I wholly agree that repaired electrical components should not be used in competition. The quality of my solders are not acceptable in a situation where we are already pushing the ampacity of our wires, and where adequate protection is not present for the motors and motor controllers.
In short, a Jaguar is an engineered device. Once I repair it, I've introduced a point of failure (at my solder joints).
(However, I am perfectly fine using it for practice and demonstration. I think it's unlikely that a failed Jaguar will damage other components, assuming you have your robot laid out cleanly.)
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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
While some teams mentorship excels in a particular area, all teams do not have access to that level of experience. To allow those teams to use their talents unrestricted is an unfair advantage.
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I tend to find the restrictions weighted towards electrical and programming, where I see the most potential for innovation.
To give all teams a fair advantage, I should think we put equally strong restrictions on electrical, mechanical, and programming.
That means either lessening restrictions on electrical and programming, or increasing restrictions on mechanical.
Which makes more sense?