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Re: 2013 Lessons Learned: The Positive

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Originally Posted by thefro526 View Post
- Motor Allowances. I'm a fan of 6 CIM's, 4 Mini-Cims/BAGs, 4 550's, 4 9015's and the rest. We should do this again.

- Starting Volume. The Perimeter method is definitely the way to go, makes inspection so much faster and easier.
I knew I forgot a few things. To add on to what Dustin said, the motor allowances were great this year, and I think had a lot to do with the increased competitiveness of teams, since a lot more teams were able to build fast/accurate mechanisms without a lot of advanced planning.

I REALLY REALLY REALLY liked the perimeter specification rather than maximum cardinal dimensions, I think it contributed heavily to the large variety of robot designs this year, and made things seem less "cookie cutter". It also makes it easy to adjust in future years to adapt the exact size to the field and game challenge without being a "major" rules change.
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