[Adam Freeman]

I loved the entire 3 days build event. The prototype, design, build, iterate (whatever order) each team went through was facinating. They live look ins, Q&A, build video, blog posts, etc were amazing. I almost wanted to stay up and continue watching each night.

I think both robots are incredible, not just for a 3 day build, but overall they are elimination and possibly Top 25 worthy (with minor changes and practiced drivers).

I voted for TeamJVN. I think the simplicity of the over the bumper intake into the catapult shooter is really nice. The huge sweet spot they have with the longer range shot will work really well in competition. The robot looks really easy to use....very smooth.

I am not a fan of the omni drive, I think in a real competition it would effected by defense pretty easily, but there is no defense in the 3 day competition.

For TeamCopioli, I love the Versa WCD! The ability to make a robot with no custom machining was incredible. Really well done! It just seemed like there was a steeper learning curve to learn how to drive, collect, and shoot.... just more opportunities to make mistakes (without more drive practice). I would prefer more range on the shooter, but I think using a motor driven kicker was the limiting factor.

Overall, you could tell this wasn't your average build process. The amount of talent assembled was incredible. Pretty much anything that came out of this was going to be really well thought out and executed. There were some really cool ideas, like Aren's choo-choo design and Art's 4-bar linkage, that are very inspiring.

Now we just need to think of a way to improve these designs or make another designt that is even better, or we will be kicking ourselves for not just making one of these and practicing for the rest of the build season.