Vex bottle opener

[vivek16]

I was browsing the giz and saw this:
link (http://gizmodo.com/336987/beer-opening-and-pouring-robot-is-the-pinnacle-of-human-achievement)

Kinda cool.

-vivek

[artdutra04]

That robot looks really familiar, especially if you click through the link on that page to TechEBlog...

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/21880
http://www.vexlabs.com/vex-bottlebot.shtml

[daltore]

Yeah, we took the IR receiver chip from this year's first FIRST hint and put it to very good use. We hooked it up to a VEX robot in such a way that you could, without changing remotes, be watching the football game, then drive the robot over, pick up a beer, drive it back, and give it to you. I've never spent so much effort on being lazy, but I think it'll be a big seller.