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Re: Using Multiple Kinds Of Motors
There's a pretty big difference between "conformity" and "going with what works". Eschewing any used idea as "conformist" misses the point entirely of why some choose not to conform.
The danger of conformity is not in rehashing others, but in doing the same thing over and over again without bothering to ask "why". However, no matter how little you want to conform, if you aim not to conform without bothering to ask "why not", you're just as flawed, if not moreso, in your judgement than anyone who's ever conformed.
That aside, there's a reason that robots have things in common, and when a lot of people do something, if you're seriously considering something different you'd be foolish not to understand the pros and cons of a normal design. There are a lot of pitfalls to innovation and if the simple, boring solution works perfectly, it's bad engineering not to go with what works.
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