[Tytus Gerrish]

in this era of FLat-sidded 148 pound robots is getting very bland and un-interesting to me. back in the day the sloped armor bots had a cool effect on game play but with every other innovation it had its drawbacks. not with the mulitmotor transitions and high traction wheels i think first and to implement the bumper rule to even the playing field. but i also only see this as another step in the wrong direction. i shouldn't have to use up 75% of my weight budget in my drivetrain. i agree that something needs to be done to bring the focus of first back to making cool end-effectors and creative balances of actuation and weight. at one time robots were very graceful and exciting to watch to spectators even if they didn't quite know what was going on. I feel that we need to return to that. Thanks Dr. Joe