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Unread 16-01-2016, 23:15
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Re: build season needs to be longer.

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Originally Posted by ToddF View Post
For elite teams, the "six week build season" does not exist. They work on their designs right up until championship. Building a practice bot and designing mechanisms that can be swapped out before competitions allows for continuous evolution of your robot mechanisms throughout the competition season.
It might be worth noting that many of the elite teams also "develop technologies" for use in some upcoming season during the off-season time. When it comes time to apply those technologies during the build season, they can do it much faster.
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