Secret #1 Unveiled.

[Anton Abaya]

Well, originally, we were going to do this idea. But due to changing designs, we decided to scrap it. Feel free to steal this wonderful idea. Though I'm sure others might claim they thought about it already, to my knowledge I am the first to post it, so here goes......

Imagine you have a robot who's sitting in your goal zone with a goal or two. Then at the second before the buzzer ends, you decide to release your robot from its driving wheels, falling on spring loaded auxillary wheels. Similar to those matchbox cars that you pull back and moves forward, your robot will now use the power of the spring to propel itself toward it's end zone, well after the clock has buzzed.

The rules say they will wait for the robots to stop moving. The rules dont say anything about springs powering the robot.

I have released this secret because we decided to scrap the idea ourselves in exchange for another idea (also a secret). Though safe to say, I would love to see some teams try this and please, email me if you intend to (I won't tell). I just want to see "my idea" in another robot.

-anton
antonabaya@cyberdude.com
Rambots, #419