[Joe Johnson]

To be honest, I think that FIRST could easily scale the field and the robots by 70-80% (in size). Since weight scales like the length cubed and keeping in mind that that pumps, batteries, Victors, etc. do not scale at all, I think it would be reasonable to then reduce the weight of the robots to something like 50-70% of the current value (65-90lbs).

I don't think that much would be lost. In fact, if we keep the same motors, batteries, and electronics, it could be even more exciting because the power to weight ratio has gone up which could mean more energetic matches.

Joe J.