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Re: Designing a climbing mechanism for 2013... a humbling experience

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
It is oh-so-tempting to get into the "If they do it, we need to as well, or we are automatically worse than them" mentality.
I really think Chris hit the nail on the head, as a team that is low on team members and fancy things like water jet cutters, the goal IMO is NOT to be the highest scoring team around, but instead to be the most appealling one to the high-scorers. So instead of trying to do something because the best teams will do it, find something that will make your robot valuable to someone who can climb to level 3 consistently and score a lot of frisbees, and then do that well and spend the rest of your time getting your drivers practice so they can drive the robot well and make it even more appealling.
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