[PhilBot]

Clearly we need to get away from the NXT. Based on my own testing, the EV3 is vastly more reliable re: motor and servo controllers etc (no more auto glitches), but it would also be great to move away from the Samantha module and to something smaller and not requiring a separate 12V supply.

Surely a micro USB-wi-fi interface would be great if the network requirements could be satisfied.

It also does seem like the time has come to permit more custom sensor interfaces. There are a lot of fun sensor (eg: Pixie cam) that would be great to interface to the EV3 via I2C or SPI

I personally don't think that moving to a Raspberry Pi or Beagle Bone solution would be a good idea simply because these boards don't have any of the mechanical robustness that FTC requires. FTAs would be spending all their time debugging software and hardware issues.

Maybe NI can give us a mini roboRIO.

Phil