pic: Week 3 Update

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by nickbrickmaster

"Not sure if that robot is legal, but it sure is a good boy."

Originally Posted by ollien

Let's see...

• ✓ An electromechanical assembly (Nerve endings transmit electric signals, and I would certainly call dog movement mechanical)
• ✓ Built by the FIRST® Robotics Competition Team to perform specific tasks when competing in FIRST® STEAMWORKS. (Dog is a COTS item, and training has made an impression on the mind of the dog. Thus, the dog has been built by the team.)
• 1/2 ✓ The ROBOT must include all of the basic systems required to be an active participant in the game – power, communications, control, BUMPERS, and movement. (Slap some bumpers and a control system on there and you're ready to go!)
• ✓ The ROBOT implementation must obviously follow a design approach intended to play FIRST STEAMWORKS (See photo)

So far, so good. However,

<R01> This robot appears to have an articulated frame perimeter. Shouldn't be too hard to find a work around, though. Make a frame from the 4 pieces of 1" square tube that came in the KoP ...

The more serious issue is:

<R11> This robot is priceless, no doubt!

I think you're headed back to the drawing board.