Reaching for the Top Row?

[smclean1969]

We're a rookie team that has some experienced mentors and one experienced student. It's a talented group with a healthy amount of prior training. We're having serious discussions about whether to shoot for the top row or just settle for hanging tubes on the middle and/or lower row. To reach the top row requires a more complicated robot design (e.g., extending arm, multiple piece forklift, etc...) and these seem a bit much for an experienced team, let alone a rookie team.

thoughts? Scott