Wisconsin Recap

[Chris is me]

Our drivers were very cognizant of their performance on the course. They maintained their poise and drove the robot respectively. The team was rather distraught when the robot was hit by another going full speed with full intent on knocking Rock 'N' Robots 3692 out of the game. The impact dislodged four of the spring clips that secured the bumper. These clips are used on agricultural equipment. Also a wheel was broken. This was a blatant hit to take the robot out. The strategy did not work because the students were determined to come back. They did.

A high speed bumper to bumper collision is almost certainly not with the intent to destroy or break a robot. If a single hit to the bumper at full speed does this much damage, I think you may need to rethink your bumper implementation.

By the way, I didn't know Janesville had a team, that's really cool. I'm originally from Clinton, but I commuted to a team in Milwaukee (1714) my senior year. If you guys existed three years ago, I bet I would have had a much shorter drive.