[EricH]

Originally Posted by AndyB

Huh? Are you referring to us? We try and get ours done in week 4, but it never works out that way...

Not specifically. You've actually got a pretty decent schedule. It seems that many teams try to have a design by the end of Week 1 or before. You can get away with this, but only if you know exactly what you are doing. (And do a good analysis of the game right after Kickoff.)

And prototypes do need quick completion for a more complete analysis. 330 has been known to have provision for two drive types up to Week 6 on the competition robot--we just planned for both and made room. One system was onboard, the other on Kitbot until we had finished testing. (Not recommended unless you are sure you know what both options will look like.)