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Unread 13-11-2006, 08:31
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Re: Simplicity or Complexity?

As a rule thumb the Tigertrons have always used those days to design a robot that can do almost every if not every aspect of the game. The rest of our six weeks are spent designing and building a machine as simple as possible to efficiently achieve our goal. If this doesn work for your team make sure not to overlook the importance of a relaible and powerful drivetrain. You can have the best manipulator in the game but if you can't move you're nothing but a place holder with a huge scoring potential. Anyway hope this helps, and as always with robot design don't forget about the COG.
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