What margin of error is tolerable in FRC?

[Andrew Schreiber]

[quote=davidthefat;1096299] My mentor has the mentality that all software can eliminate mechanical issues. And he kind of already has put all his eggs into the software basket this year.
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Yeah... uh he's wrong.

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I've already written most of the relating to the drive train for this year...
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Check the rules on this one.

So here's the deal, good software can make a good robot great. Bad software can make a good robot bad. Good software can't make a mechanically incomplete robot good. What I'm trying to say is that, for FIRST, you don't always need fancy controls, you don't need 100% accurate movement. You need a 100% reliable drive train. A trained drive team. A solid scouting/strategy team. And a dedicated team of students and mentors.