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Originally Posted by sanddrag
To me, if you don't know mostly what you're building by Thursday of week 1, you're already late.
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In my opinion, it is not necessary to know what you are building that early. Personally, our team usually figures out the drive train by week 1, but usually does not have the "final" design until week three (and I say "final" because we are always changing things). Last year we didn't have a claw design until the last week of build season, the robot did not start to come together until week 4, we added pneumatics into the system during week 6, and yet we still had a day of driver practice and code. This really just depends on how willing you are to work. For example, that year we had a meeting that lasted until 5 in the morning and several other that lasted until 12-2 am during the last week.