pic: Taking apart the 2006 bot

[EricH]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

They are also great for prototyping.

I saw 330's shop midseason this year and they were using several (iirc) older bots as prototypes for this season.

A lot easier to bolt on a manipulator prototype to an already working arm on an already driving base than to start from scratch.

You didn't see 2002 or 2003 in there... Those are at the other facility. 2002 will likely never be scavenged. Something about too hard to get into it. 2001 was brought in to repair 2004.

2004 became the prototype for 2005. At a preseason scrimmage, this drew comments about "looks familiar" and "Are you sure that's legal?" (To which the answer was, "Well, it was legal last year!" 2006 is a software testbed, particularly for the camera. 2004 was used as a prototype for 2007 until the practice bot was ready. 2005 is currently waiting to get its controller back from 2007 practice.

At last count, we have locations for 9 of our robots. One is at JPL somewhere (sponsor) and the other 8 are in various stages of disrepair/scavenging/competition readiness in one of our build locations. I also know where some parts for two others are, but no frame for those.