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Originally Posted by Robot Sans
I don't think so. Robot parts are getting cheaper day by day. The quality of robots has visibly improved over the years...look at 2003 and now. This change is attributed to higher level resources being made more readily available. I'm sure there are companies if presented with Ariel Assist 10 years ago they could have made something to a similar quality of 254's barrage. Each year the bar is raised in general and one day it will be cheap/easy enough that every one can make a practice robot.
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I think stop build day will be removed long before even half the teams have a practice bot. Practice bots in general are a waste of time and money but as of now, it's a great way to get a competitive edge. As soon as huge numbers of teams start all having practice bots, FIRST will probably see that it's a growing waste of resources and just eliminate the need for them altogether.