Manipulators: Claws vs rollers?

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Originally Posted by IndySam

Either one can be very effective but the most effective one is a manipulator on a robot that gives your drivers plenty of time to practice.

You can have the greatest picker-upper-thingy in the world but if you don't get practice with it the team with the uber-simple one that they have spent many hours driving will still kick your butt.

This needs to be reiterated. Get those prototypes done fast, get your robot built quickly, and drive it around for a few days before you ship it! Too many teams look as though they're driving their robot for the first time on Thursday morning at competition.

The same concept applies to all the other parts of your robot, too. "Testing" is indeed part of the design process.