[Paul H]

Let's take a look at team 33 for a second....

Great Lakes:
-Active tetra manipulator that gripped at the apex of the tetra and stored up to 4 in the robot.
-Crab drive that didn't have the kinks worked out

Seeded in the mid 20s, were not picked.


Detroit:
-Replaced the active tetra grabber with a "pitchfork". They can no longer store tetras in the robot (because the new design can't get them out) and they now score one at a time
-Crab modules were swapped for standard single speed skid steer modules

Seeded 8th, were picked second, and were regional finalists.


From what I've seen, simple is MUCH better this year, and whatever design enables sheer stacking speed is the best (fancy grippers that take a long time to get lined up aren't worth the extra time).