Hello there! I am Thor III, the third in the Thor saga I suppose . Rather than my previous buddies Thor & Thor II, I was built for a frenzy. FIRST frenzy that is.

2004 was the year when FIRST released the game FIRST Frenzy. The game started with robots in a 10 second autonomous period in which they could release one of two balls off "tees" that could release playground balls onto the field. The robots were in charge of herding the balls into corrals where the himan players shot them into goals. The game also included three 2x multiplier 30" balls that could be capped onto goals to double points. Bonus points were given to teams that had robots that could hang on the 10-foot bar at the end of a match.

With the team of Travis Johnson, Salik Syed, Bryan Gray, Walter Johansen, Wayne Johansen, and Shannon Ley, my best features were built. My drive system used an innovative planetary transmission using the CIM and Drill motors (cool, don't you think?). I had a six wheel drive (yes, not a four wheel) and my outer four wheels were 12" and my center wheels were 6". I also used a custom made worm gear transmission as the wench to pull myself up the bar. I also had a 3 foot arm controlled with a window motor to help reach the bar.

 

My best feature was my Simple PVC arm and hook (arrrgh, matey!) with a worm gear transmission wench. Now that helped me reach the bar!

I attended both the UC Davis-Sacramento Regional and the Silicon Valley Regional that year. We did quite well at the Davis-Sacramento Regional as we ended up as Quarter Finalists! The Silicon Valley Regional did not fare so well...as we didn't quite make eliminations...however, that did not stop me from trying my best and representing Team 701 in the best manner possible.


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As written: Priya Rangan, January 2008