Big Minibots

[MrForbes]

We have a kind of medium sized minibot. I was not involved in designing/building it, we have a new mentor who took this on with several students. I think I would have done more research into how to eliminate or at least modify the Tetrix gearboxes, but the design we have did end up working well and won us a few matches. We had some depolyment issues during the heat of competition (the elimination rounds were really heated, compared to qualifying) and we also had a problem with the minibot where it didn't go up the pole all the way. We did find the loose nut that caused it, after a few failed attempts. The looks on the faces of the two young students who fixed it, and got us that win....just priceless....