Team Update #13

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

I'd like to point out a few things that might help keep the "keeping your robot" and "witholding limits" issues in perspective.

Firstly, it has been quite common for teams to build two robots. One to ship, and one to practice on. It is a strategic game and engineering decision in which a team uses resources during build time in order to gain extra opportunities to work on code and driving... and even to manufacture the occasional spare, upgrade or replacement part.
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Jason

I think you have some great points Jason, and hope you don't mind my snip of those, but I want challenge your assertion that it has become common for teams to build a practice robot. A fair number of teams active on these forums build practice robots, but the teams active here are a small subset of all FRC teams. I'd be interested if someone at each regional could go around to ALL teams there and figure out if they build a practice bot. A good secondary data point is how many built just a secondary chassis. I'm just not confident that a practice bot is anywhere near common.

Wetzel