[MCC] Minimum Competitive Concept 2014

[josesantos]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sheridan

I thought that the frame was COTS too but honestly it doesn't matter. A kit bot drive train with their driver would have done just as good. Their decision to remove the top part of the bot that wasn't working at LA was an example of great outside of the box thinking and a gutsy call. They showed that the minimum design to be a competitive team this year involved more match strategy and quick thinking rather than robot design (and they were a finalist at Las Vegas after they got the top half working).

Thanks for the kind words. I'm very proud of what our team was able to accomplish given the circumstances, though frankly it was pretty shocking finding all this out from the other side of the state. (Alumni problems, I suppose. )
To set the record straight regarding our drive train: It was supposed to be a COTS VersaChassis WCD (much like Team Copioli's), but due to extended shipping delays we had to machine the tubing ourselves and lathe out some spacers to use #35 sprockets/chain instead of belts/pulleys.