships twice thus far in 2010. For a tournament-by-tournament breakdown, please click here.

Robots

E-Rex '09 ★ 15 lbs, ~18"x18"x18", jaws grab big cube 1 bumper switch 4-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 1.74 fps 2-motor single-joint arm, 7:1 gearing 1-motor arm extender, 1:3 gearing 1-motor jaw extender, 1:3 gearing 2-motor intake, 1:1 gearing, cap. 1 cube Autoloader pull Bonus cube (multi-directional), platform (multi-directional)
E-Rex v.2 '09 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
E-Rex v.3 '10 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?	?
E-Rex v.4  '10 ★★ ? ? ? ? ? ? ?	?

Contact

John Paton, Captain: jpaton10@gmail.com

This page is for the most part duplicated on the Team 254E on VexForum. Besides the detailed tournament data, this page contains all public information about VRC Team 254E.