What was the most innovative feature this year?

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Posted by Scott England at 05/21/2001 10:46 PM EST


College Student on team #401, The Hokie G.U.A.R.D, from Virginia Tech/MCPS and Virginia Tech/VBEP.


In Reply to: What was the most innovative feature this year?
Posted by bill whitley on 05/21/2001 6:59 PM EST:



well, once again I'm not an English major, so I'm not sure if these fit the proper definition of 'innovative', but these are a few mechanisms that I got a close look at and thought they pretty darn cool.
For drive motors, without a doubt team 45
I still don't understand how that double motor thing works, but it sounded brilliant and I'd like to know whoever came up with that idea
for drive wheels, i think most people would agree the prize goes to team 47, with those rotating drive wheels, I didn't get to see chief delphi's bot last year - '00 were the rotating wheels included that year too?
for telescoping mechanisms, I think 122's arm was the best combination of speed, strength, and smoothness, and also just all in all how good it looked while it functioned
I'm sure there were many other awesome mechanisms I never got a good look at, but those were the ones I saw up close. ah well, I hope other people vote too,
~Scott