pic: Beachbot 2008

[Joe Ross]

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[Jherbie53]

At first glance you reminded me of the thunder chickens. At second glance it looks very nice and different, great job.

[MrForbes]

Very nice! Should be a lot of fun at LA

[Brandon Holley]

very slick robot, simple and effective

[Grant Cox]

Gotta love PVC arms. See you in Atlanta

[EricH]

Originally Posted by GeeForce

Gotta love PVC arms. See you in Atlanta

I hope...they aren't signed up yet this year. Then again, they weren't last year at this time...

I really like the position indicators on the herding arms.

[Travis Hoffman]

Anyone thinking 254 2004 with this one?

The lower tusks remind me of the ball herding legs that popped out on that bot.

Looks slick.

[Ali Ahmed]

True, but I was thinking more along the lines of 330 2005.

Actually, I have a question too. Could you guys hold 2 balls at once?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by ali_rockon22

True, but I was thinking more along the lines of 330 2005.

I think we have a winner--it looks like 330 2005/2007 for the base with 254/60 2004 on the gripper. (BTW, I think the drivebase teaser for this robot was a bit of a bluff. The other teaser is in plain view.)

[Karthik]

33% faster than last year? Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor. Last year the Beachbots dominated the field with their extraordinary speed. I remember being in awe of how quickly they moved across the field, now I can only imagine what it will be like this year. Great job om another simple and elegant design!

[s_forbes]

This looks like it will be another very effective arm-type hurdling robot (the other being the Thunderchickens). It seems that simplicity really is the key here; I predict that single jointed arms will outperform any super-articulated ones.

[Scott Morgan]

Originally Posted by EricH

I think we have a winner--it looks like 330 2005/2007 for the base with 254/60 2004 on the gripper. (BTW, I think the drivebase teaser for this robot was a bit of a bluff. The other teaser is in plain view.)

Actually the gripper looks more inline with 60's 01 gripper
They were using 3 prong in 04, although the base prongs are pretty similar to the 04 bot.

And I'm looking forwards to seeing it compete this weekend.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by ali_rockon22

Actually, I have a question too. Could you guys hold 2 balls at once?

Looks like they'd be able to. Totally illegally, of course.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Anyone thinking 254 2004 with this one?

The lower tusks remind me of the ball herding legs that popped out on that bot.

Looks slick.

We get inspiration from a lot of teams, 254, 60, and especially 71 (and probably a bunch more that I'm forgetting).

[mark johnson]

Another awsome bot from THE BEACH BOTS!!!!! From your 2007 Currie Championship partners and IRI partners. Good luck this weekend and the rest of the year. Hope to see you in Atlanta and IRI. Mark