[EricH]

Originally Posted by R2D2DOC

All,

I've only had a short history with FIRST, but from what I recall, the only "powered" devices on the field were the robots. All other elements such as the rack 2007 and earlier games were passive. No electrical or other power (light excluded). Maybe we should stay in that vein for speculation.

Regards,

R2D2DOC

Almost correct. The exception was the "placebo" robots in the mid-late 1990s (1997 and 1998, I think?). "Autonomous brickbots" is a good description, from what I've heard.