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Re: Mentors: What's something you wish you knew going in?

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Originally Posted by Drakxii View Post
Be confident for them and build fast & simple bots.
I would second that notion. At competition I am the mentor nominally in charge of the pit crew. My duties consisted in wandering by once in a while and asking "Is the Robot ready?" As we had constructed a simplistic but functional tank the standard answer was always the same: "The Robot is Always Ready".

As a build / pit mantra you can't really improve on it. The best, most advanced machine is only a fancier paperweight if it does not run when needed.
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