what we hope to do at atlanta...

[Pin Man]

I didn't see you guys in Atlanta but the robot looks insane!!!

[ahecht]

Looks great in the picture. Were you able to hang at all in Atlanta? I was looking for videos of your robot, and couldn't find any of you hanging.

[Ayu]

looks like you guys can hang really well there

[Cory]

I saw their robot at nats and at the PNW Regional, and both times I saw it with no arm. I also heard it took 12 people to lift it to the bar.

Can anyone say hoax?

Cory

[Madison]

Well, to be fair to the person responsible for the design of the rotating, 12' long telescoping arm, it worked reliably at its functions -- rotating and telescoping.

I did not travel with the team and so I can't speak about what problems they were having with implementing the rest of the robot functions while at competition, however. I have my guesses -- but they're not much more than guesses. I think it'd be a disservice to them if I were to write about them here.

PM me if you'd like to know more about what happened and why you didn't see this behemoth reaching across the skies in Atlanta. I learned valuable lessons about team organization this season and it's not what many people might expect or agree with.