[sanddrag]

The best thing you can do in terms of robot is to get every member of your team to learn inventor. And not just the tutorials. I would do a summer Inventor project of building a new robot to play Triple Play now that you actually know how it is played. I'm talking every detail. Also, you should make inventor models of different chassis, transmission, and arm ideas that you might be able to use no matter what the game is. Even if you end up not using them, the expertise you gain puts you far ahead.

This year, we would not have been able to do a 6 motor 2 speed transmission if we had not started thinking about it and drawing it up in the pre-season.