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View Poll Results: Would you rather have a nice looking robot or a winning robot?
Quality Robot 53 32.52%
Winning Robot 110 67.48%
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Re: Winning Robot or Quality Robot?

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Originally Posted by Bharat Nain
I couldn't vote on this one. From my experience in FIRST, Quality drivers make a winning robot. You obviously need a robot that works well but it is the drivers who win competitions, not robots alone. I say this from personal experience.
It takes a lot of things to win competitions and good drivers is one of them, along with strategy, a robot capable of playing the game well, and a robot of high enough "quality" to be reliable for the duration of the competition season. Then there is the element of luck which is a part of almost any type of competition.
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