August 2001. This robot was used during the 2001 Minnesota State Fair as part of the Minnesota FIRST LEGO League's interactive exhibit. It is actually the second 'basketball shooter' built and was tossed together in four evenings as a backup for the first one.
Click here for more info on the exhibit and a look a the other robots.
Lots more descriptive stuff here soon - bug me for details :-).
Click on any image for a larger view.
Click here for a short MPG movie (1.4 MB) of the robot in action.
Robolab version 2.0 was used for programming the Basketball bot.
Click here for an image of the Robolab program used.