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Originally Posted by Dragonslayerend
I noticed this year that the high scoring robots were ones with extremely fast drive trains. The faster the robot the more advantage the robot had against avoiding blockers and doing laps. Though how come there weren't many robots I saw that couldn't exceed atleast 12 fps. What was your reasoning? Defense? Or was it because of technical issues?
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For one, most of the teams with high speed drivetrains also have shifters. This allows them to run their drivetrain really fast while still having a lower speed to push through and play defense. However shifters are mechanically complex, and can be heavy to integrate. Also the high scoring teams have a lot of drive practice allowing them to decelerate less and play more of the game at their top velocity.