701's First Practice Day

[Doug G]

We drew a lot of inspiration for this design from the KillerBees and Greybots 2012 bots. Great teams and some great robots each year.

After this first day of practicing, I must say that watching this year's game will have a bit of "NASCAR" mentality, like it or not. Robots catching air, rolling over, or otherwise getting messed up or stuck while crossing the defenses. Definitely entertaining to watch.

In our video you can see us crossing the moat a lot. Practice the defense that scares you the most. We practiced earlier with Ramparts, Rock Wall, Rough Terrain, and CDF. They aren't as bad as getting stuck on the moat, we're making sure that won't happen.