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Re: Robot in 1 Day
The real story:
After competing in a local scrimmage this weekend, we determined that our climbing mechanism was mechanically flawed and the approach simply needed to be changed. After spending a day on proof of concept and figuring out new ways to achieve our goals (and tweaking the goals just a bit), the robot was completely stripped down to the kit chassis, electronics and all, and then completely rebuilt from the ground up.
We did re-use mechanisms from before the stripdown (ie the shooter and geartrains for climber mechanisms remained intact), but all wiring, framing, electrical and hardware mounting, etc was completely re-done.
~25 students and ~8 mentors worked very hard 8 hours to build those real photos above from kitbot back up to a working, shooting, climbing robot and got all bagged up by midnight!
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My FIRST legacy:
Team 204 Student 2001, 2002 (Voorhees, NJ)
Team 1493 College Mentor 2006 - 2008 (Troy, NY)
Team 2150 Intern/Professional Mentor 2007, 2009 (Palos Verdes)
Team 4123 Lead Engineering Mentor 2012 (Bellflower, CA)
Team 4276 Engineering Mentor 2012-2016 (Huntington Beach, CA)
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