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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
I love the fact that you guys paid homage to the 1726/842 and 1714 roots with your robot.
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Yup, our design backgrounds are pretty obvious here. A lot was borrowed from 1726's successful 2007 robot, and the claw is loosely based on their 2007 claw. H was able to tell us about the success and headaches of their 2007 robot so that we could make our claw better. For example, they had problems with gripping tubes due to their claw's surface area being quite narrow, so our claw is much wider to compensate for that.
We engaged in a "talking collaboration" with 1726 and 842 this year, which has led to improved robots all around. Our arm deployment is a derivative of a 1726 design, and our claw was partly inspired by the success of 842's pinch prototypes. I was also personally glad to talk with and in many cases enlist the help of 3450, 816, and 1477 during the build season.
Our 1714 roots should be pretty obvious with the entirely polycarbonate minibot and deployment system. I worked surprisingly little on these systems, but I like to think of it as a nice little tribute to a great team that taught me so much.
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When will you showcase the minibot?
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When we get video of it
We are also looking into a minibot upgrade, code named Plan B. This minibot, if successful, will dramatically increase our competitiveness.