Quote:
Originally Posted by ManicMechanic
I love this quote, which I swiped off the FLL-Freak website:
Obsessed is a word used by the lazy to describe the dedicated.
So go out and be obsessed.
-Caitlin Heim
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I should tell my ex that. She told me I was obsessed with robotics around mid-February.
Honestly, it's easy to turn all of the extra thought and energy into something useful. Priority one should be to spread the feeling around. Second, do some pre-design for next year. Detail out the parts of the game and other robots you found interesting and figure out how it all really worked. Then create something you can use for next year, even if all you do in Week 1 is rip the design apart with how it should be better.
Based on what I saw in 3 competitions of '08, I've already CAD'ed an ultra-light mecanum concept frame that requires very little machining. My next step is going to take the concept to detailed prototype and post it for critique on CD. I doubt we're going to use a mecanum drive next year, but perhaps someone else will.