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Re: Week 1 Observations

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Originally Posted by DareDad View Post
But, a marginal team with a kit-bot could manage to do autonomous mobility and a 10 point climb. This year, a basic kit-bot can be part of a robot set, but only if the other two members of the alliance don't blow it off as unneeded points.

Beyond that, if they try to push single totes onto the scoring platform, they're likely to get yelled at by their partners for "cluttering" the field and getting in the way. There's certainly a place for a less advanced team with a good driver to pick up litter, but that would require engineering and manufacturing an effective noodle grabber which would mean that they aren't a less advanced team.

Last year, it was about all 3 robots on an alliance working together, this year leaving the third alliance robot off the field in eliminations has been an effective strategy.
This year is a great year for teams with less engineering and manufacturing power. With a kit bit chassis, power drill, some basic hand tools, and a trip to home depot, a competative robot could be built capable of a four stack, plus topping with an RC. I know because this is what we did for a prototype. We took our prototype a few steps further, but we could have competed with the prototype. No special expertise required. I'm not saying that it would be a power house/rock star, but it would be competitive, it would have contributed.
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