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Re: Drive Systems... ...The FIRST Arms Race?
With no disrespect meant to anyone, I think we have enough limits put on us. They tell us exactly how to do everything. If they now tell us exactly how to build our drive train with the exact gear ratios and the exact wheels and the exact motors, and the exact metal to use, and the exact shaft to use, then we will have no creativity left.
I also disagree on the part that FIRST is encouraging pushing and shoving matches. They have told us exactly when we can push in and pin in the rules book. I think they want to see teams become creative with mechanisms to cap the rack.
I do agree that they gave us too many motors, but I still think its good. Anyone who decides to put them all on their robot is going to have a tough time on the field. There isn't a strong enough battery and the most robots wont even have enough weight for it. The game demands for these options, though.
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21-02-2007, 18:16
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