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Re: Scariest Robot

Our 2010 robot was genuinely frightening. To kick the ball we had these spinning tines of death that would spin up inside the robot frame to the point where the entire robot frame started to shake. Then, pistons would throw the entire mechanism forward at the right moment to let the spinning tines hit the soccer ball. I wish I had a better way to describe what it sounded like. If you got any body part in range of the front of the robot, it's fair to say it was gonna mess you up. No idea how we passed inspection that year.
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