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Originally Posted by afflictionblade
i think a combination robot is benificial to have, but what it comes down to is durability, strangth, and quality. last year our robot was only really good at knocking down the wall, not stacking. however, our strong base and drive train led us all the way to the championship semis. all we can do good this year is go up on the bar, but our good base and drive train still help us a lot. our robot isn't the best or most versitile one out there, but its still very good because of the high quality base.
basically i am saying that the best design should not be judged by what the robot does, but by how good and reliably it does what it does.
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Amen to that. In the previous years, my team has tried to do most everything, and at best managed to to them mediocerly (???, don't even know if thats a word), anyway this year we tried the approach of just building a strong drive train that can play defense, and a bot that can hang well. So far it has worked to our advantage, and I think that we will focus on this strategy for years to come.