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Re: Team 869 In Need of Some Advice

The only thing that I can think of is find materials that are approved premade things that would be easy to modify to fit the game and the robot. But you could use the same theory our team has used for the past 3 years that seems to work KISS (keep it simple stupid) make sure that what ever you do can be done over and over again so if it breaks it can be fixed and you don't have to change the whole robot to fix a problem. (Ex you don't have to take out the transmission to get to the electrical problem that could be fixed in seconds after you figure out what the problem is) A reliable robot is a good robot. We try to look at it as a robot that can do our goal all of the time even though it may not be the most points in the game we can do it every time without a problem. I believe that the one thing that you should focus on with a limited amount of resources is a drive train. You can still be a competitive robot even though the manipulator may not be top notch but you are always moving during the two minutes (hopefully). If you need me to clarify any of this please message me.
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