[EricH]

Originally Posted by outboardmeat

i know but it will determine if we work on the mini bots now or later.

Is there a reason that you can't work on them both now and later?

Or, more to the point: Do you have a strategy? If no, stop. Minibot and robot work can wait. Get a strategy, then a list of what you need to be able to do to accomplish it.
Do you have a preliminary design? If no, stop. Get one. Make sure to have space for a minibot--there are some suggestions in the standardization thread.
Are you into the detailed design/build? If yes (and the answers to the above are both yes), then you probably want to focus on the main robot first. About Week 3/4, when you've got most of the work done/in progress, set a "tiger team" of 3-4 team members to work on the minibot build. It's smaller and somewhat simpler. That group will also get the fun of designing the fine details of the interface to the hostbot, like how you're activating/deploying the minibot, but you'll have a better idea of limitations imposed by the design.

Minibots are important, but they're not the entire game.

Also see the rule referenced by Joe.