Hello CD,
As teams settle into their robot strategies, I'd like to throw this out there:
I am a big fan of competitive regionals. I'm a big fan of teams realizing their potential. I'm a big fan of helping teams.
I'm not a big fan of box-bots (you know, the robot that can only drive). Instead of bringing down the best teams, I want to bring up the bottom teams and work to eliminate box-bots.
I wrote a
blog post that's relatively long but fairly informative. It doesn't give you drawings or designs, just basic robots concepts that will be fairly competitive in this year's game.
If your team is thinking of building a purely defense robot, read this. Please.
Anyone else, you're welcome to read it as well. Maybe pass it on to a team who you think could benefit from it.
If you do take my advice or are already following a similar path, let me know. I want to keep tabs on you.
If you think it's awful, I respect that and would appreciate feedback from you as well.
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