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Revision as of 19:56, 12 June 2009

Our build process is divided into the following five stages:

  • Brainstorming & Strategic Goal Setting
  • Prototyping and Tactic (Game-Play) Development
  • Designing
  • Building
  • Testing & Training


We prototyped the following features:

  • Trackball capture using Forks
  • Catapult from Forks
  • Drive-train arrangements
  • Fast Trackball removal from Overpass

Team 1640 faced a number of daunting challenges during the 2008 build season.

The most severe of these was the temporary loss of the Team’s founder, leader and head-Mentor, Paul Sabatino, following essential back surgery early in the season. Mr. Sabatino is recuperating and we are all looking forward to his return.


The team also had to deal with a Teacher’s strike, which forced us from our home at Downingtown East High School for a full two weeks during the build season. The night before the strike, we all assembled at the school and loaded Robot, parts, supplies and essential tools (including a drill press, belt sander and a band saw) into parents’ mini-vans to relocate our operations. Fortunately, a local family, the McFaddins, became aware of our plight and very graciously loaned us the use of their stable as a workshop for the duration of the strike.


The move took place after most (but far from all) of the cutting had been completed, but before any significant assembly.


Two weeks after the exodus, we remobilized the mini-Caravan to return the now-assembled DEWBOT IV to Downingtown East.