Dealing with robotics regrets

[Kevin Leonard]

Literally every team has regrets- its not just you.

I was discussing regrets with some people on 5254 a few weeks ago and they were ranting about all the different ways we COULD have won the Finger Lakes Regional (5254, 340, and 174 lost to 4039, 3015, and 378 in finals by 3 points).

And I just laughed, because it was going to be the first of many experiences like that for them.
I could complain about WPI 2013, Archimedes 2014, and three different IRI's all day and how if things had only gone slightly differently, each of those events could have gone better.
At some point you have to just learn from your mistakes and move on.

I'm sure 1114, 148, 254, 973, 2826, 2056, etc. all have regrets about their championship performances this year- they're trying to win a world championship, and "if only we placed a stack here instead" or "if only we placed X more totes" are complaints for both teams at the top and teams at the bottom.

Everyone has regrets in robotics- it's how you learn from them that makes all the difference.