Did you make a second robot? [POLL]

[Chris Mounts]

To add to what Marc said, 1188 for the first time this year built a second robot. There were pro's and con's to the effort for sure. I look at it as another step towards having a more successful team.

Pros:

• Having the second robot allowed us some extra practice time before our first event.
• It allowed us to design a completely new intake / arm between our competitions.
• Making a matching robot was possible since we have almost 100% of our robot in CAD.

Cons:

• It was a pretty large distraction having two robots to build. It maxed out our resources and budget.
• Since we played week 1 & 3 the effects were greatly reduced.
• It is currently little more than a chassis at this point.

Overall I truly believe this is a requirement to compete at the highest levels of play. We may have jumped the gun by a year or two but we learned a lot. I suspect not a single robot on Einstein will not have a twin (or 2) floating around in a trailer or at the shop.