[Teched3]

Many years ago, teams came ill-equipped to competitions, and as a result, many matches were played with "missing" robots (remember the placebo). I have noted that in recent years, rarely are there no-shows to matches, and I attribute this to better-built machines, along with pit facilities that allow for quick repairs. I can't imagine the onslaught on the machine shop to get even simple repairs or part modifications done. Buzz always shared their pit facilities and supplies with other teams, and would even stop repairs on their own machine to help others. What are the pits for? I guess we'll be using them to display a lot of non-competing robots.