The communication tides are shifting...

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by steelerborn

I don't know much about the communications part and the FMS, I am just a CAD and Strategy mentor, but FIRST team 1671 The Buchanan Bird Brains have ran 3 years using the C-rio and not having 1 single dead match in 67 matches (not including Thursday where we probably played 10 matches there and also had no Comm issues), through 4 regionals and a national event. So it is hard for me to believe that this comes down to the field and does not have anything to do with the bot itself. Something on the bot must be causing this as well.

It's obvious that something about the robot is causing this. 118 and its alliance mates worked on Newton. 118 was the only Newton team that didn't work on Einstein. Obviously there's something different about 118. Telling a team WHY their robot is having a problem is helpful. Telling a team that their robot is having a problem isn't. The whole problem here is that FTAs are basically saying "Huh, your robot doesn't seem to work on this field." And then dusting their hands and walking off.

No, it's not quite that bad. Yes, there's a large list of suggestions to go through first, but 364, 118, and others have certainly done all those things. Once you're through that list, you're left with a broken robot and zero help or ideas.