[Mitchell1714]

There are a few thought paths that could take you to Einstein from a strategy/strategic design standpoint.

1. Figure out what few tasks you need to do, then build the simplest robot that can accomplish these tasks. Every year there are some remarkably simple robots that accomplish so much. (ex. 1730 this year, 610 for 2013, 341 in 2012, ect.)

2. Don't set the goal to go to Einstein, set the goal to win all your regionals this year. The teams on Einstein are teams that dominated their regionals. This years world championship alliance won 6 regionals and was semifinalists twice.

3. Finnish the robot early. This is by far the most important thing to getting to Einstein. If you finish the robot early you will have more time to program autonomous modes, debug and get driver practice. The best robot 1714 made was our Rebound Rumble robot which was mechanically finished half way through week 4.