Best Robot Ever(again)

[Mike Ciance]

I agree that 67 was the best robot in the competition this year. This is the only time i ever felt so strongly about something like this that i actually went up to one of the mentors on team 67 and said "I hope you guys win, you have my favorite robot."

in 2003 i have to say that i think our robot, the original Evil Machine, was the best one out there. that thing redefined what a great drive base is, and the unfolding mechanism is one of my favorite robot mechanisms ever, even if i did get hit in the head with it. leaking pneumatics - it's a bad idea to have them running and try to feel for the hole with your finger.

for 2002 i gotta hand it to beatty for picking up the goals with us attached. can't do much pushing when you're off the ground, but hey, our scorpion claws were really good, cuz they never let go!

Originally Posted by indieFan

I keep reading these lists (Best Ever.. Top Ten.. etc.) and getting annoyed with them. To me, the best robots are not the ones such as Team 254's this year because it seemed to "dominate" the game. Instead, the best robots are the ones that allowed the students to learn something. After all, that is what FIRST is about.

i'm with V-Neun on this one. We learn from our failures, but our successes reinforce what we've learned.