Nope, Bayou 2022.
We have been doing the robot lift for almost 2 decades, including in 2015. It’s not as unsafe as it looks. Here are some of the best ones
And here are a few bonus artsy photos
I could have sworn there was an image ir video of 120 picking their robot up over their heads after winning Einstein 2016, but at the very least there is this:
Some recent favorites from the 971 Spartan Robotics photo archive:
If you would like to see a few more like these, here is a link to a small photo collection
Finally a use for all of the extra ones we still have, room mood lighting! /J
You are right that it makes great robot pictures in the dark if you don’t have other Leds too. If it’s really dark the radio lights can sometimes show up well too. Looks like maybe an encoder was glowing as well?
Yes the green is a cancoder and the blue is i believe a radio or a spark max
like a crackling fire on a cool winter’s evening…
I’m in love with this