[Daniel Brim]

Team 294 won the Innovation in Control Award and Phoenix. Unfortunately I was not there, so I do not have a description nor remember what we won it for. However, I do know our robot, so I'll just make some guesses.

1. Gripper
Our gripper was one of the most unique grippers in FIRST. Think about 71's, except make it about 5 times smaller. We were a bit more compact. We used a pneumatic cylinder to retract claws and grip around the clover. Remember Woodie saying that somebody said that the ends of tetras were not the same at LA, so they changed the ends to be random? That was us.

2. Arm
A unique, 3 axis arm based on 60's 2001 design as well as our failed 2004 design. It was completely potentiometer controlled, so there was very little human error involved. Come to think of it, this is most likely why we won.

3. Control
Who doesn't like a surfboard control board? We take pride in the fact that we make unique boards that can turn heads every year. Big thanks go to Bill for helping us construct our board for 3 years running.


I'll see if I can get a copy of the description from somebody and post it here.

-Daniel