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It doesn't back drive. Horizontal to the floor gets the scale. Going all the way up puts less stress on the cylinder rods and clears out the bumber zone for the climber me next to us. We also think it looks pretty cool.

Thanks for the kind words. See you in STL.

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Fantastic robot! I love the novel way you packaged the wheeled shooter into the arm.

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Hey Mike. To answer your questions, no and no. See image below instead of my previous wordy explanation.

Edit: Just uploaded a screenshot of the video at about when it is legally "scaled" although it may not have to be this high: http://imgur.com/CEDBxdo

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That is one beautifully-complex drivebase. Love it. Another great machine from the Bomb Squad. See you in STL! :)

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What a bot!!! Way to go Bomb Squad! Love the integration work that went into that one mechanism. Floor pickup, climber, and shooter! Cannot wait to play with you guys in just a week!

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I'm so confused, that doesn't look like a surgical tubing powered catapult at all :confused:

Amazing robot! Love how it does it all.

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Wait, hang on, I know for a fact John was screaming "CATAPULT" on kickoff.

Cool bot, can't wait to poke around the modules this year.

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Thanks Brian!

We gunna get to see yall's robot before competition?

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Come to think of it, there's no sugical tubing on it anywhere. I can't remember the last Bomb Squad robot without sugical tubing.

We may have to find a place for some before inspection next week...

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We use surgical tubing to hold the battery in place - maybe that would work...

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Love it. Hopefully I get to see it up close in St. Louis. Better yet we get to play together too.

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We will be releasing our video and specs early next week.

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TMW2012 did score a few boulders early in the season. :)
It was just too hard NOT to use the wheel shooter when we developed the do-it-all arm.

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This is a delightful robot. I'm just sorry I'm not going to get to see it up close until St. Louis.

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If EVER there was a year where I thought Swerve Drive was a mistake, I thought it was going to be this year... ...Bomb Squad's Black Widow has proven me wrong. The ramps plus 4 wheel drive 4 wheel swerve look really amazing.

Hear me now and remember me in St. Louis: With this bold design choice and beautiful execution, I think that Bomb Squad has among the strongest claims to a ticket to Einstein I have seen up to this point, especially given how relatively few swerve drive teams there will be this year. They are going to be playing dodgeball while almost everyone else is playing soccer.

Dr. Joe J.