Designs over the years.

[lemiant]

I'm pretty sure the ramp deployment was independently produced by a couple of teams (none of them 1114), including 233. And then widely copied.

[AllenGregoryIV]

John that was a great list but completely snubbing 03?

Anytime I get a chance to mention Wildstang's 2003 robot, I'm going to do it. I'm so glad they have left up this webpage, http://www.wildstang.org/2003/inventor/. I'm pretty sure I go back and look at it at least once a year. What they were able to do with a Basic stamp as the main robot controller (plus some amazing co-processor stuff) is just insane. I don't think anyone at FIRST thought a robot would be this good the first year we had an autonomous mode. The waypoint system was just perfect for that game. That's not to mention that they had the perfect ramp bot as well. That was my first year in FIRST and watching that machine dominate on Einstein is one of my clearest memories.

I can't find a better video then this one but you get the idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnwl31zoAPI

Also, 148's in 2003 was pretty awesome I think there were a couple other big arm bots that year though.

I also liked that Truck Town Thunder (68) was able to also block the side passages once they were fully locked in.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/15167

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by lemiant

I'm pretty sure the ramp deployment was independently produced by a couple of teams (none of them 1114), including 233. And then widely copied.

Team 190 was one of the originators of the Minibot ramp in 2011. We were just one of the earliest teams to emulate them.