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Well, let's see. On our team, it will probably go as follows:
1. Design. Come up with a really simple but good idea, and file it away, then, design a whole bunch of really complex ideas that will never work.
2. Try to build a new design, and return to the original idea. Decide we still have 5 weeks left, and take it easy.
3. Realize we now have only 4 weeks left, and hurry up and build the basic systems.
4-5. Finish basic systems, and start complex systems. Conduct three pop-can drives in two weeks.
6. Weigh our robot, find out it is too heavy even without two subsystems, and drill holes in everything.
Shipping Day: Wait for the arms to to get back from the welder, so we can attach them to the bot and throw them in the crate 5 minutes before the deadline.
As you can see, my team is extremely well-organized. Surprisingly, it all works, and we have a lot of fun along the way. It's not really this bad, but it sure seems like it at times.
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