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Re: Team 1114 - Simbot SideSwipe

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Originally Posted by Karthik View Post
No, this was the first approach that any real effort was put into. There were many subsequent prototypes with different wheel spacing, wheel sizes, wheel types, tension in the surgical tubing, etc.
The big lesson that carries from this year to the next is that there must be an active intake, and if the game piece doesn't conform to it then the intake must conform to the game piece. Having that design paradigm on day 1 would have set us up a bit better this year. I'm really impressed you guys had such a successful prototype on Day 3.
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