Akash - they figured out my secret to success - make a lot of noise in the first two weeks of build, disappear, come back when they're done building, take all the credit.
In all seriousness, this was the first year I can really look back and say I had a definitive influence and impact on the team and robot design. I'm glad to have helped, but all of the detail work that made the robot come together just in time is all thanks to our excellent student and teacher support. There are so many nifty and cool little mechanisms and tricks they came up with to make the robot work.