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[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Thursday at WPI will be interesting with this bot Chris. Making any changes?

We would not be Shaker Robotics if we didn't withhold 30.0 pounds of stuff.

Luckily, we are not rebuilding this entire robot this time. We withheld our claw and reinforced major parts of it to ensure that it stays in full working order.

We will hopefully have a minibot deployment system perfected which should allow us to deploy "instantly" onto the pole like 148 does. (If not, we have a backup plan)

We will be bringing a minibot "Plan A" and "Plan B" to the event. The first is a 3 second, 100% student designed and built machine that is not the fastest but is extremely reliable. The second is a 1.4 second wonder that might just explode.

Our electronics board is completely modular (inspired by 571) and was removed for making a dummy autonomous mode. We will have to take quite a long time to calibrate it as we have far less sensors than we need, but we will make it score in autonomous, somehow.

We also have plans to redo the belting in the drivetrain for a more stable, redundant system rather than the single belt loop we have running, but that depends on whether or not we can get a replacement hex broach in time.