
06-12-2009, 09:36
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Mad Scientist
AKA: Me
 FRC #2040 (DERT)
Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Peoria, IL
Posts: 1,968
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Re: Afghanistan robot
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Originally Posted by Dick Linn
One of our former team members just deployed to Afghanistan. He says:
"One of my sergeants and I are starting on a robotics project, we’ve got some treads and we found some chain and sprockets, I even found a gear box, I’m still looking for another one."
So if anyone knows where there is "another gearbox" over there, holler.
I'll keep posting if anything comes of this project. Robot enthusiasts are nuts.
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Being as I've been deployed overseas ...
Let us know where to send it (APO/FPO) and what they really want.
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