pic: Dozer is team 1108's new robot cart

[hrench]

@twins, there are motor mounts on him because he was made out of the top roller frame from last year's practice 'bot. We built a robot that would follow someone wearing a reflector a couple of years back...that's in the future plans for him.

[g_sawchuk]

This. Is. Awesome. Kinda sad that Dozer needs to carry around robots to pay for his bills now that he got fired from his "acting career".

[Twins Inc.]

Originally Posted by hrench

@twins, there are motor mounts on him because he was made out of the top roller frame from last year's practice 'bot. We built a robot that would follow someone wearing a reflector a couple of years back...that's in the future plans for him.

Nice! So, he could potentially follow the team around instead of actually being pushed around during competition! That sounds like it was a great application of Vision. Did you Use FIRST-standard electronics/controllers?

[hrench]

@ grifbot...pretty funny. We pay him well; he makes the same wages I make.
@ twins...as I understand it we made the reflector following system from an earlier control system used in FRC before CRIO. I've seen them but I don't know what they're called. Probably some of the other electronic -types reading here can tell you about the earlier controllers.

[GeeTwo]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry, but this is definitely moving.

I am also having flashbacks to McQueen's pit crew in Cars.