dlavery
20-02-2004, 01:15
The Team 116 robot, ED-5, has been driving around for about a week now. ED-5 has been patiently waiting for the rest of his systems to be integrated on to the mobility system. But after several days of unfulfilled promises, his patience has worn thin. Being a rather strong-willed and highly autonomous robot, he decided to take matters into his own hands (grippers?). If the team was not going to deliver more robot parts to him, then he would have to go and hunt for more robot parts on his own. Spying an open doorway, ED-5 made a break for it and headed for the great outdoors.
Fortunately, ED-5 was spotted by Richie before he made it all the way to freedom. Throwing caution to the wind, Richie nearly sacrificed his own safety to restrain our strong-willed 'bot and keep ED-5 from going AWOL. The confrontation that followed can only be described as a truly memorable moment in our team history...
http://www.team116.org/2004/RobotEscape.jpg (http://www.team116.org/2004/RobotEscape.mov) (760K QuickTime MPEG-4)
-dave
Fortunately, ED-5 was spotted by Richie before he made it all the way to freedom. Throwing caution to the wind, Richie nearly sacrificed his own safety to restrain our strong-willed 'bot and keep ED-5 from going AWOL. The confrontation that followed can only be described as a truly memorable moment in our team history...
http://www.team116.org/2004/RobotEscape.jpg (http://www.team116.org/2004/RobotEscape.mov) (760K QuickTime MPEG-4)
-dave