Complete Control - Part 4 Well, I managed to get the robot finished, painted, taken apart, and crated up with enough time to get 4 hours of sleep before catching a ride to Sea-Tac airport to fly to Las Vegas. The competition was great, and you can check out my report on it for more information. This page is just some shots of the finshed robot, so you all know what to look for on TV.

		Full trim, full paint, forks fully raised, giving the appropriate salute. Nicely polished flour scoops installed and ready to get messed up!
		A shot of the back, with a prominant "Pittman Powered" sticker.
		A straight ahead full on shot of the robot. Watch as Charles' legs and the skateboard magically dissapear in the full size image!
		A little fun in the parking lot. John and I were both testing, and he agreed to let me try out the lifting action on Ankle Biter, a full size middleweight. Didn't seem to be too difficult, but this was before I got the robot in the box. Where the rubber foot met the top of Ankle Biter, it cleaned and polished the titanium armour quite nicely.
		Here's an above shot of the finished robot, with almost all the parts in place (the CO2 tank is missing). You might notice that there is a lot of open space on the chassis. That means that there are a lot of opportunities for weight loss and restructuring/moving of the internal components. All the electronics, and the receiver are hidden behind a 1/16" Lexan cover in the lifter axle support. You can see the base loaded antenna exiting the compartment.
		What happens when you quickly discharge a CO2 bottle. As it turned out, a 12 oz bottle was overkill for this robot, and I will be using a 4 or 6 oz bottle in the next competition. More weight and space savings.
		After a match I decided to add this extension on the other side of the grabbing arm. Watch Battlebots on January 2nd to find out why I did! For those of you paying attention, you'll notice that the extension is just the main tube from my old "fancy foot" that was tossed due to its excessive weight.
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