[Gabe Salas Jr.]

Originally Posted by pakrat

...ANd as a question, are you guys using hobby chain again this year??

I do believe so.

Originally Posted by Swampdude

...Does Andy do the designing? I'm curious if when the first ball gets to the top, do you have to stop the spinning column or will they continue to bunch up at the top? then I assume theres a gate that unblocks the feed up to the shooter. Also I'm curious if you had a chance to prototype this or is it just now getting action? You guys are incredible, hope to see you tommorow!

I am sorry but Andy Bradley does not do the designing. The students come up with the concept, and the mentors help the students make it happen. We only have one NASA mechanical engineer who helped us out and his name is Greg (forgot last name). Another person who helps us out tremendously is machinist at the NASA prototype lab who is known as Mike Dininny (he has been with the team since the beginning). We also have a few other individuals who help us out, but what I really need to do is to answer your question (before I get off topic). All these individuals are very dedicated and the team is extremely thankful for them to help us out every year.

Hopefully we will have some team representatives to come by and check you guys out today. Unfortunately, the robot still has a lot of work to be done.