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Re: Tips on loosing weight (Not spam)
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Originally Posted by s_forbes
It always amazes me how so much attention is spent on eliminating fractions of a pound in the drivetrain when usually much more can be saved with an efficiently designed manipulator. Remember to design the robot as a whole and not just each part independently.
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A thought that occurs when reading this: the drive-train is one of the only truly well-understood systems on an FRC robot (I think) because every year every robot needs a drive train. Repetition and redesign of drivetrains over the seasons characterizes the the required durability/strength/requirements very well. This allows the drive train to be thoroughly analyzed and designed well over years through many smaller design tweaks, as compared to a manipulator or game-specific feature that must be developed, analyzed, and optimized in weeks.
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Theory is a nice place, I'd like to go there one day, I hear everything works there.
Maturity is knowing you were an idiot, common sense is trying to not be an idiot, wisdom is knowing that you will still be an idiot.
Last edited by JamesCH95 : 12-12-2011 at 13:44.
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