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Originally Posted by Rosiebotboss
Pre Season design could also be said to be "cheating".
Isn't the entire design, build, test, rebuild, test again, final assembly, and ship process supposed to be accomplished within the 6 weeks?
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I have been arguing that dilemma for years...As a teacher, I want my students (both college and high school) to gain as much knowledge as possible. This includes designs for robots during the off-season. We simply explore and design drive systems for various mobile machines. This is the "Inspiration" in FIRST.
On the other hand, are specific designs part of the competition and therefore limited to the Jan-Feb build season? I believe that they are. While we train our team in the fall, we do not design specific parts for our competition robot. We do analyze some of the team's designs from the previous years. We did use the Team 716 dual motor non-shifting gearbox last season with great success.
I know FIRST will provide another challenging contest and provide a great KOP, with new motors for all of the teams to create their amazing machines. Like John, I'm thinking that they have stuck with drill motors, FP, Globe and Chiaphua.
John, you are an inspirer, not a cheater. We can not close our eyes, ears and minds from March to December.