The past five weeks of this season have been some of the most intellectually stimulating of my entire robotics experience. Being a 3-year member it is great that this year we were given a challenge where we could develop a more complicated robot and execute it well. Designing ball control systems helps us better maneuver with a ball and a pneumatic shield for defense has been quite an experience, but thanks to my team and our mentors, I believe this year we have a good chance at success.

Through all of the problems including, but not limited to, ground clearance, space constraints, mounting designs, motor designs, and material incompatibility, I think the team has learned a lot as a whole and will do even better in the future now that they have the knowledge. Although there have been disputes on design and placement of certain things on our bot this year, we have always come together as a team and decided what we see as the best course of action. As we set our sights on the Wisconsin Regional and hopefully Nationals, we have high hopes for what we can accomplish this year and I feel we have the tools to do so.