"Electrical trumps mechanical"

[tStano]

In my limited experience in the sheltered world of an FRC team, I would make the argument that mechanical failures are generally easier to find while electrical fails are easier to fix. I know when a mechanical thing breaks, it usually takes lots of time to fix. Perhaps we go out to a match or 2 with it broken. I can fix most electrical problems in queue.
Perhaps that's because the electrical systems are designed by paid engineers, with more resources, and mechanical systems are designed under extreme time pressure by robotics teams, including high-school students.

That being said:

ROBOT: an electromechanical assembly