Robotics after FRC

[Jenn Feathers]

Originally Posted by JesseK

You land lovers...

Build a robot that flies. (MIT puts on a competition, not sure what it's called)
Build a robot that swims. (NURC)
Or build a robot that does both. Hah.

swimming robots? sounds like a challenge. i heard and read about it a lot before kick-off this year, but what are the chances of FIRST actually throwing a water game at us? it would definiatly be a surprise. Has there been any tries at getting FIRST to start a water or air division?

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by Jenn Feathers

swimming robots? sounds like a challenge. i heard and read about it a lot before kick-off this year, but what are the chances of FIRST actually throwing a water game at us? it would definiatly be a surprise. Has there been any tries at getting FIRST to start a water or air division?

Swimming robots are a lot of fun, we've been competing in NURC since it's beginning. There are other underwater competitions, such as the RobuSub autonomous underwater vehicle one in San Diego, and MATE which is open to high school and college teams.

Water could possibly be a component of a future FRC game, but the odds are slim. We often play FRC games on top of wood basketball courts...they don't like water.