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Re: Robo-Cross (B)
Posted: January 12th, 2009, 4:09 pm
by Pleiades
what do you guys think of lego mindstorms? that is what my team has.
Re: Robo-Cross (B)
Posted: January 12th, 2009, 4:30 pm
by computernerd4826
umm i think they are kind of weak..
i havent used them, but from the booth invatational last year, the winner almost got stuck on the zone d boundary because the wheel bent outwards and got stuck
Re: Robo-Cross (B)
Posted: January 12th, 2009, 4:45 pm
by robotman
yea i think mindstorms is bad and structuraly unsound
Re: Robo-Cross (B)
Posted: January 13th, 2009, 12:45 pm
by jason45
both
Re: Robo-Cross (B)
Posted: January 14th, 2009, 2:21 pm
by binary010101
cooltiger wrote:Nope, anyway our team got lucky and is going to order our robot of e-bay but if your team wants a vex, better get it soon

Isn't there something in the rules about how you're supposed to "significantly" modify your robot?
Re: Robo-Cross (B)
Posted: January 14th, 2009, 2:43 pm
by robotman
not that i see
Re: Robo-Cross (B)
Posted: January 14th, 2009, 6:35 pm
by computernerd4826
you cant just build it from a kit and claim its yours.
at booth invitational last year someone had a vexplorer and all they did was tape a piece of cardboard to the front like a plow and they were allowed to compete
Re: Robo-Cross (B)
Posted: January 15th, 2009, 1:24 pm
by jason45
thats not cool
Re: Robo-Cross (B)
Posted: January 15th, 2009, 1:35 pm
by johnturt
Re: Robo-Cross (B)
Posted: January 15th, 2009, 3:57 pm
by computernerd4826
well, as you can see, it isnt a very sturdy kit, but the person that won Booth Middle invitational last year used it