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Re: 610 Presents: Stingray

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Originally Posted by Rob Stehlik View Post
I'm not the best person to answer this question, but my understanding is we moved away from Jaguars because they are huge, and we weren't happy with the built in PID implementation, so there was little incentive to use them. Last year the programmers got much better speed control doing it in software.
Jaguars are huge in comparison to Victors/Talons. They also seem to be less robust when it comes to surviving the harsh environment of metal shavings we put them through.

Really, the only thing they have going for them is the CAN bus. For 2014's game? Many robots are cramped for space.