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Re: pic: 5254 2015 Robot for TBA
"5Poofs" is off to an excellent start. They've built exactly the right robot every year now. They work within their capabilities to produce the simplest effective robot they can, and they drive the wheels off of them.
In 2014, they built a pure intake robot - kiss passing, floor loading, human loading, that's all. Performed very well at their regional and off seasons.
This year, they built a bottom stacker with a simple articulated intake and a center bin mechanism (not shown here). Before the Elims of their first event, they added a ramp and their stacking ability went through the roof. At Finger Lakes, they secured the #1 seed by a very wide margin, consistently putting up at least two stacks of six every match. Oftentimes they got up another 3-4 stack as well.
Love this robot and this team. Best of luck in St. Louis.
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...2013 BAE Motorola Quality, WPI Regional #1 Seed / Delphi Excellence in Engineering / Finalists (with 20, 3182)
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2791 Build Season Photo Gallery - Look here for mechanism photos My Robotics Blog (Updated April 11 2014)
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I heard a Lou Holtz quote as an answer to the question of "how do you motivate the unmotivated". He said " You eliminate those who are not motivated." - Scott Ritchie [more] 
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