Lego nxt sumo bot designs for small businesses
Better one good than two average results. There's no point to compete with unfinished result - if it's not ready two weeks before deadline then it will never be ready. Opponent scored but at wrong gate so we won the round.
The opponent was just as advanced as our robot so both teams got disqualified. The mechancs had to improved before it became possible. Commercial solution enables fast results but it's no silver bullet.
The result had very tight tolerances and small clearances. Before that time we had no intention of going so no preparations had been made. Our first attempt in this new strange field.
Our shooting mechanisms were most powerful by far. Our focus lies in electronics design and programming. Robotex has so far had different tasks every year bot not so in
Attempt was made to improve kicking. We never got the damned thing working. It was a positive surprise that wheels turned in right direction.