Rookie team--arm/manipulator design

[KrazyCarl92]

http://d1pytrrjwm20z9.cloudfront.net...atorDesign.pdf

Full credit given to Andy Baker.
This powerpoint shows some of the most commonly used designs over the years and shows a little about how they work and what they are good for.

This game is also very similar to the 2007 game, so you can look at matches from that year using http://thebluealliance.net

My suggestion would be to find one task that you can do really well and focus on making that a reliable and consistent capability. This all goes back to your strategy...defense? Score high? Score Low? Whatever it is, consistency is hard to come by in these competitions and it is usually better to do easy and simple tasks well and consistently rather than doing hard tasks inconsistently. Teams would usually rather pick a team that can score low 90% of the time quickly than a team who scores high 30% of the time and takes an eternity to do so.

You can also read this blog: http://jvengineering.blogspot.com
This guy (John V Neun) is a very respected FRC mentor and has a lot of great things to say.