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Unread 11-01-2012, 10:39
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Re: No Team Should have to Resort to a D-bot (and how to avoid doing so)

Boxes with wheels never play the game how it's meant to be. Most teams never set out to make that driving box but we always end up with a few that just drive. The common ones I see are the robots that were over on weight so they ditch the big gun they had. More than once, you've seen a piece of robot left there cause of weight or it just didn't work.

That being said a Team setting up their alliance is gonna consider a box robot that might only be able to drive for one reason: Bridge.

Fitting three bots on the bridge full size is not easy, not fun but it is doable. If you got a box bot that can do something consistently and well in addition to drive with a small footprint, a Box with skill might have it's ticket into the tournament.
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