[Bongle]

Check all statements that you agree with. To keep this thread far away from a flamewar and to thus ensure its longevity, I demand that everyone who posts in it must also include a picture of a dinosaur, and please try to not disagree with anyone you quote. This thread is just meant to gather opinions in the form of a poll, not gather arguments and debate. There are many other threads you could bump or read to do that.


Definitions:

Full Collaboration
Triplet-style collaboration where all involved teams build identical robots.

Partial Collaboration
Partial collaboration is when the teams involved share the design of a robot component, but otherwise design independantely of each other. For instance, two teams might co-develop their drivetrain together, or design their game piece such as a shooter or arm together. However, the rest of their robot is different.

Interface collaboration
Two teams decide on an interface between their robots that they will design to comply with. Example: A shooter has a socket on the side that a collector plugs into, so that the collector collects balls and reloads the shooter. The interface design between the two robots would be shared among the teams so that the robots could work together. Specific example: A team might say to their partner: I will have a 6"x6" hole 24" off the ground that feeds into my ball hopper. You must construct a component that will interface with my port and feed me balls.