pic: 1448 beauty shot

[Billfred]

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[Bill_Hancoc]

NIIIIICE treads...very nice...i gotta say that owns

[lukevanoort]

WOW!!!!!! Those are enormous treads... quite impressive... and intimidating. I've noticed that adding intimidation to your robot usually weighs a lot, how much did this?

[Tim Arnold]

Since the discussion seems to of moved to this thread I will repost (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=493368&postcount=5) below...
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Where on earth did they get those and how much did they cost? More info and pictures needed!!!!

I can't find any pictures taken by my team of the bot, but it was something. Their pit was one down from ours and had a elaborate tent setup with VERY technical posters and photos... the frame looked so complex (looked very similar to the inside of an airplane) that I heard some wondering about student involvement.

I heard that the treads were made by one of their sponsors, Foster Miller.

EDIT: After some more research into Foster Miller, I learned that they manufacture the TALON Robots (http://www.foster-miller.com/lemming.htm), which are in use by military personal.
Photo from a Wired Magazine Story (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.11/bomb.html#Baghdad_Bomb_Squad)
http://ly.lygo.com/ly/wired/wired/archive/13.11/images/FF_132_bomb4_f.jpg

Notice a similarity in the tread? :yikes: