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Originally Posted by gblake
That helping struggling teams have a successful build will be best done by helping them practice the construction, programming, and project management before the build season. I say this in the sense of helping them learn to fish, instead of giving them a fish. I suggest adding an inexpensive, Fall, annual, robot-building & project management curriculum, and KOP/BOM, and letting the simple robots built during the Fall compete unmodified (maybe allow some modest changes) in the Winter/Spring (think of plowie in Dave's animations). There will be plenty of devils in the details, including avoiding letting too much of the game cat out of the bag, but the intent behind the current 44-day time constraint will be preserved (won't be circumvented further) in a useful sense; and struggling teams will have a valuable safety net. Siri asked earlier what my idea it's. This is it.
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SE Michigan already does something similar to this. A local robotics competition, called OCCRA, is held from September-November. Robots are slightly smaller (but on the same scale) as FRC. Games usually borrow elements from past FRC and VEX games. Some of the key differences:
- No direct mentor help
- No precision machining (bandsaw and drill press is about as precise as you can get)
- No B&T, build throughout the season
A rule book can be found here:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/at...7&d=1410283204