28-01-2010, 12:23
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AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,589
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Re: WOW factor
I'll say something vague and cryptic for this one.
Often, subtle aspects of the game that are emphasized in design that turn out to be "the most important" are less obvious than they seem. For example, in 2008, basically every good team could hurdle in a few seconds. In my mind, what set the best teams apart from just the "good" teams was ball acquisition. This is evident in the teams that did well (1114's roller claw, 217's arm that could grab a bouncing ball, etc). So what do you think a lot of teams will be able to do this year? What aspect of that do you want to do differently or better to set yourself apart?
I hope a few aspects of 2791's robot will wow people, but there are surprisingly few original ideas in this world.
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College Mentor: 2791 (2010-2015)
...2015 TVR Motorola Quality, FLR GM Industrial Design
...2014 FLR Motorola Quality / SFs (with 341, 4930)
...2013 BAE Motorola Quality, WPI Regional #1 Seed / Delphi Excellence in Engineering / Finalists (with 20, 3182)
...2012 BAE Imagery / Finalists (with 1519, 885), CT Xerox Creativity / SFs (with 2168, 118)
Student: 1714 (2009) - 2009 Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional Winners (with 2826, 2470)
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