[BrennanB]

Originally Posted by dodar

Why dont you just drop the "feasible" thing and say what you are wanting to. You are hiding "they will do it" behind the word feasible.

Just because they can, doesnt mean they will. Nor could most.

You are absolutely right. But it only takes a couple successful copies to start changing FIRST's culture from a make our own design decisions to, lets just copy the robot. That shift has already started to happen. For example:

Minibots/233's deployment 2011
Stingers 2012
10 point hangers 2013
Goalie poles/33's hulahoop 2014
Cangrabbers/intakes 2015

You are completely entitled to your opinion, I just feel differently.

Originally Posted by FarmerJohn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWHw...ature=youtu.be

Here's 118's robot. Show me your design for a similar version of what they did that is equally as effective if not more effective than their solution. You have four weeks.

My answer to you is: (feel free to sub out 1114 for any xxxx team you feel like)

Also, since this isn't legal for an FRC game, I don't forsee any team taking you up on this offer to copy 118 (or any robot), spending plenty of manhours and thousands of dollars for an illegal robot just to prove you wrong.

Originally Posted by BrennanB

Of course, it won't be as competitive as the original robot, eg, 1114 will likely always be better than any copy that anyone could make.