[Mike Nawrot]

Team 11 seems to have always had problems with being over weight from what i've heard. being my second year, i can't list all the examples of over weight robots in the past 10 years of the team. but i can say that last year, our telescoping/articulating arm made completely out of cnc'd lexan side panels and foam filled lexan tubing came in at 16.6 pounds to heavy, and since it was already completely milled out for maximum weight savings, there was no change of using it. luckily, we had a back up arm made of aluminum, with no articulation, that still had to be drilled out to save weight. learning from last years mishap of people drilling off centered holes and sacrificing structural integrity, when we came in at 116 without electronics, we hole sawed our gator board (top secret sign making material that has been implimented into a robot), and i was put in charge of drilling approximately 300 half inch holes in our aluminum frame, 1 inch apart, dead center for maximum strength. we've come in around 110 after switching from pvc rollers to foam filled lexan rollers, and after sawing away any excess aluminum on our frame. now its time for electronics....... hopefully we won't need to drill anymore..... my wrist is still sore from all the drilling and center punching.....