Most Unique Features

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868's robot is the most unique robot this year! well, IMHO anyway.

Here is a picture of the all the robot's features




We are one of the few tube picker-placers without an articulating arm
Also, we are one of the few robots that hold the tube from the inside, and the only team (to the best of my knowledge) that has a 'kicker' wheel, which picks the tube up extremely quickly, and is has the same effect as if you were to just step on one with your foot.

At BMR, at the start of the match, we regularly picked up a tube and scored it in less than 7 seconds (after that, it was heavy defense against us, so we weren't as quick).

Also, I like our liberal use of sensors, 2 limit switches to detect when the tube is up on the 'antlers', a range finder to detect when its O.K. to pop the tube off onto the spider leg, and then also the 2 optical sensors that know how high the arm is, and the PID we use for positioning.

Heres a picture with the shell hiding my hideous electronics job