Thread: RI3D this year?
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Re: RI3D this year?

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Originally Posted by cadandcookies View Post
What do you not see Ri3D teams doing that you wish they would do?
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Originally Posted by jwfoss View Post
My only gripe is that in general the Ri3D and BuildBlitz teams all focused on the glamorous tasks instead of presenting the MCC or support/utility robot designs.

Nearly every year we come to the point where hundreds of teams would have done much better designing for the support tasks.
Even copying the Ri3D guys can be a challenge for mechanically disadvantaged teams. A suggestion that building a competent non-flashy robot is a good strategy would be a move in the right direction.
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