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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
I wonder what prompted FIRST to drop it (or the organizers to sever ties)?
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CARD is indeed still going (I'm working with the U of M team affiliated with GO FIRST) and the competition will be in May most likely, at a location tbd.
This is how I understand it: CARD was originally organized by a few students from Illinois Institute of Technology who wanted a robotics program in college that remained affiliated with/similar to FIRST. Thus the Collegiate Aerial Robotics Demonstration was started, and FIRST agreed to host the pilot event at the championship last year. This year, FIRST has told the organizers of the program that they'd like to remain focused on the existing programs, so CARD (or whatever it will be called in the future) is independent of FIRST. But the season is in full swing, and we're currently working on a aerial vehicle and a ground vehicle that will collaborate in the new game.
The somewhat outdated website is at
http://collegiateaerialrobotics.org.