Team 71's 2002 robot

[Brian C]

Originally Posted by JABot67

it looks like it was really hard to overcome the Beast's ability to grab onto all three of the goals in the first seconds of the match.
I'm curious as to why 71 didn't grab any of the goals in the second Einstein final match (from the vids on TBA).

It was a combination of SPAM's (team 180) incredible speed and a well thrown soccer ball at the beginning of the match. The ball ended up under
71's machine as it fell into it's operating mode as SPAM made contact. Our alliance (311 308 180) went on to beat them that match to make it a 1-1 tie in the Finals.

I have to mention that one of our alliance partners, team 308 from Walled Lake Michigan. Their robot was able to pick up 2 180lb goals and then move forward into the scoring zones. Looking back I appreciate the ability to do that given the limited motor selections, transmissions and technology available at the time. You have to realize this was pre-AndyMark after all!

Team 311 only lasted 2 more years after that. The Championship Finals at Epcot was one of our highest achievements.