[Duke461]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

If a robot's hit and something broke, especially bumper to bumper contact, bad design.

If your robot can't go over the hump past a certain speed without flipping, design issues aside, you should probably have some kind of software limit rather than something as subjective as "don't go too fast man"



We designed for that exact situation, and it showed. Our robot's arm was snagged on another at Battlecry. They drove forward and yanked us around by our arm, with absolutely no damage. Obviously that's a worst case scenario, and arms should definitely NOT be used that way, but robust design should be something that is always emphasized.



You really need to be able to make nearly any repair in one match cycle.

Losing just one match can kill your chances at the Top 8. Do you really want your driver to wasting precious brain cells doubting himself and his robot? No, you have split second decisions to make, there's no time to think.

While i understand your points, this is a general discussion for driver choice. and in an ideal situation, the average robot WILL have design flaws that will make the driver need to be smarter about how he/she drives it.