Team 121 Teaser Video

[esisso]

in reference to that rule. the first lap they did would have gotten them only 2 points for crossing the line but none for the ball. The rest of the laps were hurdled so there would be 8 points awared for hurdling plus the 2 point crossing the line bonus

[Ross340]

Originally Posted by esisso

in reference to that rule. the first lap they did would have gotten them only 2 points for crossing the line but none for the ball. The rest of the laps were hurdled so there would be 8 points awared for hurdling plus the 2 point crossing the line bonus

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say they were simply showing what their robot could do, with wasting as little time in our busy build season on a video as possible. Thanks 121. We appreciate the shortness of your video, so we all may get our robots done. lol

[cziggy343]

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

If you look a little into 121's history you'll find that they are quite aware of the wedge rule.

yes... but if i watched the video right... they use the wedge to "help" the ball up into the manipulator... the wedge rule would completly change that design... wouldn't it? b/c last year... our robot was a lot higher that that and we were called a wedge bot... but trust me, the machine looks pretty

[Jeff Waegelin]

Originally Posted by Ross340

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say they were simply showing what their robot could do, with wasting as little time in our busy build season on a video as possible. Thanks 121. We appreciate the shortness of your video, so we all may get our robots done. lol

Yep, we were just showing what we can do. I realize that we crossed the line while holding the ball, the first time. We weren't trying to score as if it were an actual match - just demonstrating our robot's capabilities.

[BordomBeThyName]

Amazing design guys, motivated my team to get their butts off the computers and into the shop.

and I can't describe how happy I am to see that we don't have to lose miserably to you guys in any of our regionals.

[xzvrw2]

that claw is the bestway to do it. it looks like it is a rendition of 45s claw from 2004. i realy like it. 121 always puts up a solid bot. congrads.

[emo Sponge]

awsome bot
you shold post closer up pictures
not that we are going to steal your idea

[Fastnate]

Originally Posted by emo Sponge

awsome bot
you shold post closer up pictures
not that we are going to steal your idea

http://www.joemenassa.com/robotics2008.html
... tons of great pics

[esisso]

Originally Posted by emo Sponge

awsome bot
you shold post closer up pictures
not that we are going to steal your idea

no such thing as stealing an idea when a team posts so much information up, they want you to see what they built and how the did it in order to teach other teams....gracious professionalism, its what US FIRST is all about

[Dick Linn]

Beautiful? Elegant? Not much else comes to mind to describe it. Bumpers, on the other hand, are problematic...

[Jeff Waegelin]

Originally Posted by Dick Linn

Beautiful? Elegant? Not much else comes to mind to describe it. Bumpers, on the other hand, are problematic...

We've actually got the bumpers on now - they required some creative thinking to develop the mounting solution, but they're taken care of now.

[65_Xero_Huskie]

121 always has a good robot. Congrats on "The snake"

[flyingcrayons]

All i can say is oh my god!!!! congrats to team 121 and hopefully "the snake" will slither its way to a regional??

[Elgin Clock]

Nice.

One question.

Flag mount? How are you dealing with that?

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Nice.

One question.

Flag mount? How are you dealing with that?

Like we always do, it will be on one of the main towers. It will have to bend a little more this year though.