Post Competition

Unfortunately, we are no longer 'Still In The Process'. Going into the competition we were ranked #6. We received a pass and were automatically placed into the second round. We went up against the "Tank". In the previous round the Tank had moved the entire ball tower towards its own goal, however it did not manage to score all of the balls inside the ball tower. During our round the Tank did manage to score almost all of the balls from the ball tower. When the match initially started we were able to score a couple of ping-pong balls from the tower and place them into our own goal. However, by the time we scored the Tank had moved the tower close enough to its own goal, such that we could not get in front of it and stop it. With that in mind, we decided to go after the the squash balls on the wave field. We were able to score two black ones. Unfortunately this was still not enough and we were eliminated from the competition. We managed to design, build, and test a machine that was relatively quick, maneuverable, and dependable. Unlike many of the other machines at the competition, our machine never had electrical, control, or physical problems during the competition. Nonetheless the process, which is now over, was still a challenging and interesting one.