Disappointing year for Incredible Drive Systems

[AJunx]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

It is disappointing because the teams that strive to create a magnificent drive system are not rewarded because they are not being challenged by other robots in the match.

I must respectfully disagree.

What you have said, it would seem, is that ALL of the experience that various teams' (including your own) students and mentors gained in creating magnificent drive systems is not rewarding.

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Some teams strive for maginificence and succeed, but in the end, it does not feel worth it.

Do you really mean to say that all the learning that is involved in designing and building those awesome drive systems is completely worthless?

Perhaps it should be pointed out that that there are plenty of teams that strove for magnificence, succeeded, and feel that it is worth it not only because they succeeded in the competition (see teams 71, 111, and 118), but also because of how much their students learned in designing and building those drive systems.

Additionally, your team and others who spent lots of time designing great drive systems now have this drive system to rely on in future years. You will be able to teach new students how it works, help them figure out ways to make it better, and be able to spend more time during next year's season designing and building other parts of your robot.

-Andrew

P.S. I must admit that I am envious of your situation. I hope that my team can emulate your team's success in designing, constructing, and implementing an awesome drive system in our future robots.