pic/vid: Team 1114 - Simbot Panthro

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Originally Posted by artdutra04

// Now onto a side note:
I find it funny that when most people see videos of 148 or 254 or 1114 or 217, they get scared or begin doubting their own design decisions.

6 weeks of dedication & hard work culminated on your own robot & thrown out by seeing one simple picture or video??
That's ridiculous.
I totally agree with you Art.
No instance of seeing one picture or a 5 minute video of someone else's bot is worth throwing in the towel & giving up on the whole season.


Of course, the opposite is true as well.
I'm sure some teams have seen (for argument's sake, we'll use your same team number examples here) 148 or 254 or 1114 or 217 & saw that their own team has designed something very similar & they believe that they have a foolproof design because of that.

Not so fast kiddies. Just because the defending world champions or other legendary & "proven" teams have the same mechanism you have on your robot, does not mean you, or even they will be the world champions this year.

It's a whole new game every year, & this one is no exception.

There are no guarantees who will do good & who will do not-so good until the rubber meets the road, or, more appropriately, the rover wheels hit the regolith in exactly one week from today!