{"id":1108,"date":"2020-07-11T19:52:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robotdolphins.org\/?page_id=1108"},"modified":"2025-09-11T12:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:33:08","slug":"2017-season","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robotdolphins.org\/index.php\/robots\/2017-season\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1108\" class=\"elementor elementor-1108\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e04c11b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e04c11b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f2bd90\" data-id=\"6f2bd90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd302e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd302e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sue Nami<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f754fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f754fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Meet Sue Nami, our robot for the 2017 Steamworks season. Sue Nami weighed 120lbs and was (height) tall. Its purpose was to collect fuel such as wiffle balls and score them in the boilers. It was also supposed to collect gears and deliver them to the ships. At the end of the match, it could board the ship by climbing onto a rope.<\/p><p>See below for more details:\u00a0<\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/firstfrc.blob.core.windows.net\/frc2017\/Manual\/2017FRCGameSeasonManual.pdf\">Game Manual<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebluealliance.com\/events\/2017\">Blue Alliance<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/FRCTeam5199\/Robot-Code-2017\">Code<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72b145f\" data-id=\"72b145f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88d1b3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88d1b3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robotdolphins.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2017_season_robot-scaled.png?fit=740%2C580&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3228\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96d4f26 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96d4f26\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d70bbc4\" data-id=\"d70bbc4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7914ca7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7914ca7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Steamworks<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e15f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52e15f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The game has a\u00a0<a title=\"Steampunk\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steampunk\">steampunk<\/a>\u00a0theme and teams are required to shoot\u00a0<a title=\"Wiffle ball\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wiffle_ball\">wiffle balls<\/a>\u00a0which represent fuel into a simulated\u00a0<a title=\"Boiler\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boiler\">boiler<\/a>\u00a0which transfers the generated steam into an\u00a0<a title=\"Airship\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Airship\">airship<\/a>\u00a0in the middle of the field. Each alliance has one airship, which they pressurize with steam from the boiler and load with plastic\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Gears\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gears\">gears<\/a>\u00a0from the field. At the end of the match, robots can climb and hang on team-supplied ropes (or standard ropes supplied by FIRST) attached to the airship for additional points.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FIRST_Steamworks\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebe18ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ebe18ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=EMiNmJW7enI&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-754ed15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"754ed15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ddfe046 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ddfe046\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d4f13c\" data-id=\"4d4f13c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ae5a59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ae5a59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Awards<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66d746e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66d746e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>Finalist Award &#8211; San Diego Regional\u00a0<\/li><li>Quality Award sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation &#8211; San Diego Regional<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1f4fda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1f4fda\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1aee835\" data-id=\"1aee835\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c496fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c496fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">San Diego Regional (Mar. 8 - Mar. 11)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a575ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a575ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With a mostly veteran drive team, the Robot Dolphins aimed to make a splash at their first competition of the 2017 season. A few major issues plagued the Dolphins during the first day of the competition, but the team worked ceaselessly to fix these problems by the second day of the event. The team ranked 47th in qualification matches and was drafted by the 8th seed alliance, led by the Aluminum Narwhals. The Dolphins&#8217; alliance managed to upset the 1st seed alliance and advanced through the playoffs to the finals, winning second place at the event. Despite being unable to advance to the World Championships, the Dolphins left the event proud to have not only won second place but the Quality Award as well.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2465b60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2465b60\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c43f21\" data-id=\"4c43f21\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-328ca33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"328ca33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Las Vegas Regional (Apr. 5 - Apr. 8)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33b326d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33b326d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Following their success at the Sand Diego Regional, the Robot Dolphins were anxious to compete in Las Vegas one month later. Once again, the Dolphins struggled in the early stages of the event, but they continued to improve throughout the tournament. By the end of qualification matches, the Dolphins had climbed their way into 20th place, and they advanced to the playoffs. After a close 2-1 victory in the quarterfinals, the Dolphins and their alliance partners exceeded all expectations and moved on to the semifinals, which they narrowly lost 1-2.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sue Nami Meet Sue Nami, our robot for the 2017 Steamworks season. Sue Nami weighed 120lbs and was (height) tall. Its purpose was to collect fuel such as wiffle balls and score them in the boilers. It was also supposed to collect gears and deliver them to the ships. At the end of the match, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robotdolphins.org\/index.php\/robots\/2017-season\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2017 Season&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":1073,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robotdolphins.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robotdolphins.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robotdolphins.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robotdolphins.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robotdolphins.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1108"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/robotdolphins.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3425,"href":"https:\/\/robotdolphins.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1108\/revisions\/3425"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robotdolphins.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robotdolphins.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}