Ryan, that's what I thought, but my teacher didn't give me any specifics (which leads me to believe he didn't know what he was talking about, but since the rest sounds plausible, well, yeah).
As for the controllers being from IFI, I'm more than certain that they will be, as FIRST is the reason they began (InnovationFirst). Hopefully they'll be better than what we've had previous years, but I guess as long as we can make a robot move with it, it's better than nothing
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