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Originally Posted by PayneTrain
Exactly. It's good to not get too invested at the beginning, but I would guarantee you that there are probably fewer than a dozen robots ever built at the powerhouse level that didn't have some obnoxious quirk or "what if" scenario attached to them by the teams that built them.
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If memory serves, I've heard only one time in my life someone from a powerhouse team say "I don't think we'd do anything differently if we had to do it again". I heard someone from 2056 say this at IRI in 2012.
2056 is the most consistent team in the world. They're the definition of excellence. Any designer that doesn't hate SOME aspect of their robot, unless they are on 2056's level, is blinded by ego. Be constantly vigilant for flaws and imperfections, and be bold enough to iterate past them and fix them. If at some point you or your team burns out and can't justify continuing to improve the robot, it's okay to make the tradeoff between excellence and survival, but figure out how to avoid that scenario in the next year.