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Re: pic: REX (Team 4334 - Alberta Tech Alliance)

I feel like I should contribute a little more Rochester input to this thread. I would also like to preface this by saying that I absolutely LOVE Rex.

What ATA did was perfect. No matter which rookie team you are, you still extremely limited. Being on a now 4th year team, I still feel extremely limited because of our lack of experience. ATA chose a perfect strategy. They chose a simple reliable role that suits a rookie team perfectly. Obviously, rookie teams cannot create the robot that 1114, 2056, or even 1507 create. 4334 picked a role and the did it well. That is something that I think more teams could definitely benefit from.

I don't want to say that all of FIRST should build support robots. Nor do I want all of FIRST to try and reach for something and fail. I think that teams should understand what sort of robot they are making and make it well. This year, teams could have performed better if they picked to be either a balancing robot or a shooting robot. A robot that can make 3's consistently would be just as valuable to an alliance as a robot that can balance consistently. The bottom line is that whatever sort of robot you make, you need to just make it well. Any robot, whether it be offensive, defensive, or super unconventional is just as rewarding for the team and as enjoyable for spectators as long as it is well made.

The process is really what matters. If a team designs their robot before building it, prototypes, and works together to create their machine, it will turn out pretty good in the end.
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