[pfreivald]

The only thing I would change about our robot is that I'd have pneumatic wheels on the drivetrain, and a better portcullis lift. (I couldn't find decent pneumatic wheels by the time we'd hammered down the choice for sure, and should have ordered them at kickoff just in case--live and learn on that score.)

I was tremendously surprised at how many robots *weren't* designed like ours--we were three feet tall, but everything could collapse down to go under the low bar. That made the low bar a bit more resource-heavy (air), but entirely doable, and also made the other manipulators (I think we were one of the few for whom the drawbridge is nearly effortless, and we have a good climber) significantly easier to design.