Team 1899 Featured in Popular Mechanics Article

[Duke461]

Very cool stuff. Unfortunately, the media still can't correctly express whats going on in the competition. From the article:
"Most teams built long arms of aluminum to reach up and place the balloons on the pegs."
lol.

[rsisk]

oh dang, why didn't we think of placing balloons on the pegs *facepalm*

There were a couple of beautiful creations made from wood that I saw this year. Of course 1899's, I got several pictures of their arm in St. Louis. And there was a robot in San Antonio that had gears made out of wood.

There is just something in the beauty of wood that looks awesome on a robot.

Nice job, kudos to 1899!

[Katie_UPS]

Aside from general journalism mistakes, its actually really cool how much attention Popular Mechanics gives FIRST. I mean, its a little bit of preaching to the choir, but its still some awesome publicity.

[CalTran]

Balloons...lolz. I love the article and the amount of people who will see the article Thank you to PM for doing these articles and the teams featured are always top notch.

Originally Posted by rsisk

there was a robot in San Antonio that had gears made out of wood.

That's an interesting thought...

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Balloons...lolz. I love the article and the amount of people who will see the article Thank you to PM for doing these articles and the teams featured are always top notch.



That's an interesting thought...

Not the greatest picture in the world, but you get the idea...