We just celebrated our 20th anniversary tonight with a team dinner. I whipped up a quick video for the event. It highlights most of our events this season and you can view it here
Absolutely one of my favorite robots of the year. The high release point combined with the fantastic human loading and incredible consistency made this robot unstoppable in front.
I wish we could have competed together again this year.
I also wish you applied to IRI! This Bobcat machine deserves to be there.
We don’t really have enough students to make a large commitment like that. I think the last time we went to IRI (or even applied) was in 2007.
After seeing videos of it in NH during Week 1, I was set on visiting Hartford to watch this machine. No surprise you won so many competition. A bit surprised we didn’t see this robot get added to your collection of Einstein trips. It sure deserved it.
Glad I also got to see it at NE Champs, and even block a ball you had for a full match (that was only due to a pneumatic problem though, I later found out). When I visited your pit, those their were able to tell me alot about the machine.
Favorite aspect: Catching. You could literally do everything but never forgot to catch occasionally. You played the game to its fullest.
Note: I also loved seeing this machine open up, because it truly looked like it was transforming
177 has been putting out quality machines for 20 years! Congrats on an awesome season and looking forward to see what the next 20 years brings!