pic: MVRT 115 El Toro 7 teaser

[Veselin Kolev]

Oh yea... we hollowed out this enormous block, so it still looks very much the same. Just less bolts to hold it together. But yea... I don't think that we really NEED swivel. You never need anything truly, you could always use the drill motors provided by FIRST. Swivel drive might come out to be useful in this year's game. You never really know how the game will be played out. Our team voted for swivel, so now we have swivel. For me, its just a design challenge. I find more satisfaction in building the robot than winning with it. Hey, thats just me. I don't represent my team too well hahaha.

And by the way on the issue of weight, the drill module is 6 pounds, the CIM is 7.5 pounds. Not too heavy I would say.