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Re: pic: T1G3R^2 - 3946's 2013 Ultimate Ascent robot

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Our wiring lead that year described controls layout management as "3-D Tetris". We had so many loose connections, leaks, half dead batteries, and left-open vent plugs that the jammed arming mechanism was misdiagnosed as a control problem until the very end.
That's "4-D Tetris". Not only were we trying to stuff the controls into extremely narrow spaces, leading to use of vertical boards as horizontal boards, but every 2 days or so changes where made as to where structural parts of the chassis would be, leading to required total redesign of the controls layout, and with each subsequent re-design, less effort and consideration given, and more "just fit it in" mentality.
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