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Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain
I like this but I'm wondering if it will be legal for the FIRST games. This is probably something that should go to FIRST's FAQ (I don't think they had this in mind when they wrote those rules!). I hope it is legal it would allow for some interesting robots!  However I also feel this pang that makes me wonder if this gives an unfair advantage over teams unable to do this (assuming its legal :roll eyes: ). Our school has a JAVA class and if you can get the robot to function on JAVA our team will probably have 30-40 able programmers! (I'm serious!) Most programmers at our school don't do it in robotics because its not object oriented and were too lazy to do anything but java! |
I think as long as the co-processor is under $200 this is perfectly legal. By that logic you could also say that teams shouldn't build arms because it gives teams an unfair advantage over those who don't have the resources to build an arm. If you have the resources and time, it should be perfectly legal. A rule that would make that illegal would pretty much halt the innovative think tank that FIRST has become.