[FTC]: Lift systems/Time?

[gotrobot?]

Our experience has been most of the 2nd year and older teams have implemented a lift system. There are a few rookie teams building them but most have their hands full learning all they need to know about FTC.

The lifts come in various flavors: Nested slides, roller and track, 4-bar linkage, single arm lifts, and scissor. The scissor lifts are the most common.

We've observed that most lifting robots are one trick ponies. Half of the are in barely working order and the rest are very slow, requiring a great deal of time to set and lift.