I got the privilege of assembling the gear boxes that went on 45's robot this year. I learned a ton from Andy, Mark Koors and Steve Butler about how they worked and how to assemble them. They really let us students get in on building some real important parts. I new basically nothing about how to build a gear box or anything on the robot, but by the end of the year I learned how to build gear boxes, use new tools, met a ton of cool new people and I even got to drive the robot around a few times.
This years gear box is really reliable and very powerful I think. I would like to thank Andy Baker, Mark Koors, Steve Butler, Alan Anderson and Amy "Prib" for teaching me a ton of new things this year and i really look forward to the next 3!
-Kyle