if you were allowed to keep one part..

[greencactus3]

if you were allowed to keep one part of your robot. one part as in a single piece, to take home, what would you take?
i would probably take the rear right tire. (why rear right? because it supported the weight of our robot more than any other part.)

[Liz C]

I actually did take home our "sideways wheels" which were supposed to help us move sideways (with the help of the omni wheels); they weren't perfectly round (the bottom was flat, so when we didn't need them, they wouldn't be touching the ground), so people kept asking about them. It's kind of hard to explain them - maybe I'll post a picture of them when they were on the robot. Even though we couldn't get them to work just right (which is why I have them!), they are still a good reminder of this year's ideas!

[Billfred]

Ockham, for reference

Personally, I'd either take the end of the arm or one of the covers that hid all that extrusion and belting from the world. Simply because they're the sexiest parts 1293's put on a robot. Close second and third goes to the aluminum we used to mount electronics and the pulley housing, which takes the place of the kitbot top plate in that picture.

(Yes, I just called a couple of parts off our robot sexy. Yes, I am a geek.)

[Katie Reynolds]

I have a wheel for TOBOR 6, signed by team 93, for me, when I had to move in the middle of my seniore year. It's sitting on a shelf in my closet, with my signed (by everyone at Midwest in 2002) soccer ball on top of it.

[sanddrag]

I don't have to pick a single part because right now I have the whole robot at my house for the JPL open house tomorrow. But if I had to pick one part, I would probably say a wheel It is very cool because it was machined from one solid piece of aluminum. Second pick would probably be a shifting dog.

[65_Xero_Huskie]

I would have to pick the part on our robot that broke. , it cost us to get replaced, but hey, thats not the worst that coulda happened

[Joe Ross]

I'd take the robot controller

[Conor Ryan]

I'd take the Mechanism that drove our arm up and down, such fine engineering. And I'd probably find a use for it.

[Ryan Albright]

the skins from are 2003 robot, i designed them. I just that they looked awesome

[Katy]

We actually did hand out robot parts once at regionals instead of buttons...they were broken "baby feet" or pieces of our treads that we had eaten though. They had nice little holes in them to bolt to the tabbed chain so you could wear them quite easily...I have a few of them in my room...and our robotics room is still full of them...

[brandy836]

I'd take one of the omni wheels. I'd have no use for it outside of robotics, but I think it would still be cool to have.

[Koko Ed]

That's easy.
Everybody I talked to said it was their favorite part of our robot.

[Ryan M.]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

I'd take the robot controller

That'd be my choice too.

Come on... who does want to have the expensive bit.

[Alex Pelan]

I did get to keep one part of the robot this year...a wheelchair wheel. We had some trouble with our omnis at UTC, as they were burning holes in the carpet, so we had to put the wheelchair ones on as replacements. At Philly, we managed to shatter the center out of two of them. At the end of competition, I was instructed to throw them out. Instead, I made a necklace out of one using the beads my team was giving out. It's hanging in my room as we speak.

If I were allowed to take any part home, I'd take the Bobcat 2004's basket mechanism for small balls. Think of the storage possibilities!

[Bharat Nain]

Robot Controller because I spend hours programming on that thing.