May 4, 2007  Steve Hassenplug's FLL Robot  400 points, 55
seconds. 'Nough said?  Steve Hassenplug has been coaching FLL
teams for a long time, and always likes building an FLL robot of
his own (hey, you can't expect a guy like Steve to just watch
everyone else do a challenge...). Well, he's done a wonderful
job of both building a Nano-challenge robot, as well as
describing the how and why of the design. If you like videos of
a good FLL run, take a look at this:  Steve has another video up
on his webpage for FLL 2006 that I'd also recommend. But for any
of you really interested in how folks think about these
challenges, Steve's FLL NXTlog post, with a complete description
of the robot & strategy, is really enlightening. This is a great
example of a robot built to a specific goal, with a careful
analysis of just what that goal is.  Brian Davis   Jonathan
Daudelin said...  ... Wow... that is absolutely amazing! How
consistent is it?   Steve said...  There are two things that are
not 100%. The dirt doesn't always