[Donut]

I have 3 "best" robots I can think of for us, all for different reasons:

2004: Most successful. This is our only robot to make it to the Finals at any competition, we seeded #5 or #6, and we even received an award from team 60 for our game strategy. It was simple and really never broke, what amazes me is we did that well with so much to improve on it still (programming very lacking that year, as I did 50+% of it as a freshman).

2005: Best performer. We finished 4th overall, being picked by the #1 seed and averaging more than 5 tetras per match (highest at AZ Regional). We only made it to the semis that year (largely due to strategy), but it was easily the most threatening robot we've had. Our partners 980 had the 2nd highest tetra average at AZ and finished #1 in their division at the Champs, which makes me wonder if we could have finally broken our curse of bad Championship showings had we gone that year.

2007: Best personally. Our robot was in the middle as far as how good our robots have been over the years, but our programming team attempted more than ever before. The autonomous and sensor usage I helped with was far and beyond anything we've ever attempted, and had we actually had time to test things and get them working our season could have been a very different story.