[Kiwi]

Our schedule is to have a working bot in the crate by ship date, and after three unanimous votes about what kind of bot it'll be I think we're doing pretty well. We have a working prototype and are ready to start on the final chassis tomorrow, just as planned.
It'll be interesting to see how other teams face the challenge of getting a giant excercise ball up six and a half feet in the air, and how well their ideas work on the field.

Although we had a working chassis this time last year and were working on the manipulator, I think our Overdrive bot will be better because we took the time to make sure we had a driveable prototype. We learned a lot from Rack 'n Roll, including how hard a rectangular bot with tank drive and a wheel at each corner can be to steer.

We're having fun with a slightly different drivetrain, and electronics is going to have an interesting time fitting all the components onto an atypically shaped board, but... I suppose that I'm probably not authorized to give away all of our secrets yet.