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Re: RI3D this year?

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Originally Posted by audietron View Post
What is your reasoning for not wanting it?
I know that a lot of people dislike the fact that the Ri3D groups produce a crop of robots that ends up being very limiting for many teams. It's tempting to just go for the option that you already know works (because one of the Ri3D teams built it), and while I think that these designs can be useful for rookies or teams with less resources, it does seem to have somewhat of a limiting effect on teams' creativity.
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