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Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday
Actually, it looks like Woody didn't start the 2.70 competition (at least according to Brad Stone's Gearheads book), although it sounds like he shaped it quite a bit. He souped up the kit of parts and I think he may have been the one who started changing the challenge each year instead of reusing the same competition each year.
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Dave, you are correct. Prof. Woodie Flowers did not start the competition. In 1970, Prof. H.H. Richardson started the (then named) 2.70 curriculum competition. Woodie worked with that "competition" from 1973-1994, among most of the time working with other professors. I don't personally know if this is what sparked Dean's mind to start the US FIRST Robotics competition, but i would think at some point it would have had an effect because DEKA Research is now a sponsor for the 2.007 course.