what kind of design are people going for?

[JLambert]

I personally wanted to create a robot who's sole purpose was to launch a non-lethal virus into the RC of the opponent robots, hitting them with the dreaded blue screen of death. But then I thought to myself, "How would I ever be able to stack any bins?"

So I scrapped that idea.

[Adam Y.]

a simple design.

[MRL180YTL2002]

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF S.P.A.M.!

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!

WE WILL WE WILL S.P.A.M. YOU!

Brute force as true to S.P.A.M. as we can get....just shove the bot into overdrive....

Speed, Power, And Maneuverability is what we always do right!

[FAKrogoth]

I was rooting for the "HuckBot" at first (i.e. the day the rules were posted). However, examination of the boxes made this less viable than I would like. It's going to be kind of difficult to get a platform under a stack of boxes without knocking it over. Also, the initial position of the robots makes it more difficult.

[comet22]

we were thinking about going over the bar.... but we passed on that one.. made out center of grav too high

[BBFIRSTCHICK]

as of now 1077 is going to have a box that can move around. hopefully in the end we will have an arm that works as well

[DaBruteForceGuy]

somebody needs to inform those teams wtill building a lifter

[Mercutio]

We will be pusher!
We will be lifter!
We will be tosser!

We are currently drive train with no end effector!
We ship in one week!

[Sob]

[Rook]

Aren't the results of this poll going to be invalid since multiple members of one team could vote and therefore skewing the data? For example if 40 members of my team all logged in on there own and voted for what our robot does. That's 39 more votes than is required.

[fox46]

HAZZAH! Our robot can do everything.... except throw boxes, we thought this was too dangreous, however with quick motor and sprocket change, we would probably be able to throw stacks of four boxes at a time! did I mention we can switch gears, and tow a mini-van

[Yan Wang]

Stack, orient, steal stack, go under the bar, nest bins, koth.

[johnbob19200347]

we designed our robot to stack, clear zones, to limbo, and to be robust and stay on the ramp. At the Buckeye regional we had to change our strategy alot. We came thinking that the only way that you could win would be by making a stack. We discovered that we could win without making 1 stack. We won 7 out of 7 matches scoring under 100 points only one time , which by the way a score of 93 plus or minus a couple of points. We basically won by attacking the stacks on the ramp and playing king of the hill.

[Tim]

We chose the stacker, and we sit a record with it. 6 boxes. w00t w00t!

[supersy]

i noticed how no one actually stacks. The stacks gets knocked down when its made. Are robot can hold. Us the gaelhawks are pretty good at stacking.

[Ohlin]

The bins get knocked over so easily you might as well just guard the stacks you already have.