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Re: Day 1 Week 1

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I don't know from 1519's robot, but my first idea seeing the game announcement was, "I wonder if someone will build a mini-bot racer with Ackerman steering, high-grip wheels, and rear-wheel drive, just ignoring the ball completely." Sort of like a scale model Nascar racer, complete with stagger and the inability to turn right. Anyone build something like that?
That's basically 1519's speed racer (except that it can turn right). You can find video of it at www.team1519.org/teamvideos.asp
However, 1519 has another robot configuration which is a hurdler. They built both configurations to meet the robot requirements together, so they could place either one on the field, depending on what other teams were playing.
Unfortunately, they have not been allowed to use this strategy, and have only used their hurdler in competition.
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