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Originally Posted by dlavery
Sheep love FIRST.
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To those who doubt, have you ever heard any sheep state the contrary?
ahem.
The trend in FIRST games has been towards..
Automated or easy scoring
Quick and easy field reset
Easy concept for spectators to grasp
(cost*quantity) for game pieces is reasonably small.
Traditionally, and speculatively for the future, we can expect...
26 x 54 playing field (or whatever the dimensions are...)
3-team alliances
Autonomous mode of 15-20 seconds
Match time of 2 minutes-ish
An end-of-game bonus for doing something
Some kind of object that needs to be manipulated to score
120 lb robots
17 Ah batteries
And, you'll generally do well in competition if your robot...
Captures the scoring object quickly and positively
Can score well in all or most of the possible ways
Is robust/durable and consistent.
But I think almost anyone could spot these
trends...
Don