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Originally Posted by Elgin Clock
Good deal. Congratulations!
Was the award winning 'bot also made out of plywood just out of curiosity? Got any links to pics of the award winner to share here?
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No, the bot wasn't in any way related to the plywood robot. They didn't start giving awards for wooden robots until a few years after we started.
I'd have to search around for a pic, but it was the year where we had to pick up balls on the floor and throw them through that chain thing at the goal. The 'bot was just very clean and it was easy to see all the mechanisms and wiring and all that. We had a good ball elevator. It was a 4 wheel drive with the big Skyway pneumatic rubber wheels. It didn't turn well, but the scrubbing when it did turn helped to feed the balls.
It could push very well and get up on the ramp, which was part of the game that year.