[Andrew Schuetze]

I'll put this out there as an idea and for others planning similar sessions to consider. If this is for a kick-off, how much benefit is there to have a 20 plus 30 by 38 rectangles with electronics as compared to not cutting down the kit frame and allowing teams to think through the game and plan the drive base to thier strategy? In San Antonio, we have held a modified quick build by having teams build the basic drive base 38 by 38 and control system wokrshop but we don't have them marry the electronics to the drive-base. Multiple times during the chassis session, we remind them them that what they have built is not a legal design and to go back to their shop and design a robot that fits the allowed footprint. It is less stressful on all to not have to chop frame rails, marry the electronics and put basic code to be driving only to have teams needing to redo all that work if they choose a different base. One downside that I've heard is that some quickbuild teams leave thinking that they have a nearly complete robot and one has 20 squarebots at the tournament 6 weeks later.