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Re: Ultimate Ascent Strategies

Frankly, the strategy should revolve around your teams resources. Many teams, ours included, have overstretched their means in a season, and need to be aware of the mechanical complexities of their robots and whether or not they can make such complex systems work. I like Robot in 3 Days, because they built something that can score a reliable, decent amount of points. Almost every team has the capability to do something like what they did. So the first thing to consider is, what is the best way for my team to score the most amount of points, not the best way for any team to score the maximum amount of points, depending on machining ability, shop time available (for those of us that work in schools, and don't have 24/7 access to their shops), budget constraints, driving skill, and design/CAD ability. Side note: every team has access to free CAD programs, both from Autodesk and Dassault (Solidworks). OUr team uses a combination of both, since we have students familiar with each.
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