I have mixed feelings about the new setup.
One the one hand, it's really cool that they've given us all this cool stuff to work with. The scripting will be cool (I hope), since I won't have to debug auton much, and the electrical engineer can do it himself.
But on the other one, I said during the kick-off, "Dang, ther're putting me out of a job." (Which isn't entirely true. With my relatively new PHP skills, I'll still be in demand.
) I'm a little worried about limits of the scripting language (spedifically, doing things with arms and driving at the same time). I'm also nervous about how "leveling the playing field" will limit the designs we see (Both in code and in the bot). (Remember how last year there was great variation in the basic look of a bot? Arms, bins, plows, etc.) Also, I'm helping
frCoder a little, and that's basically what FIRST just did.
One thing's for sure, this is making for an interesting season.