Re: Goodbye IFI?
Has anyone considered that IFI controllers are the backbone of just about every major robotics competition (FRC, battlebots, etc.)? Why would FIRST walk away from such a great proven platform? Moving to a control system that has not proven itself in the battlefield does not make sense. If anything else it may be that IFI is working on a joint partnership with someone else to develop a new controller that will set the new standard for robot control.
Look at what IFI did with VEX. They partnered with with Revell (see article at http://www.botmag.com/articles/06-07-07_vexplorer.shtml ), renamed the kit to vexplorer, and judging from the pictures, new kit offers some great new componets!
My two cents. 
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Last edited by Tazlikesrobots : 26-06-2007 at 20:13.
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