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Originally Posted by pfreivald
We spent about $100 total and had the highest-scoring minibot at FLR. Sure, it wouldn't compete at Championship, and both 340 and 2053 had faster, but it was very, very consistent.
Instead of killing motors and buying loads and loads of new ones, we (a) bypassed the inductor once we'd burned them out and (b) put lower fuses in our electrical system. Then, when we finally had what we were happy with, we swapped out for COTS motors.
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We spent a bit more than that, but that's mostly because none of us had any experience with Tetrix parts (and the "fragile" motors).
I honestly hope that we do have something similar to the mini-bots this year. It was a fascinating variation on the game, and introduced a new line of thinking. And, yes, I hope that the mini-bots will be intelligent, although I would hope that they don't limit us to Tetrix; those can be expensive.