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I wanted to let people know the rest of the story. This problem depicted in the video was fixed and this robot went on to perform perfectly at the Autodesk Oregon Regional, completing a 30 point climb in every single one of its competitions. This is contrary to what the announcer said at one point, after mistaking 997 for a different robot that missed one of its climb attempts.

In a week 2 event where a lot of more complex robots were still having reliability issues, that dependable climb alone was good enough to make it into the semifinals. All in all, a very respectful showing for a small robot that did not even have wheels.