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Re: aesthetic robots
Some well thought out body panels do a lot to adding a nice aesthetic to most robots. Having a consistent color scheme that has a reasonable visual weight to the the overall robot can help get your robot noticed and remembered. Having routed/restrained wiring that is reasonably neat is important to.
I will say, if the name of your team makes sense with the theme/style you choose, then it is easier for people to remember.
Having worked with 33 for a decade, I can tell you, form followed function, but form was not forgotten... Sometimes certain elements got built into the robot early. Sometimes they didn't come until later.
An interesting 33 fun fact: the robot is usually not complete until "antennae" are added, though at least 50% of years they are added as an afterthought (typically as a guide/indicator).
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