pic: Robostangs 2012 Final Robot

[LeelandS]

An amazing robot, all around.

A lot of what I'm about to write feels like a rehash of what I wrote about 1323, because there are so many similarities.

548's design was one of the designs I toyed with early on in the season when I was thinking of ways to score. I threw it aside, though, because I decided it would simply be too susceptible to defense and figured it would be hard to effectively get from point A (the shooter) to point B (the net) (i.e. tracking seemed difficult to me).

Well, when I saw 548 first compete in Toronto, I was thrilled to see a team had done it! I was kicking myself by the end of the season because 548's implementation of the "Arm-Shooter" was outscoring almost every other team by leaps and bound. When 548 took first seed on Newton and subsequently made it to Einstein, I vowed to never doubt my first gut instinct.

Congrats to 548 on an amazing robot and season. I look forward to seeing what you guys bring to IRI!