QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!!

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Posted by Splash.

Student on team #53, Team Inferno, from Eleanor Roosevelt High School and NASA GSFC.

Posted on 8/15/2000 9:20 AM MST


In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!! posted by Andy Grady on 8/13/2000 8:27 AM MST:



Team 121's robot was incredible. And as an added bonus, the shark paintings on the basket were great. It was fast, went under the bar, held 8 balls, climbed the bar. Ovbiously capable of being an offensive robot, someone in their pit told me they were were running at 150% speed because they added the fisher-price motors to their gear boxes. That one was of those hidden gems Andy was talking about.

Hotbot, Wildstang, and Chief Delphi's all looked like fun as well.

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Posted by Steve Prairie.

Student on team #173, RAGE, from Rockville High School /East Hartford High School and UTRC.

Posted on 8/15/2000 11:28 AM MST


In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!! posted by Andy Grady on 8/13/2000 8:27 AM MST:



Hey everyone, this year i saw alot of great robots. But the one which i wish i could've used was 126 Gael force. They had a great loading idea, and good manuverability.

Steve Prairie
Rage 173

p.s. I wish i could see RAGE 173's bot race Buzz 175's bot on a 300 foot drag strip, that'd be a great race!!

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Posted by Andy Baker.

Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 8/15/2000 10:25 PM MST


In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!! posted by Andy Grady on 8/13/2000 8:27 AM MST:



I loved team 288's unique ball extractor. They had this spatula with belts on it that would flip out the balls of their opponents' goal. Way cool.

This team also had a neat 'look'... all of their t-shirts and signs had the 'RoboDawgs' logo that looked like a Mountain Dew logo.

Their robot's design and strategy took guts, and it made us miss the way we played the game in '99 with our TKO robot. As a few of you know, playing defense is a blast!

Andy B.

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Posted by Mike.

Student on team #126, Gael Force, from Clinton High School and NYPRO.

Posted on 8/15/2000 10:37 PM MST


In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!! posted by Andy Grady on 8/13/2000 8:27 AM MST:



If i had to pick which robot I would use it would be Team#131 Osram because the were fast and powerful and they could steal and in my opinion they were a very effective robot.

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Posted by Tom.

Other on team #126, Gael Force, from Clinton High School and NYPRO.

Posted on 8/18/2000 6:58 AM MST


In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!! posted by Andy Grady on 8/13/2000 8:27 AM MST:



Andy,

Interesting question. I would have to say out of all the Robots in this years competition if I had to choose.... I think that I would pick... well it is a toss up between Team #47 and Team #131. Chief Delphi was probably one of the best engineered machines that I have ever seen come out of six weeks than ever before. Watching it move across the field was pure enjoyment for me. However was there ever a team that made everone react and change there strategy based on their robot just being on the carpet as CHAOS. Watching their robot pull balls out of the goal still sends shivers down my spine. It would be between those two teams.


Tom

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Posted by Amy .

Student on team #126, Gael Force, from Clinton High and NYPRO.

Posted on 8/18/2000 1:31 PM MST


In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!! posted by Andy Grady on 8/13/2000 8:27 AM MST:



I'd like to give one of the robots that focused on defense a try as ours was mainly offensive...team 131 or 25 or 175. Robots like those can turn a match around in a matter of seconds.

Amy
Team 126