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Re: Build Timeline

Historically, our first week involves little to no robot fabrication (we may get up to putting the kitbot frame together on the Saturday following Kickoff).

From there, the schedule gets fuzzy from year to year depending on the robot and game, mainly focused initially on mobility before any worrying about manipulators. We got burned on that last season; even with a marginally-functioning shoulder, we didn't have a good method of grabbing tubes to score them. While many veteran FIRSTers will argue that mobility should be your first priority, don't let it become your focus to the point that it's Week 5 and you're just now starting to think about manipulators. The first few attempts will almost always show issues ranging from pesky to show-stopping; doing that part early will allow you to have a much improved manipulator come the actual competition.

Or, as the now-defunct 1083 had as their motto, fail often to succeed faster.
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