One of my key FRC philosophies is: if you aren't improving, you're falling behind. What is successful in Week 1 may not cut it by Championship, so continuous improvement is an absolute necessity! After each event this year we had a full team meeting to discuss what went well and what we could improve for the next event.
Since we "finished" our robot, a couple days before Stop Build Day, we have changed pretty much every subsystem at least once, be it a subtle or drastic change. Among other things, we went through:
- 4 iterations of our shooter hood
- 2 shooter gearboxes
- 3 versions of the "stinger"
- changed our wheelie bar to a wedge
- changed the number and type of wheels
It's a very different Scorpion than we first put together 7 weeks ago. Iterative design has always been a big thing for 148, and this year was no different!