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Re: Low Bar

When I see this pole I get the feeling that plenty of teams have come to the relatively same conclusion and that is that the consistency of the low bar out weighs many other considerations when it comes to design. What I believe is that most teams say that "we'll go under the low bar and then will just try to drive over some of the other obstacles and that will be enough for us."

What I don't think that many people have realized is that this will in fact not be enough in terms of a productive and winning robot. The robot will need to do something else. And making the decisions to go under the low bar limits your options in terms of other implements. A good robot, wanting to under the low bar, will need to be either able to shoot into the high goal or climb the tower in order to have any kind of value in eliminations.
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