Thread: Never Do This, and Other Good Ideas Gone Bad
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Re: Never Do This, and Other Good Ideas Gone Bad
Never use KOP servos as a means of grabbing the game piece, no matter how light the game piece may seem. "We need something really light to power the tube gripper out on the end our long multi-jointed arm... I know, servos!" Our 2007 robot was hastily dismembered after the season, and the veterans try to shut it out of their minds.

Really, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
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