[BrendanB]

What gets me is that

1. Einstein was never used. Do they ever bring out 6 robots to check a practice match or do they hope they assembled it right?

2. The robots were all in working order before coming to Einstein.

3. Some robots worked in some matches then died later others not at all.

FIRST couldn't find a problem, but there is a problem and when you are down to the final four you can't just decide to keep playing through matches when there is a problem like this.

What I would have suggested (please note I will admit I'm not an expert at the FMS or electrical components in general) is that they run a test match in between awards that bypasses the FMS system. Just like a team would if they wanted to run a practice match at home. Each head ref enables the robots in practice mode so they run autonomous followed by teleop. Allow the teams to drive around the field.

Everybody works fine and 118 moves then you have field error if someone dies and 118 is still not moving and robots loose comms then you have robot failure. If the field is at error I've always wondered why they could just run a match as listed above where the refs start each robot at the exact same time. Understandably you might have some robots running a tenth of a second longer than others but I see that as better than not at all.

Again the above is a real long shot but it is an option other than running matches and hoping everyone is okay because you can't find a problem. I was at the CT regional where 118 and other had problems and they traced them to USB and robot errors not the field and I didn't see that here unless they kept it quiet.

Overall very sad to see robots perform amazing in their divisions and not agree with that field.