Re: What advice would you give rookies? #BotChat update 1/6/12
 

Don't discount the idea of building a defensive robot. In this game, the robots that can pick up discs quickly off the floor will score the highest, and shutting them down will help you out. Last year my team won the Utah regional as the 8th seeded alliance captain, as a defensive robot. Good defense can enable awesome offense.

Re: What advice would you give rookies? #BotChat update 1/6/12
 

Don't try to do everything, it just wastes your time to try to make the perfect robot, be sure to prioritize! Organize your parts, tools, and team, this really helps move the build along quicker. Also, SET DEADLINES (and be prepared to have them delayed by a few days), this is absolutely crucial to making sure that progress is being made and that you have a well functioning robot before ship.

Like many others have been saying, our first year the robot just drove so anything at that level or above that is a good accomplishment.

Re: What advice would you give rookies? #BotChat update 1/6/12
 

Never ever use a servo for something that is going to have alot of stress on the servo :ahh: