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Re: #3481 Bronc Botz - FRC tease...

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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi View Post
Michael the parts look awesome, at first I was on the same page as Glenn too about IFI because I know Parker, and I believe Charles as well, is mentoring on your team.

Looks like those two had quite the influence on your manufacturing technique, very glad to see that. We went with sheetmetal this year as well, although I must admit your pocketing and lightening pattern look much much nicer.

And yeah, yikes about having those cut without a laser/waterjet. How long did the parts take?

Good luck this year!
Akash, yes, Parker and Charles gave us the honor of joining our team as mentors and showing us how to prototype/test/repeat in wood/sheet-metal/Lexan, and how to brainstorm solutions...

Their leadership in design/CAD and game approach/strategy has been stunning to all of us... and we're super grateful to have them as Bronc Botz members after years of success with 148 Robowranglers...

ADDED BONUS: They're both GREAT guys... fun/interesting/substantial/high-achievers/honorable... THE best!

Parker is team Competition Coach as well... NOT BAD having a former World Champion Driver on the field... ;-)

As for the cutting speed, from the videos I've seen of M2 Global cutting our metal, I'd say their metal-bit approach is about 80% speed of a laser-cut...

THANKS for the compliment... hope to meet you at St. Louis this year!

--Michael
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- President / Founder - San Antonio Competition Robotics Alliance - SACRA 501(c)(3) nonprofit (2012-present)
- Executive Director - Sports-Competition Robotics of Texas Excellence - SCRATE (2016-present)
- Former-Head Coach / Founder - FRC 3481 - Bronc Botz (2011-2016) // C++ Beta Test Team (2012 to 2016)
- Former-Lead Coach (2013-2016) Former-Head Coach (2009-2012) / Co-Founder - FTC 4008 - Bronc Botz (2009-2016) and FTC 4602 - Bronc Botz (2011-2016) and FTC 6976 - Bronc Botz-Nano for middle-schoolers (2013-2016)
- Co-Founder w/Matt Blake - VEX VRC 3481z - Wonder Botz (2011) [for Physically or Mentally Challenged Teens] (2011-2012)

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