Team 254B
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| Rookie Year: | 2009 |
| Inactive Years: | {{{inactive}}} |
| Location: | San Jose, CA |
| School: | Bellarmine College Prep |
| Approx. size: | 2 |
| Team Website: | http://www.team254.com/vrc/history/254b |
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General Information
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!
For the most part, this is a summarized, textual version of the "official" 254B page. Please refer to the main 254 page for more general team history, sponsors, and links to our other teams.
Team 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, D1)
- Daniel Fernandes (C, IT, P)
- 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, IT, P)
- Charlie DePalmo (B)
- Mark Barneond (B)
- Nick Eyre (B)
2011: Round Up
- Drew Willner, Captain
- Michael Coglianese
To be determined
Robot Profiles
Data represents configuration at last tournament entered by the robot. Traditionally, names are only changed for complete revisions. cap. - an abbreviation for capacity
Chicken Stick '09
- 10 lbs, ~18”×16”×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)
Ghetto Betsy '09
- 16.0 lbs, ~18”×18”×18”, 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
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
- Small and medium ball intake and outtake, large ball outtake
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
- Small and medium ball intake and outtake
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
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
Tournament History
Each tournament is followed by the game year and the robot name. ★ denotes a tournament in which the team qualified for World Championships. Italics denote any awards received at that tournament.
Bellarmine Bay Area '09: Chicken Stick
- Record: 5-5-0 (Q:5-3-0, E:0-2-0)
- Qual. Seed 5/18
- Alliance 3, Pick 1, Quarterfinalist
- Programming Skills 2nd Place, Robot Skills 2nd Place
Siatech '09: Ghetto Betsy
- Record: 7-3-0 (Q:5-2-0, E:2-1-0)
- Qual. Seed 6/22
- Alliance 3, Pick 1, Semifinalist
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San Ramon '09: Ghetto Betsy ★
- Record: 10-1-0 (Q:6-0-0, E:4-1-0)
- Qual. Seed 1/17
- Alliance 1, Captain, Finalist
- Robot Skills 1st Place
World Championship [Technology Div.] '09: Ghetto Betsy
- Record: 8-3-0 (Q:5-1-0, E:3-2-0)
- Qual. Seed 9/130
- Alliance 5, Pick 1, Division Finalist
- -
Bellarmine Bay Area '10: The Cube
- Record: 5-5-0 (Q:4-3-0, E:1-2-0)
- Qual. Seed 10/20
- Alliance 3, Pick 1, Quarterfinalist
- -
Pan Pacific Championship '10: The Doctor ★
- Record: 6-4-0 (Q:3-3-0, E:3-1-0)
- Qual. Seed 60/90
- Alliance 2, Pick 2, Champion
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Ceres II '10: Ghetto Betsy 2.01
- Record: 3-4-0 (Q:3-2-0, E:0-2-0)
- Qual. Seed 10/27
- Alliance 5, Pick 1, Quarterfinalist
- -
World Championship [Technology Div.] '10: The Weeble
- Record: 4-4-0 (Q:4-4-0, E:-)
- Qual. Seed 52/98
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Contact Information
Please send any questions or suggestions to team254B@gmail.com.
