Lessons learned by teams for next year...

[sanddrag]

Here's our master list attached. And too add to that:
-Looking back I would have put two of the Chias in the arm instead of in the drive because the arm was too slow. I thought there would be a lot of pushing and shoving with 6 robots but I was wrong.
-I think the arm is much longer than it needs to be
-We need wheels that will not bend when hit (I was surprised they did since they were one piece 6061-T6)
-The integration of the arm structure into the frame structure (mounting) was not thought out well enough at all.
-Much more prototyping and testing needed for the end effector
-Shoot for making two robots next year.

But on the plus side of things, it is cool to have the most powerful drive system in the country. Also, I believe we were the only team with a riveted sheet metal box arm with two worm gear joints. That was cool.