Off-season project ideas?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by sumadin

I don't like this idea. I think that one of the things you shouldn't do is design anything major for a FIRST robot before knowing the challenge. If you do, you'd be much more inclined to use it, as it is already there, and you'll ignore the challenge. Some teams can do it, but it's a risk in my opinion.

-Guy Davidson

But if you don't design things in the offseason and have them in your bag of tricks, it makes it way harder to build a functioning system during the 6 weeks, if you have to figure out all the problems with an idea as you go, instead of knowing exactly how to proceed.