Rusty is a cargo based robot that could carry only one or two hatches at a time for every match. Before the day of the FIRST competition, the robot had trouble lifting it's elevator. This was a problem, so the team had investigated only to find an old, rusty washer in the gears. Team 6425 decided on the name Stephen "Rusty" Washer because of this incident as a reminder to double check the build before going into the match.