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Re: pic: 555 in the parade

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Did you have many problems with trackballs getting launched off of, or falling off of, the sides of the float? That just seems to me like it could cause a precarious "trackball of doom" sort of scenario in a crowd (actually, might be sort of funny to see(assuming that no one got injured). Reenactment of an Indiana Jones scene at a parade=Awesome )

Regardless, that's really cool. You guys only won third place? I'm surprised. I personally would have loved to have been there to see it.
We had a couple of people (I was one of them) walking along side the float "protecting the crowd". The robot drivers, who were for the most part new, did an excellent job keeping the trackball under control. There were only a few times when the ball fell off and had to be placed back on the platform.

Thanks for the complements, the team worked hard for the past couple of weeks putting together an awesome looking float. One of the best parts of the float is actually not seen in this picture.. maybe i'll post another picture later.. The team made a retro more "typical looking" robot with moving head and arm and had him stand on the back of the float. Little kids kept looking up and saying "Robot! Robot!". They were almost as excited as when they saw that we also had bubble machines on the back of the float as well.
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