
06-01-2014, 01:35
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Re: Programming dumbed down even more.
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Originally Posted by Whippet
If you're already done with your two-ball auto, ball-tracking catcher, and auto-aiming shooter, then perhaps it would be a good idea to program your robot to prepare and serve lunch in the pits as well. I, personally, am going to have a fun time getting our robot to launch consistently. YMMV.
Seriously, though: Engineers don't try to get things done in the easiest way possible. They get things done in the most effective way possible while complying with constraints. The lunar landings would never have happened if someone had said "This is too easy. Let's just skip the 'return him safely to Earth' part." Sure, they would have gotten a ship to the moon, bu it wouldn't have been effective.
I'll be willing to bet that their first prototypes were not functional enough to warrant a fancy case. They had to iterate many times until they had a production ready device.
*inserts $0.02 into thread*
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I always love space race references during debates like these 
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