[Mr.Rush]

I too have been talking with the Original poster (the room mate he mentioned) and neither of us are students at this time. The robot is currently using the radio from the past two years not the old radio, and even in this design there was a backup battery mounted underneath the rest of the electronics board. We've installed a new "brain" using parts left over from the past two years. We've talked to more than a few of the old guard for reason for the design. It was built to fit under the fence and the balance beam utilized in that years game, It was they admit not the greatest of robots but it was a niche robot one of the few capable of both functions. On its own it couldn't score very well on its own, yet was desired on an alliance.

Its good in my opinion to think about the past and understand the odd ball designs that have worked in the past and consider how they differed from the others to push the envelope that much further. Bomb Squad is one of those teams who make a good show, Metal Emotion back in the day, and who can forget the Overdrive exploits of the robot Tumbleweed.

I apologize for my out burst earlier as well. I know you mean well its just a pet peeve of mine to see topics blown apart by people spouting rules.