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Re: Designing to Improve
After our less than desirable performance against you guys in semi's at FLR we added another 18" to our FCS height and performed much better at Boston. We traditionally improve a ton between our competitions each year. I'll highlight what we've done so far:
2011: New acquisition claw custom machined out of metal with plastic pulleys (CAD on our website)
2012: Pneumatic brakes to improve double balancing ability and co-op
2013: Shooter was raised 18", climber was removed due to lack of use.
Overall, we try to just design the robot the best that we can before our first competition and then use our 30 lbs very creatively to redesign the part that needs it before the next competition.
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FIRST Team 3173 The IgKNIGHTers

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