Time for #3 of my top 5 FIRST Robotics Competition teams/robots for 2008.
#3
A local (West Michigan) team comes in at number three. Team 141 - Wobot is from West Ottawa High School. This team really turned my head this year. Their chassis design and steering allowed them to maneuver incredibly well around the track. They could turn laps as fast or faster than most of the simple robots that focused only on running laps.
On top of an extremely quick robot, they built a very elegant shooting mechanism using surgical tubing. Their team was able to quickly grasp a Track Ball and secure it until they approached their Overpass. As they approached the Overpass they easily were able to hurdle the ball every time. They came up with a very impressive design, executed their plan and the drive team was able to control their machine easily. Excellent work Wobots!
Best of luck to your team in 2009!
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