08-08-2016, 18:50
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John Rangel
 FRC #0842 (Falcon Robotics) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Rookie Year: 2009
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 713
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Re: FIRST 50 years ago / 50 years from now.
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Originally Posted by ThaddeusMaximus
Maybe not a FIRST-specific thing but something to look forward to in the non-combat competitive robotics scene in general...
If marketing proceeds towards making things big, I'd see things becoming like other sports (FRC becoming almost a feeder of sorts? See: NASCAR, F1)... in more ways than one. (See: Battlebots. Less technical focus, more "ooh something different") Televised events, people not involved directly having heavy investment, larger corporate sponsorship. Formalized leagues with engineers being drafted (IMO, would be rly cool), etc.
Technologically involved mainstream sports are nothing new (NASCAR, F1).
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I'd definitely be interested in a NASCAR autonomous division. Maybe allow code changes during pit stops to change strategies or driving styles.
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