[SenorZ]

Excellent points. I guess I envisioned what the old FRC rules (which I was previously ignorant concerning) that what was on the field had to make weight. It would be very complicated to inspect and weight teams if each had their own format of modular interfaces. Making everything fall under the weight limits simplifies matters for FIRST.

I think the future will present some interesting modular robotic systems for consumer use. If a manufacturer were to partner with FIRST and help form a standardized method of interfacing modules, possible with some sort of shared ID between parts to discourage swapping modules, it could provide for some interesting games.