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Unread 10-03-2004, 16:28
Angrist Angrist is offline
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Re: Wildstang Teaser Video

It is team 225, and the pneumatics they use are quite nice, but they have the problem that the robot was designed for carpet driving and when they get on the platform they have no traction, causing them to skate all over the place, unable to get in position. I think they were able to hang once at VCU, but if that was due to mastering the sliding technique or because the platform lost its slickness, I am not sure... In any case, you have little to fear from them, team 111, since their suction-cup method of grabbing the 2X mult. has far too weak of a hold on the ball for a competition, and your system of being able to hold two 2X balls, which is just genius, is infinitely superior.

Oh, by the way, that robot makes ours look so humble... I'll have to see it in person at nats. I also live in fear of team 33 and 111 being united (what is up with both of those team numbers being the product of two primes, namely 3 and 11 for team 33 and 3 and 37 for team 111? What are the odds of that? Let's see, anyone know how to compute Riemann zeta functions? That kind of math is above my head...)