There was doubt that the Gearheads would have a chance to compete after lunch Saturday march 7th at the Milford District Event. The Gearheads robot, Circe Murphy (?), had not been performing all that great with some key breakdowns and design issues arising during the competition. The Gearheads were ranked 34th coming out of qualifying matches and it seemed like it was all over except the crying. But when the number one alliance lead by the H.O.T. team 67 and backed up by the selection of 5561 Flushing Raider Robotics had to make their selection they dug deep into the remaining teams and picked 1189 The Gearheads. Maybe they were anxious to avoid the embarrassment of having game announcer Tom tease them mercilessly if they picked a team that was already picked (or even worse not at this competition at all, yes, it happened to the number 2 alliance captain), but maybe they had good scouting data reflecting the drive teams ability to change game tactics and drive and hang for the win, when their loader and shooter were delivering less than happy results. Either way, the Gearheads were ready and able to assist. During the first match a low battery wreaked havoc on the team plan, and made many in the arena question the wisdom of picking the underdogs to round out their alliance. But after that single loss, the Red Alliance never looked back. Racking up win after win the Raider-H.O.T.-Heads delivered match after match of triple hangs and scores never below 180 until the blue banner was theirs. A highlight of the Gearheads contribution was when an opposing droid tipped over under the Red Alliance shield generator, all but dooming the team to miss out on the 90 point perfect hang. But look at the video clip below when Circe cleared the rendezvous area with plenty of time to anchor another TRIPLE HANG! Oh Boy! to quote Tom.
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The Gearheads OpenSight Initiative or G.O.S.I. is a controls team initiative to provide a powerful vision system platform for High School Robotics teams to build and design their own customizable vision system. Powered by either Raspberry PI or NVIDIA Jetson Nano microcomputers, it can provide powerful computer vision inputs needed to guide robots through autonomous or provide guidance and assistance during teleoperated robot driving. This initiative, while started by Gearheads Controls team 2020 captain Steven Spangler, is the collective effort of more than 5 other FRC teams. They contribute to the original coding work and machine design. They host a Github repository where others can freely download, add to, modify, and contribute to the advancement of the system. You can read more about it here: https://opensight-cv.github.io/
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