[Vince]

Thank you all for the posts and PM notes. Very promising material to work with.

We are also anxious to get additional CAD, control, simulation and design-process stories in the book, noting that these stories are among the most hidden in the competition. Any leads on such are very much appreciated.

While Stephanie and I will be visiting folks in the Pits (mostly Stephanie as I wear a few other hats at Championship) teams are welcome to drop off material for us to look at (post-Championship) at the pit of Team 236 - The Techno-Ticks - Archimedes Division. I help mentor the team and Stephanie is an alum. The Ticks will save any material you drop off and we will get it back in CT. If nothing else, the Ticks have a fully printed wheel-shooting system that was part of the inspiration for the book.

Folks reading this thread may also be interested in a talk by the FIRST alum founders of Formlabs (new 3-D printer) at the FIRST Championship Robotics Conference - THURSDAY - 7:00 PM - Room 240 of the America’s Center. Jason Livingston, Max Lobovsky and Ian Ferguson (FIRST alums of 694 and 1257) will talk about how is developing a high quality low cost 3D printer like building a FIRST robot & how can FIRST teams use 3D printing to build even better better robots. It should be a REALLY interesting talk.

Continued thanks to all - Vince and Stephanie