pic: REX (Team 4334 - Alberta Tech Alliance)

[Taylor]

I would argue that a lot of folks would like to have built that robot, but they didn't have the guts. It takes some cojones to be that specialized and rely on partners for qual wins and other teams' scouts for alliance pairings. Most teams take the "safe route" and try to do it all - often with less than stellar results. This is the most exciting non-traditional robot since Tumbleweed in 2008 (which made the 148-4334 interactions at IRI even more delicious).