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Unread 07-01-2009, 15:32
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Re: Limitations too far?

I think the limitations (aka Rules) of this game has been wonderful for our team. We had to start with blank sheets of paper and use the ideas, concepts and knowledge we have to make new marks.

We have traditionally said that the drive train concepts must be proven in the offseason and preseason to be used during the build season. Scratch that this year. New engineering, new calculations, new simulations all took place in the past few days. Many more team members have an understanding of what goes into the design of the drive train. Friction, centers of gravity, strength of materials have been considered as never before.

As for the box that will be the robot? We ended our preliminary design session with 5 distinct, feasible and buildable designs. Our team leader commented that that was unprecedented in her 14 years of FIRST experience. And those were the designs that met the requirements for our particular strategy emphases. And with teams having different strategies, I really expect to see countless configurations of robots at competition!

Limitations too far? Not by a long shot.
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