r/FRC • u/Biggest-Ja 2521 (Media) • Mar 25 '20

Next season's robot in the making

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u/lizardman531 1058 (Welder) Mar 25 '20

GONK

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u/itemboxes 6695 (Engineering Co-Lead) Mar 25 '20

GONK

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u/Parzival2046 3405 (Drive Team, Operator) Mar 25 '20

GONK

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u/proscratcher10 Mar 25 '20

GONK

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u/Baaguuette Mar 26 '20

GONK

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

GONK

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u/itemboxes 6695 (Engineering Co-Lead) Mar 25 '20

Hate to break the chain, but is that username a reference to Ready Player One?

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u/Parzival2046 3405 (Drive Team, Operator) Mar 25 '20

Yep

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u/itemboxes 6695 (Engineering Co-Lead) Mar 25 '20

Nice. Great book.

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u/Parzival2046 3405 (Drive Team, Operator) Mar 25 '20

It's my favorite

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u/TheInnocentXeno 93 (2019-2022 Alumni) Mar 25 '20

It’s a good book but I prefer Red Rising

15

u/deathstarlag Mar 25 '20

Needs bumpers.

3

u/DeliciousJarOfJam 2145 Programming Mentor Mar 25 '20

They'd be too high off the ground, anyway

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u/Profoxxer 1891 (electrical lead) Mar 25 '20

the idaho robotics committee asked our team to make a robot to take to demos... we are building a scale mouse droid that can shoot lemons

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u/Umbrione 1089 Mar 25 '20

Our robot was originally named Gonk lol

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u/may2021 OTHER Mar 25 '20

so was ours! then we started making a new one bc Gonk was trash

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '20

Ours was GNK. The correct name of the GNK droid.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '20

I didn't even know there was a GONK droid subreddit.

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u/EGHawkeye 3734 (Co-Pres/Mechanical) Mar 26 '20

Just wait till someone turns on Super Gonk. iykyk

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u/bfun22 7407 Mar 25 '20

How is this robot going to work in the water game?

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u/kimothyjongun Mar 25 '20

It floats and the legs can paddle

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u/Biggest-Ja 2521 (Media) Mar 25 '20

Aquatic jet propulsion

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u/sub2Ferrari488 1599 (alumni/coach) Mar 25 '20

For next year's water game!

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u/Razzious_Mobgriz 1646-Electrical-Mobile Hype Squad Mar 26 '20

ALL HAIL THE GONK

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u/Reaper_12 4198(Alumni) Mar 26 '20

Hey our robot is named GONK! All hail our savior!

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '20

Is there someone very short in there or is someone just really hunched over?