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that thing's a beast! I just hope that they pick us again. I wouldn't want to have to play against that thing. a note on the drive system though, noticing that it doesn't have front wheels, it must have feet pushing it to move forward somewhere. my question is where and what. the only way that we could see to make feet to work was if they were pneumatic. even if all the cylinders go to pushing that beast, that's about 240 lbs. of what I've seen from our regionals, that's not that much force to be pushing with. there are a lot of robots out there that can push over 250 lbs and move pretty fast. maybe they were inventive and came up with an egg gear or something to cycle without having to back-drive the motor. anyway, I don't doubt that they'll either be our best friend or worst enemy, but I would like to see how their high torque drives work.