The second group of guys in Tartu are the “gurus”. They have already done at least one Robotex, and their current aim is not so much to make a baseline working device, but rather to create something fun and unusual. This takes them way more than a couple of months.
First is team Nasty, who are making an extra-cute tiny robot with a hyperbolic mirror (this way one camera can see the whole field). Their robot design was even published in a SolidWorks-themed magazine (lost the link to it, sorry).
![Team Nasty robot "Mall2" Team Nasty robot "Mall2"](http://robotex.ing.ee/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mall2-226x300.jpg)
![Mihkel showing off Mall2 Mihkel showing off Mall2](http://robotex.ing.ee/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mihkel-mall2-265x300.jpg)
![Ramses vs Mall2 Ramses vs Mall2](http://robotex.ing.ee/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ramsesmall-190x300.jpg)
If team Nasty is aiming for a smallest possible size, another team (not sure about the name), is making a hyperbolic-mirror based robot which is as large as it can get. Its weight is going to be close to the upper allowed limit of 8kg. Unfortunately, I did not manage to get a shot of this robot in its assembled shape, but here’s the view of its lower base plate during maintenance:
![The baseplate of a heavyweight robot The baseplate of a heavyweight robot](http://robotex.ing.ee/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/janno-300x298.jpg)
The third guru here is Matis, who is working on something which has huge wheels, two kilowatt-or-so powerful motors and can drive around at 5-10 m/s, if not more. This robot is in its early stages yet, so it does not have anything besides the motors and wheels yet. As usual, I could not even get a good shot of it
![Chassis of Matis's robot Chassis of Matis's robot](http://robotex.ing.ee/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/matis-300x226.jpg)
Finally, there is a robot that, I am sure, is going to be everyone’s favourite, once it steps up onto the Robotex field (which, unfortunately is not happening this year yet). This is the legged spider by team “polügoon Z”.
![Spider robot Spider robot](http://robotex.ing.ee/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/spider-300x239.jpg)
![Spider robot Spider robot](http://robotex.ing.ee/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/spider3-300x173.jpg)
![Omnivision camera on the bottom of the spider Omnivision camera on the bottom of the spider](http://robotex.ing.ee/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/spider2-300x198.jpg)
The best part of it is that the Spider robot team maintains an awesome blog, covering everything about their robot’s insides and outsides.