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Originally Posted by Doug G
Bag-n-tag is keeping underfunded teams from being competitive. My team is practicing at a location setup by another team that doesn't have resources to build second bot. They unlock the facility for us and watch us practice, which is incredibly gracious of them, but I feel bad for them... they need to practice too!
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Doug, same experience for us! We've started a rookie team in Woodland and Winters over the past two years, and helped them with last minute changes/modifications just before bag day.
Woodland came back to our shop last weekend to take some field measurements and plan out their autonomous mode for competition, but they can't do much more than plan/write a basic structure while their robot is in a bag. Meanwhile, we're testing auto with one practice bot while doing driver practice with the second practice bot!
Personally, I wish Dean Kamen would let go of the "6 Week" sales pitch and work towards some much needed improvements to FIRST's flagship program.
Best,
-Mike