Since 2010 Wave has completed an identical practice bot. I will echo all the words said before and add, I can't imagine not having a practice bot to, well, practice with. The human element of this game is the most underdeveloped an often over looked aspect of the game. Even the powerhouse teams could have the best machine in the world and with no practice, fail dismally.
In 2011, Wave had a phenomenal year with well designed, well executed, piece of junk, will never, ever do again octocanum drive. The ONLY reason we did well with a sub-par drive was that our drive team spent literally 312 collective man-hours finding a way to "make it work" before champs.
That being said, we are extremely lucky to have to sponsors we have.
Muza Metal Products builds absolutely every sheet metal part we ask for for 2.5 robots. Without them, we would have to scramble even more than we do
Triangle Manufacturing (the same company that provides KOP Lazy Susans) machines any custom parts we need and has EDM capabilities which is great for gear manufacture
CR Meyer provides half a hangar where they keep one of their planes. We use this for a full plywood field setup.
BTW, we had to work our butt off to get and keep such great sponsors and we are fortunate to have such great partners.
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Originally Posted by Adam Freeman
And, then we practiced triple balancing before we left for St. Louis (so much for that..  ). |
Dang Adam, rub it in... Why was it so easy on the practice field? (balls fists in frustration)