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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
I can see a few niches for this. (I'll focus on the aerial robotics challenge, because it's the most interesting....)
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Some great points in there Tristan. Thank you for taking the time to work through it.
To address some of your concerns about the lack of limitations and regulations, our thinking here is that this pilot is collaborative. Teams will be discussing their designs as the pilot proceeds and we will work together to spot trouble spots early. We want this to be an opportunity for teams to balance as many design constraints as possible and innovate on levels not possible in the other programs, but you're right, safety is hugely important.
As for the range of robot capabilities and the focus of the program, that's the beauty of the way we've structured this program. To start, there is a tremendously low barrier to entry for this sort of robot (closer to FTC than FRC). But more importantly, the winner in this event is not whoever builds the most agile robot... it's the team who executes, who reaches out to the FIRST community who is awarded our Event Champion. Sure, we'll select a game and play tournament style matches on Saturday, but there will be just as much focus on all the other things that go into the teams. If you have ideas on how to make that even more so, we would love to hear them!
I recommend you (and anyone else with well thought-out suggestions) head to the FIRSTForge website, join the project and share your thoughts with the community. We're keeping this as open as possible for those interested in taking the initiative as you have!