pic: Team 148 - Robowranglers 2010 - Armadillo

[robodude03]

Originally Posted by JVN

I know some people will question our decision to give up the hanging. I see it as a "no-brainer". When the decision was made, it was like a weight was lifted from my shoulders.

The Thunderchickens went through a similar analysis and made the same decision. Neither robot will be hanging for 2 points this year.

So thank you for all the compliments on our hanging, but you won't ever see Armadillo or Mia do that in competition. Instead you'll see a new-and-improved version of the drivetrain, on a lean, mean, soccer-ball scoring machine.

-John

We made that exact same decision in the final week of build. I have to say that I feel much better knowing that other teams felt the same way about hanging, particularly 148 and 217.

this is a perfect example of how tradeoffs need to be made, and how design is an iterative process. Every team makes different trade-offs.

It was a difficult decision for us to make and we thought long and hard about the trade-off. In the end mentors and students came to a decision that this was the best move for us to make. Strengthen our drive train, lower the CG, and develop a new way to play this game.