Great Regional Human Interest Stories

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

At one team, the student turned out to be a young (probably 19) mentor. He told me that they had taken the 2-speed shifter off their bot to make weight, but that he had designed and machined it himself. He pulled out a metal container full of transmission parts and showed me how the ball-bearing shifter worked. It was a great moment.

We were indeed the team that had to take off our ball shifters to make weight, but the student you talked to who you believe to be a young mentor was probably our lead drive train designer, Craig (known as 114ManualLabor here on CD). Craig was the one who answered any questions from pit wanderers about our gearboxes. He actually did work with last years team captain and current mentor (James114) on the gearboxes, but James did not go to Portland with us, so most likely you talked with Craig.

Thank you for the compliments on our team and our robot. We put almost countless hours into that machine and we our happy that our work paid off.

Mike C.