pic: Wildstang 2005

[Billfred]

I count eighteen tetras, with room for more.

I normally only do this for music, but this just begs for it...

[Petey]

Man, am I glad that you guys are not at our regional.

You know, not that you'd ever be able to stack that high during a match--there's no way you can possible get that many tetras into play, let alone stack them.

But I will have you know that everyone here at 1073 headquarters is somewhere between drooling in envy and vomiting in rage.

--Petey

[Kevin Kolodziej]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I count 17 stacked...so thats 8'+ 2.5' for the height of the top tetra, + 5'ish for the goal height....so thats 15.5' and it looks like you guys grab near the top of a tetra so thats another 2.5' for clearance...so thats at least 18'.

Now...please tell me you guys can go 20' just for the sake of 20' (and retaining your record of tallest robot for many more years to come)!!

You guys are insane...keep it up. I can't wait to see it in action at Midwest.

Kev

[Joe Matt]

I'll wait to see the rest of the bot, but I think this is a little overkill guys. But still, congrats.

[Cory]

While I too think this is very cool, I'm not entirely sure what the advantage of making such a long arm is...if any. I can't imagine that you'll ever even see half as many tetras on a goal during most matches. Seems that all you're doing is creating more ways for your robot to tip over.

But then again I know you guys are smarter than that and there has to be a reason. So I'll just shut up and wait for a pic of the full bot

[nehalita]

*sigh* we don't even HAVE that many tetras.

i wanna see a full pic!!!!!!

[Sterno]

Originally Posted by jimfortytwo

Thats incredibly impressive. I guess my question would have to be... Why? Do you anticipate ever even coming close to needing that arm length?

I'd have to agree...in our human simulation, we could only stack 2-3 in the two and a quarter minutes. But otherwise, niiiiiice...

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by Cory

Seems that all you're doing is creating more ways for your robot to tip over.
But then again I know you guys are smarter than that and there has to be a reason. So I'll just shut up and wait for a pic of the full bot

I'm sure they thought of that Cory. I'm waiting to see the stabilization mechanism they've got.

Or maybe they aren't concerned about falling over cause their arm can right the robot.

Wetzel

nice job wildstang lol

[Kyle Love]

Come on guys....what else could we expect.....its Wildstang!!! Awesome piece-o-work guys!

[M. Hicken]

Daaaaaammmmnnn!!! Thats massive. For saftey reasons, i hope the stacks at the competitions are not that tall. Now that i see that, im curious how the field crew is going to take the tetras off, i dont think they are banking on that tall a stack too often

[suneel112]

geeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzz! Thats a LOT of Tetras!
Great job as usual. One question, though. How many tetras can WildStang stack at one time?

[Specialized]

I count 17.. with the 18th being the blue the robot has in hand... insane guys.. it looks very impressive. One question- is your drivetrain as awesome as your arm length?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by M. Hicken

Daaaaaammmmnnn!!! Thats massive. For saftey reasons, i hope the stacks at the competitions are not that tall. Now that i see that, im curious how the field crew is going to take the tetras off, i dont think they are banking on that tall a stack too often

Ladders.

[santosh]

That has to be the craziest thing I have ever seen. Amazing job.