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Re: Should we rebuild our robot to be an autonomous container grabber?

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
30 lbs is enough to remake an entire robot if done right.
I think this year is going to see a lot more rebuilds than in the past. We are rebuilding our robot completely at our first event. Don't get me wrong, I don't think we will be good this weekend after the rebuild. Our original design wasn't going to cut it and we need to find a way to be better by our next event, championships, and in the off-season. In other games you can play defense or have clever game plans. In this game there isn't much hope for that other than the center cans and by worlds I'm pretty sure the fastest RC grabs are going to be on some of the very well known teams. There will definitely be places and ways where other teams can contribute but it's going to be interesting to find them.
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