pic: FRC powered by VEX

[Andy Brockway]

Originally Posted by Billfred

So now you've got me wondering: Which robot was this?

Correct! This is our 2003 robot that has had several reincarnations. We also converted our 2001 robot to VEX to eliminate the OI. We take the robot to presentations and let elementary school kids drive so we decided that the VEX hand unit was better. This test bed was used to eliminate the VEX battery. We were also testing Colson wheels. They lost in a pushing match with this year's robot.

We also built a hand switch to disable the robot during presentations. This was based off the original tournament controls from IFI and plugged into the tether port of the Operator unit. This way if the robot starts taking off, we shut it down.