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Re: pic: OH GOD! WHAT HAVE I DONE???

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Originally Posted by JVN View Post
Eric,
As noted by the "FTW" I was referring to their WINNING robot, not it's ancestors.

I've been a huge fan of the super-elegant 2005, 2007, 2008 Beachbot robots. In 2005 & 2007 in particular I loved the 4-bar designs my teams utilized, but then saw that 330 could score as well or better with just a single joint. Simplicity yields elegance.

-John
Actually, I can only think of 2 330 robots with more than 1 degree of freedom. It's just that 1999-2002 had lifts. 1998 had 2 degrees; 2004 was as shown. (2003 was a 4-bar.)
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