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Originally Posted by Harman341
It's not like over the course of four competitions you could replace your top functions twice over.
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TechnoKats 2006 (Aim High) did just that over the course of only three competitions.
The robot as built, and as run at the first Regional, had a very consistent but slow turreted catapult using vision targeting. It was completely outgunned by rapid-fire wheeled shooters.
During the first couple of hours at the second Regional, the catapult was replaced by a wheeled shooter, still on the turret. It was fast, but the fast-spinning wheel had enough vibration to make the aim unsteady.
During the first couple of hours at Championship, the turret was removed and a more stable wheel assembly was affixed directly to the chassis. It was harder to aim (the entire robot had to be turned) and the vision sensing was never quite retweaked to let autonomous give consistent results.
But it was continuous improvement, and it was pretty much what you said couldn't be done.
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If you don't change your robot, it will not be surpassed by the other robots that are also not being altered.
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On the other hand, it
will be surpassed by the teams that
do alter their robots to be better. The TechnoKats Lunacy robot went undefeated at its first event. It was edged out in the finals at the second. It was merely adequate at the Championship.
So don't be afraid to redo a failed design. Just make sure you have the capability of actually redoing it.