Interesting technology. Don't really see it coming to FRC any time soon.
- They mount it on catwalks, which is fine for events at arenas and convention centers. But district events are in high school gyms.
- The scoring system for the game needs to be fairly simple and easy for spectators to understand (e.g. higher goals/baskets/etc are more points than lower ones). FIRST is always trying to bring in people who know relatively little about the game or the competition and awarding points for "actions" seems a bit murky to me. Where do you draw the line between what "counts" and what doesn't and, more importantly, how do you make that distinction apparent to teams and spectators?
- Quite frankly, it really just seems unnecessary and just another part of the field that can break.