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Originally posted by Tom Fairchild
My personal guess is driving each others robots. Yes, that'd get a lot of people mad, but that's the point. User-friendliness.
~Tom~
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the first time i drove this year's robot, it took us about a minute to get from one side of the field to the other (going under the bar)... if you put a bunch of drivers that are unfamiliar with the robot they are driving, the game would be, as mike said, a disaster. The drivers from 177 (Eric O. and Me) practiced upwards of 50 hours in between hartford and nationals (with the bobcat clone we built) The only reason we were able to be as competitive as we were in florida is because of driver practice. Perfect example: battlecry.. Eric and I (the real drivers from 177) drove one bobcat, while we let everyone else who didn't drive before drive 177.5, we came home winning first and last.
To sum it up, I seriously doubt that FIRST would do that. I don't trust some of the people on the team when driving the robot, why would i trust someone i just met with it?
Tom Schindler
Team 177