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Originally Posted by ks_mumupsi
From everything I have seen here there are really on 4 robots to be built this year.
1 - 148/1902 style 4 bar linkage
2 - 233 style extending arm
3 - a single jointed arm
4 - 25/118 style multi stage elevator
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Even if this proves to be true (which I don't think it will - the robots shown here on CD represent about 1% of all teams), is that necessarily a bad thing? The same argument has been made every year, and to the untrained eye was the most noticable last year.
This year it's all about implementation and execution. One of my students who had just seen the 118 video asked me if an arm like they've got, or a lift like we've got, is a better system. My answer was that it all depends on who can execute their design better.
This is one reason I love the fact that spectators are encouraged to visit the pits. Up close, the individual innovations and intricacies will be exciting - both from a mechanical and controls perspective.