Team Update 14 (2016)

[Rangel]

Originally Posted by mr.roboto2826

I guess I'll chime in since I was one of the people involved with that robot. That robot was inspired by 254 yes, but mostly just the climber. In fact that robot was 33, 341, and 254 all thrown together with a 2826 twist. We did in fact copy, and yes it is smart. But I would never do that again, much less in 4 weeks (yes 4 weeks from start of design to competing at iri). The most important thing we learned however is what we were capable of. We saw what these other guys were doing and figured out how to do it ourselves.

And in regards to the "secretive nature culture", I can't count the number of times teams like 1114, 254, 118 and so on have been open to explaining their designs. Thats why Wave is at where we are today, because these teams were open, and gracious to show us everything they had!

I don't think that's what he meant about secrecy. He is saying that if teams don't think copying is a big deal, why don't the big teams reveal at bag day or even earlier. I'm sure every team has their reasons but if you asked some of the teams you mentioned or other teams of the same caliber to explain their designs before they revealed it, I would guess you get a different response.