Image Discuss: Team 122 testing out the robot

[srawls]

Thanks for the complement on the shirt. We got new shirst this year, so they're kind of a big deal for the team. Especially since they cost 25 dollars a piece! (/me goes and grumbles some more)

And I'll pass on your comment on Ansel's sweater. We all love his yellow mustard sweater! I think I overheard him say it had about a pound of aluminum in it now, so he has to have it cleaned (talk about being commited to FIRST!!!)

You are correct Kristen, we can't go under the bar with the lexan chimney on. If we take it off, we can still lift crates, we just have no support for them. We would use this mode to go against certain types of robots. For example, if we are up against a dominant king of the hill robot, and there's no hope of moving him, we would go with this and use our under-the-bar capability to shuffle the score around. Also, if we were going against a robot like 179, or one that starts by swinging an arm and knocking over crates, we'd start in our under-the-bar-mode, and begin by ramming into them and ruining their strategy (hopefully).

Can't wait to see ya'll in Richmond, and make sure you drop by our pits to see our poor-man's segway! Perhaps by then we'll finally get a gyro on it (although I doubt it).
Stephen