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Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto
Two responses to the point that FIRST's culture is a "make our own design decisions" culture:
1. Many teams used Rhino tracks (a WHOLE drive system!  ) and copied Ri3D this year (as well as in past years).
2. Our team doesn't have that culture, but we might be statistical outliers. We follow Golden Robot Rule #3: Steal from the best, invent the rest.
Best,
-Mike |
To bring up an important point, why do teams care that teams copy their designs. Any time a time imitates something we publish/build we get super excited. I think I made more friends in FRC by publishing our 2013 shooter design than anything else I've ever done. Some fantastic teams used aspects of our design and went on to do great things with it, I'm proud of that. Why wouldn't anyone else in FIRST be proud if things they helped design were helping to inspire more students and put a better product on the field to get even more people involved.