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Re: On photographs and FVC competitions...
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Originally Posted by Billfred
The topic came up in the Toronto Championships thread about the lack of photos of 1114's robot. I'll copy over the main discussion:

Now, I know for a fact that such redesigning happens--several robots I saw at Orangeburg looked completely different (and strikingly similar to Orangeburg champion 171 (now 1539)) in Atlanta.
Folks,

The following lines are a repeat of something I posted in the other thread before I noticed that BillFred had created this one.

That (cloning/copying) is definitely going to happen and is 100% fair according to the rules.

So long as the rules remain unchanged, the only way I can think of to stay ahead of it (cloning/copying), is to constantly improve your strategy, your mechanisms, your software, your collaboration with your allies, and your driving. Once a machine is unveiled, the FVC rules allow other teams to absorb it's design in whole or in part into their machines.

I have been assuming that team with a truly complete full-season strategy will look forward to this; and will keep one or two tricks up their sleeves that they use to sustain a winning streak, rather than showing all of their cards in their first competition.

Blake
PS: I know what I espoused above is way, way easier said than done.....
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