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Re: Designs over the years.
Calling it a "magnet minibot" is probably not not the best way to describe that general "class" of minibots as several teams used PVC clamps, lexan, etc to hold their minibots on instead. The best term is probably "direct drive minibot".
From what I could observe that season, by ship day the general consensus of competitive designs was either the double supported, C-channel minibot many of us know and love, or a slightly angled cantilevered design known to many as "BackpackMan". BackpackMan worked great, but it was a bit slower and most importantly couldn't be ramp deployed, so it wasn't quite at the top level of designs. (Despite this, one of the instances of BPMan did appear in the final match on Einstein, if I'm not mistaken...)
As for unique and effective designs, 1519's Speed Racer remains one of my favorite robots of all time. Its offensive performance in the offseason is easily comparable to 90% of hurdlers. It'll forever remain an amazing example of the power of simplicity matched with effective execution.
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