Engineering Awards Quinfecta

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Originally Posted by Adam Freeman

Team	Creativ	Eng Exc	Ind Dsn	Control	Quality	Total
67	    0	   7	  9	  9        6	   31

Apparently we aren't very "Creative". Can we get someone from 190 to advise us on creativity?

Never thought about the Engineering Awards Quinfecta, now I want to join the club.

It's not for a lack of creativity... IMHO, your 2008 drivetrain was pretty creative (as far as FRC bots go that is)... and that's the just the tip of the iceberg. Or say the hanger in 2010. Getting that to fit in such a small space probably took some creativity. And using a gas spring for an after-the-buzzer hang... A lot of teams certainly didn't think of that.

I'm not going to name names or point fingers, but IMHO, there have been bots that won creativity that weren't all that great... not "bad", but to the point where the creativity almost or sometimes did hamper performance. I've also seen winning bots that were very good performers (such as 469 in 2010). It's like patents... practicality and performance don't necessarily count, it's originality (which pretty much requires creativity) that is the criteria.

Good luck on getting the award in the future!