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View Poll Results: How much planning goes into your robot?
Drafting - None or very little pre-assembly planning - Hey, We're Optimistic. 27 12.39%
Drafting - Moderate - Only essential systems are drawn up. 94 43.12%
Drafting - Extreme - You could drive the robot before it's been built! 73 33.49%
Calculations - None or very little - We live on the edge. 18 8.26%
Calculations - Moderate - Yeah, we did a few to get some things right. 107 49.08%
Calculations - Extreme - Is that an African or European Swallow? 59 27.06%
Robot!?!? You mean we're supposed to be building a robot!? 30 13.76%
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This is an interesting thread, because i have the same questions. I know that many teams do very little drawings, and I have noticed that sometimes there success rate is lower then the teams that do many drawings and calculations. I have also seen that if you spend to much times on calculations you sometimes do not have enough time to get the robot done. There was a team that i met at the national event that had a very well desiged plan, but when they tried to implement the plan, it did not wuite work the way they wanted it to. It turned out that at this teams first regional they did rather poorly, and made many changes before the second regional event. In the end they were a low rider, which everyone knows was an important factor in this game this year. I believe that sometimes teams need to look at the big picture before they build. I also think that brainstorming is important. FIRST wants you to figure out how to play the game, and how to play it more effectivly then the other teams. I always say that the more ideas you have the more effective you're chances of winning are. I hope to see you all again next year.
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