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Re: Convertible robot?

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol View Post
What ^ he said.
We're definitely considering this idea, although as you know we're a little gun-shy on this topic due to past experience.

Of course, we'd rather have all the desired capabilities in a single configuration, but having a dual-configuration setup is a potential fallback.

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Originally Posted by DareDad View Post
You choose your defenses while in queue position 2, you see what defenses you have to breach while in queue position 1 where they will not let you start swapping components in and out.
Fully agreed that making a quick swap is an essential pre-requisite. Personally, I think that less than 1 minute is pretty much required, and I think it should require no tools, but use tool-free quick disconnects for both mechanical and electrical interfaces.

Such a subsystem needs to be designed (treat it as a requirement) to do the swap that quickly. It would be similar to the conversion some teams did last year from "transport configuration" to/from "playing configuration."
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