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Having used both, my experience is that LABVIEW makes it a lot easier to write functional robot code. However, as your code gets more advanced and complex, it becomes a lot harder to keep your code from becoming spaghetti. Java is much more suited to larger projects.

Overall, based on what you said about your programming team, I think you could go either way. Java is going to require a big commitment in the offseason, but can be a worthwhile investment because it makes it easier for your team to grow. However, it is certainly possible to do motion profiling in LabVIEW, it is just harder to code it well.

YMMV. Another huge factor that I have seen come in to play is that people who already know object-oriented, text based programming are much more resistant to LabVIEW.

EDIT: I should also mention that this is a heavy simplification of your decision, and there are a lot more factors that can come in to play.