Thread: What is the best robot EVER in FIRST?
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Re: Wildstang 1997
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Originally posted by Brian Beatty
The Wildstang 1997 tube bot. This robot started in a 4' high starting position and could take 4 inner tubes 16' in the air and place them on top of the goal with reliability and stability.
Brian Beatty
That is a machine I remember very well, particularly the beautifully fabricated 4 stage (I think) lift made from thin aluminum with lots of holes in it. The lift was powered by four seat motors placed side by side.

Still, Beatty/Hammond's '97 machine was undoubtedly one of the very best ever for the task at hand, right up there with their 2001 robot. Bill and company have an exceptional knack for figuring out how to play the game each year, and their '97 machine made that year's game seem almost easy as they won their first of three (or is it four?) Championship Events.
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