The kiwis are coming to LA!

VEX V5 General Discussion General Forum
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62 Kiwis will fly (yes we can fly) out of Auckland on the 13th of April and make their way to the 2013 World Championships.

We look forward to meeting old friends and making new ones.

Look out for
7682 ACG Strathallen (Middle School)
2900A Onehunga High School
2911A Avondale High School
2911C Avondale High School
2915A Lynfield College (High School)
2918A Glenfield College (High School)
2919A Kristin Schoo
2921B Free Range Robotics (Home School)
2941A Otumoetai College (High School)
2941B Otumoetai College (High School)
2941D Otumoetai College (High School)
FEAR Massey University Palmerston North (College)

We would love to meet you!

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Excited to meet you guys, too!

No AURA this year?

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Unfortunately AURA (Auckland University) and AMESS (Massey University Albany) have had to bow out this year as the timing of the event was just too wrong for them being in the middle of a very important time of year for them. They hope to be able to make it in the future if the dates work out better.

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Ah, good old 2900A. It’s going to be great to see our old partners

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2990A awaits your arrival. We will be right next to you.

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I can’t wait to meet you all, please come by my pit at “1961 C” I would love to meet you all, and see your robots. Travel safe you guys. See everyone in LA.

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I look forward to meeting all of the 12 teams from New Zealand !

Last year Oats stepped up big with a division win ! They are showing their dominance this year with three teams !
Free Range has the most historical success out of all the New Zealand teams, its good to see them back in the mix again

It will be neat to meet up with Lynfield again, the DiscoBots enjoyed working with you guys and Green Egg last year

THat’s a big shock, no AMESS or AURA ! New Zealand has had a great showing at the College championship since the inception. Hopefully FEAR can keep up the track record.

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On behalf of the Oats crew, thanks for the well wishes. We will be sure to visit our “Pit Neighbours” for a catch up and some subtle scouting :slight_smile:

Cheers, Paul

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Hi Paul,
Don’t need to be subtle… just drop by 8059’s pits and take a look at our much improved version of the scooper-bot :smiley:
Who knows, we might get the chance to work together again during the World :slight_smile:

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As much as we would have liked to be at the World Champs this year, we had to assess our priorities.

  • We all have degrees to work towards and unfortunately the World Champs are during/at the end of a busy assessment week for all of us (because it’s the last week before a mid-semester break).

  • We don’t just do VEX - we have team members working on research projects (watch this space), we try to get out there and do volunteering and mentoring, and we do educational events every once in awhile. All of that adds up to a lot of time.

  • On top of that, it costs around NZD$3500 (roughly USD$3000) per person to get to the World Champs, and a lot of us have already been many times, so financially it’s a bit of a strain.

We’re wishing all the teams good luck, and we’ll be watching the competition via the magic of the interwebs! Hopefully we’ll be back next year!

P.S. We have faith in the FEAR team - they have a strong experience base, including members who have graduated from World Champion and Division Champion teams.

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Hi Meng

Invitation accepted :slight_smile:
Lucas and I were discussing ways in which the scooper bot could possibly be improved from what we saw at APAC. Will be awesome to see what you guys have done.

Good luck (you guys are due an easier schedule after what you faced at APAC!), Paul

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We did quite a fair bit of improvement… bigger capacity scoop, more effective dumping, added in descoring and rescoring ability and scoring high goal as well.

To be honest, we actually built a 2941a-2915a-hybrid-lookalike, and it has turned out to be one of our team’s epic failures at all times.
So the Singapore teams have decided that we are better in building scooper bot… we will leave the roller intakes to the NZ teams :stuck_out_tongue:
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So, from what I am reading… NZ has Roller Bots, Singapore has Flipper Bots, so what does US have? Mix of both?

I am looking forward to seeing all of the Singapore bots :slight_smile: They impressed me at the APAC, so I’m sure y’all will do it again at Worlds.

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Not all of NZ has roller bots. :wink:

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I am a bit surprise that there are teams (or at least you) that notice the Singapore teams. We are normally flying below the radar.

But as usual, we will be competitive… hey… 8059 had made it to the division SF for Worlds since 2010 :slight_smile:
We are quietly confident that we can make it further this year.

Back to the topic… what I like about this season game is really the variety of robots that we will be seeing.

As you mentioned… Singapore - flipper/scooper bots… NZ - roller intake (ok… 7682 is a 2-tier bot)… and don’t forget about China’s scissor-lift. They are very effective.

As for US, you guys have all the different variations… plus… your trough-cappers and wallbots :frowning:

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Oh yes I know that :slight_smile: I was talking about majority.

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Very good. Yes, I have enjoyed watching 8059 for the past few years :slight_smile: I am also excited to see our wallbots/trough cappers :stuck_out_tongue:

See you at Worlds sir!

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Actually, we are now a hybrid 1+2 tier bot. I would do a reveal, but I’m in the middle of my exams.

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In fact, neither of the Excellence winners have roller bots :stuck_out_tongue:

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K-Force wishes the rest of the NZ teams a safe flight on Saturday. We won’t be joining you in Anaheim until Sunday as we have school production commitments on Saturday evening.
Big thank you to Chris for all the work behind the scenes he has done for all the Kiwis.
Looking forward to meeting everyone at Worlds.