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Originally posted by dlavery
I just love it when people make absolute statements! It makes the game design process all that much more interesting.... 
-dave
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Hehe, well here is my reasoning for my absolute statements.
1) A full autonomous FIRST robotics competition will never happen:
I say this because as long as FIRST wants to make their event television friendly, they need the on-the-fly thinking that robots don't posses yet. They are going for the sports atmosphere, and you need human control to make that possible.
2) An underwater FIRST robotics competition will not happen:
Just try and make this happen with a Kit of Parts that costs $1000 or less. Water + Electronics = Not Good
I could see FIRST branching off a separate competition for this and also aerial robotics... but not anytime soon. If this does happen, FIRST will no longer just be FIRST.
3) Human players will remain a part of the FIRST robotics competition
They just like them, and human players add an important dimension of Man and Machine working together to achieve something. It it just good PR
