[zorro]

I have thought about this issue at considerable length. Personally, I would love to see more control options available. Unfortunately, doing this would widen the gap between veteran teams and rookie teams. Just think of all the cool things an experienced EE could put on the robot. A veteran team could program a robot to run circles around the rookies. Besides, you need to keep the controlling simple. FIRST is meant for young people. You shouldn't need a degree in EE to wire or program the robot. So far in my team's four years, we have had students wire and program the robot totally. Never has an adult helped with the electrical aspect of our robot. We have to partially thank simplicity in the control system for this.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to see improvements. The only problem is you jeopardize fairness in the process.