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Re: Changes of robots in the off-season...
I agree. Modifying your robot into the off-season is a good exercise in adapting your game strategy in light of the completed competitions. I would even go so far as to be in favor of team's building a robot from scratch to compete at an off-season event. If they want to put that much effort into building a newer, stronger, faster robot, more power to them! Our team will probably be making some modifications to ours and will hopefully use IRI as a testing ground for some ideas for 2005.
One clarification to all of this - it is important that the rules for modification be consistent for each team at an off-season event. It would be ideal for the entire off-season FIRST community to decide on rules for modification so there is some consistency for those teams who travel to more than one event. A level playing field is ALWAYS a good thing.
All in all, making changes to improve your bot (or just get it functional again - 200 pounds of force - OUCH!) is, in my opinion, a good idea! Good luck with that robot!
Sean
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