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Heh 1902 we used a laundry hamper for our human loader netting and we used the string from it for our " Spherical Scoring Object Seperation Mechanism " or S.S.O.S.M. It seperated the balls into 2 stacks in our hopper so it can't bind hehe.

Also tools are important to have on the bot, we used a c clamp so the ball must choose a side to come in on when sucking the balls up.

710's roller pin was hillarious to see tho was a great use of house hold items.

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I think thats been a tradition of theirs to incorporate some part of a hockey stick somewhere on their robot no matter what the game. I remember in 2003, they had two blades on each side and a low profile robot. Made a for a good pusher and herder :rolleyes:

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Another awesome team at Phoenix was 1633, who made their robot with a garbage can, plywood, cardboard, and kit of parts pieces. It worked amazingly well given the materials!

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That is the coolest, the ultimate in function over form :) And made from just regular every day parts!

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Thanks for the compliment. We definitely fit in this category, where most of our bot was made with a drill press and hack saw!

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Excellent observation :) Yes, on every robot with the exception of last year's we have used hockey sticks. In 2003 they were used to knock over the boxes, in 2004 they were used to herd balls. This year they have no function, but were dedicated to two of our mentors who were unable to travel with us because of recent surgery. They are signed by our team members.

As for innovative designs, I was impressed by 1897's use of what appeared to be stove pipe, and their mass amounts of zip-ties. It just looked plain cool. (Not to mention was awesome defensively.)

EDIT: I just read the post above mine, it appears others agree :) Great work guys (and girls)!