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Originally Posted by Mr. Ivey
...Being on Team 384 for 4 years, and now I'm a mentor, and from the great mentors I learned from, the more simplifed your robot, the more robust you can create it. I'm not saying it's not nice to have a shifting transmission, it is, but i don't think it's truly necessary for a competative robot.
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Robustness is good, but a competitive robot must also be
capable. A consistenly
winning robot must be
more capable than its opponents.
A shifting transmission is only one way to make a capable drive system. It happens to be a popular one, and with the proliferation of good shifting designs (and now
commercially available ones), it's a relatively easy one to use.