[MrJohnston]

Our base is basically done and we are perfecting our manipulators through continued prototyping. In about a week, we should have a viable robot - though we'll still have plenty of adding/tweaking/adjusting to do to keep us busy for another three weeks.

For those of you who are done with your competition robot: How? Or, perhaps I should ask: What does it do and how well/quickly?

We, for instance, were looking at a couple of forklift designs, but had the goal of being able to create a full stack (recycling container, pool noodle, six totes) in under 30 seconds - including drive times, gathering and stacking. We could not find a way to do it with forklifts, so we abandoned them in favor of an internal stacking machine.