Last year we built a second robot and we plan on doing it again this year. As a rookie team, last year, we had to buy everything that was on the primary robot. This included the robot controller, compressor and motors. To name a few. Gets expensive fast. We used 1" aluminum tubing for the frame. It took time to build but we realy saved alot of weight over 80/20.
This really helped us last year. We developed an auto balance using the back-up bot, tweaked the program and then downloaded it to the primary bot at a regional. It worked first time out.
This year we are building two of everything instead of building from scratch after the primary bot is done
Wayne Doenges
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World's - #1 seeded in Archimedes, WON Archimedes and made it to Einstein
2016 NC District - Guilford County. #13 seeded, Finalist. Won Quality award.
IN District - Tippecanoe. #4 seeded. Won Innovation in Control award.
IN District - Perry Meridian. #3 seeded. Finalist. Won Excellence in Engineering award.
IN District - State Championship. #1 seeded. Finalist. Won Excellence inn Engineering award.
