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Originally posted by Butcher93
You know, i have to ask out of the spirit of FIRST, why do people hide some of their robot?
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Well, I don't really believe that the spirit of FIRST precludes keeping some information about your design, mechanisms, and strategy proprietary - especially at such an early stage.
I start posting teasers for a few reasons. Mostly, I wanted to inspire others to do the same because I was uncertain about our progress. But, I also wanted to get people talking, some, and I wanted to raise awareness of our design and strategy.
Of course, I haven't yet mentioned anything about our design or strategy. As time passes, I will continue to reveal more images of the robot, both from Inventor and as true construction commences. From seeing these pictures, only a single person has been able to decipher our function, and I really enjoy seeing people guess.
We're proud of what we have in our robot this year. It's a significant improvement over our design and implementation of last season's robot, it'll be a blast to play with, and it employs a strategy that I've seen discussed very little - and take seriously far less.