pic: Team 19 has done it again

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by ghansel

Major kudos if you can guess what this is.

Let's see, there is two CIM motors in the back, and a FP motor in the front. There is also a censored square in the middle in the picture. I'd guess that this is a new shifting, planetary gearbox/transmission, with some special feature - hence the blackened area. The yellow pieces may indicate that there is a belt in it, maybe to act as a clutch.

EDIT: The big circular piece may be a wheel, indicating that this is a transmission built into a wheel. This sounds familiar... Did Dave Lavery have anything to do with this?

Originally Posted by ghansel

Bigger kudos if you can guess the age of the person who designed it.

Hmm. Freshman? Maybe sophomore?