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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri
A box on wheel with amazing drivers will always beat an overly complex and hard to control robot with inexperienced drivers.
Therefore, I think eliminating the ship date would be benneficial. It would turn the build into a more casual time period, cutting out about 2-3 weeks worth of stress. I also like playing by the honor code, with something to the extent of a "tools down day" This would require the teams to have the same build deadline, as well as give many teams who fill the entire 6 weeks with building some time to program and practice.
Can you say working autonmous modes?!
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I think it's wishful thinking to assume that teams would relax. I think this might happen with the teams I mentioned earlier that don't manage time well, but all the well off teams are going to keep at it with the same intensity that they would during a six week build.
I like the idea of having a tools down date, but I doubt that teams will follow it out of the goodness of their hearts. Plenty of teams would keep working.