Resourceful Thinking

[ngreen]

Last year we designed our frame so that we would have plenty of ground clearance for the ramp before we built the ramp. The frame had a 45 degree bevel on the front. After we got the ramp built we realized we had built way to much ground clearance especially with the bevel. If we weren't careful we could climb over boxes. This same bevel ended up saving us from tipping many times. Instead of tipping the bevel would hit flat on the ground and we would upright again because all the weight in the back. I remember one match where we tipped forward onto the bevel going down the ramp and then slid down the whole length of the ramp only on the bevel.

This year are "creative" part was a trash can lid/ shop vac hybrid. Now this thing sucked. They even gave us a creativity award for it and our funny accronym name OSCAR (Our Super Cool Awesome Robot).