Low weight we can bring to the event

[Bob Steele]

i agree with the idea that is was really more fun when everyone came in crates and if you wanted to change your robot you had to do the fabrication onsite at an event. I can remember Team 71 completely rebuilding their robot onsite at a regional and being in the hunt on Saturday. It was fascinating to watch that team and what they could do with tools on hand, materials and great ingenuity and team work.

Given the 30 lb rule and the exclusion of the minibot and everything we really are approaching a time when all rules will be off..
Bring your robot and compete...

FTC is like this... and you see many teams learning from other teams and altering their robots as the season progresses.

They are both valid approaches...certainly iterative... but I like the old days...

Open the crate... build/fix/program and compete.

This year the weight restriction is really 45 lbs if you count the minibot.

Don't forget that you don't count the battery either.