Any East Coast Collaborations?

[J_Greco]

Originally Posted by Ricksta121

There was a nice 8x10 picture of 3-4 of 2079 teammates eating pizza and gathering around a laptop. On that laptop was a youtube video. That video title was American Robot Episode 2. I remember it very well since I invited every member of 121 that had anything to do with American Robot over to the 2079 pit to view the photo. I wanted them to see proof that another team was watching our videos.

I thought it was great that a rookie team watched the project my team spent hundreds of hours on and was able to find inspiration in one of our designs. To sit there and deny that *some 2079ers* (not necessarily you) watched it is not so admirable.

Teams find inspiration from other teams all the time. I am not accusing 2079 or any other team of any wrong doing. I was merely stating what I saw at the Boston Regional last year.

I have been watchin this develop with interest, and I think it is time that I intervened. I am well aware that this conversation should take place in personal messages, but I cannot permit this libel regarding team 2079's 2007 robot to persist.

I was the captain of team 2079 in 2007 and 2008. I oversaw everything that our team did. The picture of which you speak is of some team members (myself included) watching American Robot. That day (the Saturday before the end of the build season), our team decided to see what other teams had done during the build season. Our robot was entirely complete (except for the placement of the beacon). As much as you would like to believe that our gripper was a copy of yours, our design is entirely original.

I find it insulting that you assume that we copied you because we had similar (though not so similar if you viewed our well documented design process). We had completed our gripper by the end of the second week, and by no means did we obtain any ideas from American Robot. We did not even see your video until week 6. This even an official meeting; a few team members just stuck around the lab to eat lunch. I do not even specifically remember watching American robot, but now that you mention the picture, I see that it is 121.

You should not jump to conclusions about the generation of our design before actually knowing what your are talking about. I'm sorry to be harsh, but our team is very proud of our 2007 design, and to have you falsely claim that we copied you is both damaging and very frustrating.