Zone Zeal Year in Review

[Joel J]

I nominate:

Best Bot of 2002: NO IDEA!
No idea.

Fastest Bot: 60
They were the fastest moving robot I saw this year. 18fps, wow'ish!

Best Ball Collector: 95
Hands down! No other ball bot could scoop up 20 balls in ~5 seconds. Long live the popcorn popper.

Best Single Goal Grabber: 66
Biased nomination.. I think its right, though.

Best Dual Goal Grabber: 60 || 469
Team 60's and team 469's tenacious traction and ability to maneuver the goals once they latched onto them was amazing.

Best Triple Goal Grabber: 71
Hands down! No other three goal grabber had the power, speed, and robustness of this machine (unless I missed something). Very impressive idea and implementation.

Strongest Pushing Bot: 180
Dangerous robot. Saw videos of them at KSC showing the goal who was boss. Also got a personal demo during the Championship Event finals. These guys could push!

Best Hybrid: 121
Yup...

Best looking bot: 60 || That yellow robot with the silver arms
Wasn't paying too much attention to the actual look of the robots at the competitions, but these two stood out in my mind.

umm...

Best Wheels: 151
I loved the wheels.

Most Impressive Rookie Bot: 810
This robot could push! Yea, they broke a few times, but when they worked they looked awesome.