Team 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.
Please refer to the main 254 page for more general team history, sponsors, and links to our other teams.
Team Members
B: Build P: Programming M: Media (Web, Camera) C: Coach D1: Driver 1 (Driver) D2: Driver 2 (Operator) 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
- Daniel Fernandes
- Winston Young
- Charlie DePalmo
- Nick Eyre
-- To be determined --
Robot Profiles
Data represents configuration at last tournament entered by the robot. Traditionally, names are only changed for complete revisions. MAXDIM denotes a measurement indicating <.1" clearance (of the 18" cube restriction) on all sides. cap. - an abbreviation for capacity
Chicken Stick
- 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)
Ghetto Betsy
- 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
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, Amaze
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
- -
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
Dallas [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
- 3rd Place, World Championships
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
- -
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, quarter-finalist
- -
Contact Information
Please send any questions or suggestions to team254B@gmail.com.
