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Re: Robotics in the Olympics (theoretical)
Let me start by saying I know Robots cannot be in the olympics (at the moment who knows what will happen when they take over the world)...
That being said. I think it would be cool if it was like a decathlon of robot skills... think ball shooting, vision control, speed, maneuvering, climbing obstacles. The tasks would remain the same and you would see teams from all sorts of different leagues come together to play.
Their knowledge of each aspect would be honed over the years while they compete in their respective competitions (be it FRC, BEST, VEX etc.) and every four years they would build a robot (maybe built from the same KOP) to compete in the decathlon event at the Olympics. So you have four years to build your robot and learn all you can, and then compete like crazy.
To throw in some qualifications why not have the winners of each competition qualify for the olympics.
When you think about it the FLL World Festival is a lot like the Olympics, you see thousands of fans wearing their country's colors and cheering on their teams in hopes of taking home medals. From now on I might just call the FLL World Festival the LEGOlympics every four years.
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