The communication tides are shifting...

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by IndySam

I am a huge Vex supporter, we hosts two large events with multiple fields every year but there is no way you can compare Vex to FRC in this way.

In Vex your controllers are literally just a few feet away away from the robots. They don't have the high powered motors and other noise generating devices and you don't have 140 monsters running around at high speed that can cause serious harm.

I have one compare that is comparable - BEST. I have been a coach for BEST Robotics for the past 9 years, and BEST recently (last 2 years) moved to the VEX control system. I have been nothing but disappointed by the VEX system used in BEST. Our robots have had many "communication issues" stemming from random drop-outs to random reboots (all while using the default code), and at least 3 tournaments here in Texas had to go to using tethers because the wireless just could not be trusted - when teams play 8 rounds and have a combined connection time of less than a minute, there's something bad wrong.

I'm not here to blast the VEX system, I'm just here to say it's not the bastion of hope everyone is looking for.

-Danny