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Re: Will Your Robot Be High Goaling, Scoring Gears, AND Climbing?
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Originally Posted by JesseK
45% of people who responded to this and the other poll (Gears vs Balls) are implying that it's better to be mediocre at everything rather than great at a few things. 
(edit) - hint hint - passive gear mechanisms alone do not make a robot 'great' at gears. |
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Just because you "can" accomplish a task doesn't mean you will be good at a task. More to the point, the lack of concern for design optimization troubles me greatly. Let's take fuel scoring as an example. Being high top level fuel scoring robot likely means taking steps in your design to optimize for ball storage. The more additional mechanisms you add to your robot, the less space you have available to store fuel. This is a simple and objective truth. You're directly compromising your fuel storage ability by adding additional systems. Similar examples can also apply to intake geometry and placement, drivetrain dimensioning, sizing choices, etc.
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