[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Bill Gold

There’s nothing superhuman about our program and I’m glad that we were able to show a new region that this is exactly the case. (...)

Just for clarification, our FP motors caught fire, were plugged in wrong, and backed out of their AM Planetaries (our fault, not AM’s). No shafts of ours were broken at PNW. We also had a couple dumb problems with our ball system in a couple matches, one of which was the 2nd match of the finals.

I am sorry if I sounded critical of your program, and that I repeated a story that a student told me about your mechanical problems. You folks built an incredible robot, and it was inspiring to watch. I wish I'd had a chance to get a closer look, but you were all working so hard I didn't want to distract you. You did come in with a superhero reputation (sort of like seeing Clint Eastwood riding down a dusty street on a horse...), and it was encouraging to see that you had to work hard on a stubborn machine just like the rest of us. Yours just worked better when you were done. I hope you can come back to PNW next year.