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Originally Posted by Gope

Teams I expect to be blazing fast: 25...

All I can say is...

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But yes, I think speed is essential, this year. With so many tasks to be done, and so many levels for these tasks to be done on, even if your robot only intends to perform a few tasks particularly well, you still need a robot that can move across the field and from level to level quickly. A robot that is on the hanging bar before any others is also going to have a one-up on the other teams.

EDIT: After having read the rest of the posts on the thread:

This year is going to be the year of drive team cooperation. You need a quality robot, a quality human player, a quality driver, and a quality coach to keep your quality drive team's head from exploding.