[Eugenia Gabrielov]

I have a few thoughts, as a spectator.

The concept of inter-robot communication fascinates me, but I have one or two concerns. First of all, how would this affect teams who don't have that kind of funding, or is it just kind of an extra thing?

I really enjoy watching the autonomous mode improve from all teams over the course of the season, so I support keeping a 15 second mode. I think learning to refine that is great technique, and gives the match a focus. That extra hanging tetra in autonomous was sometimes what it took to get the match.

I think new drive technologies could be helpful, but it really depends on the context of the game. I felt that many of this year's were chosen appropriately to the game, but they really may not apply from year to year. The CMU wouldn't have helped much last year, unless you wanted to seek out that big yellow ball.