[Rick TYler]

Our robot exceeded my expectations in every way. It was under weight and worked better than I expected. We even survived having another 'bot shove its tetra spike right through our grabber mechanism.

* Loading tetras takes longer than I thought it would.
* Scoring is faster.
* Our 'bot is much more maneuverable than I expected.
* Our fairly short arm stacks much faster than some teams with long arms.
* Our mechanism appears to be bullet-proof, as we went through a couple of hours of driving on Saturday without a failure (this is what you get by allowing a 4x safety factor on your torque calculations).
* In a real match with six robots, I think it will be hard to score more than 3-4 tetras per 'bot, even without much defense going on.
* Our positive-grip tetra holder has some real advantages over passive holders.

I am so looking forward to Portland.