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Re: 2002 UTC New England Regional video
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Originally Posted by Andy Grady View Post
To this day, that robot which our scouts dubbed "The Popcorn Popper" because of the sound it made as it collected all of the balls in the line in less than 1 second, still sets the standard for roller pickup mechanisms. It still makes my top 10 list for the best robots ever created.
Hahaha! That's exactly what we called it too! When I started up 1712 in 2006, we looked to existing designs to help us out. When it came to collecting balls, we went right to the archives to learn about Grasshopper 2002 and even paid homage on the robot: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/22970
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