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Re: High Goal Vs. Low Goal

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Originally Posted by coachm View Post
That might be true, but for securing purposes, we might choose to house the boulder inside the robot to cross the bumpy obstacles. Plus, low goal is an add on once we achieve our primary goal of crossing ALL the defenses. High goal is "right out", so to speak for us, though. Reality: 7 student members, 43 days, and 9 different obstacles is enough! LOL
I would encourage your team to spend a bit of time thinking of how the number of mechanisms you are using to overcome the Defenses can be reduced. Since you have a small number of students, the extra time invested in thinking about reducing the number of mechanisms you will have to build (and buy materials for) will give greater returns to your team. It is also possible that in this exercise, your team might find a way to acquire and securely house a boulder using this mechanism With the limited resources you have available, it may be advantageous for you to plan on making use of the withholding allowance to buy you time.