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This year's robot is named after our previous mentor Ken Lloyd. He died this year while battling cancer. Ken, we salute you!

Description: This year, our robot is using a ackerman-style steering system, with an electronic differential drive. To collect the balls we have a pair of forks that rotate out and touch the ground. These forks can spread apart to allow the ball to come in close to our robot and then close to hold the ball in place. The forks can then rotate back up so the ball will be resting on our robot. To hurdle we have a catapult sytem powered by compressed air. It can shoot the ball with a couple feet of vertical clearance and can be fired while moving or stationary. To retrieve the balls off the overpass we have a pair of sprung "l" shaped posts that can be elevated or lowered to knock the ball off.

More info and pictures coming soon!