Wow. We just recieved a donation of 3K+ worth of vex parts. Hope we can still use them.
I hope that the system is close to vex, with some upgrades. The new controller sounds nice, but it also sounds like the coding will be much further from FRC than vex's is. The new hardware looks strong, but it also looks like there is more machining involved.
I see what looks like legos in the background of the gear picture. This suggests that FTC will become "open" with materials, as FRC has. Quite honestly, I see this as moving in the opposite direction from what FTC should be: An alternative to FRC for teams without the expertise, tools, or finances avalible to them. The base kit can be great, but if it is completely open, then financially well off teams will have an advantage. It would be like giving enough kitbot parts in the KOP to theoretically build a robot, with the versitality of vex, and then only asking nicely for teams to not CNC a robot from scratch.
I hope that FIRST knows what they're doing here
