Explorer Post 1010: Botball 2007 Journal

Saturday, May 12, 2007

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Wow, what a great Tournament Day. What can we say -- our teams did great

Team 130	1st Place Overall 1st Place Documentation 1st Place Seeding Rounds 2nd Place Competition Rounds Judge's Choice (for offensive strategy)
Team 129	6th Place Overall 7th Place Documentation 3rd Place Seeding Rounds Finalist in Competition Rounds (9th Place)

Here are the scores and the awards.

Scores for the on-site presentations and project documentation totals

Team 129 got 15 out of 20 for the presentation, and a project total of 101 out of a maximum of 116 points. The evaluator felt everything in all categories were very solid, but did not stand out exceptionally.

Team 130 got 20 out of 20 for the presentation, and a project total of 109 out of a maximum of 116 points. This gave them first place in the documentation.

Team 129
Had a seeding round average score of 34 (half point off 2nd place) and won one round in the final 16 in competition.

Round	Score	Video	Comments
Seeding 1	34		Nice run
Seeding 2	26		Problem with the touch sensors on the house bot
Seeding 3	34	Video	Very nice run
Competition 1	0 - Loss	Video	House bot didn't start, blocked water bot
Competition 2	0 - Loss	Video	House bot didn't start again, but got a second chance since they played the wrong team
Competition 3	34 - Win	Video	Nice run, compensated for the house bot problem
Competition 4	34 - Win	Video	Nice run
Competition 5	34 - Win	Video	Nice run in final 16
Competition 6	16 - Loss	Video	Lava got stuck in house bot, only two houses covered

Team 130
Had a seeding round average score of 39 (1st place) and only lost to the Dead Robots Society in competition (2nd place).

Round	Score	Video	Comments
Seeding 1	38		Nice run
Seeding 2	40		Very nice run
Seeding 3	24	Video	Water bot didn't start because light sensor was pointed down
Competition 1	10+ - Win	Video	House bot didn't start
Competition 2	34+ - Win	Video	Very nice run
Competition 3	34 - Win	Video	Nice run, flap missed volcano
Competition 4	34+ - Win	Video	Very nice run
Competition 5	24 - Loss	Video	Water bot missed placing balls in bins
Competition 6	29+ - Win	Video	Water bot missed placing one balls in a bin
Competition 7	24 - Loss	Video	Water bot died before placing balls in bins, but house bot came through

Pictures

Tournament Tables Waiting	Team 130 Presentation
Team 129 Practice	Team 130 Practice
Team 129 Bots (need picture)	Team 130 Bots
Team 129 - Sixth Place Overall	Team 130 - First Place Overall
Research Award	Celebration!