Some thoughts on rules, refs, and ranking

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by alex334

In response to some comments:
On the topic of awards, I wanted to see more appreciation of engineering feats performed by teams that did not do very well in the competition. All of the awards seem to have a "and performed well during competition" clause. Perhaps a "best chassis," "best shooter," etc. awards. I saw multiple teams (271 had an amazing drive train) with amazing engineering achievements that went unrecognized.

I suppose then that the several Innovation in Control awards that 1075 won, whilst never having a particularly competitive robot in those years is an exception then?

Furthermore, if the engineering feat they achieved didn't give them a significant competitive advantage, what made it remarkable? 1075 won IiC awards for a multi-position pneumatic arm (when you were limited to specific valves with no center-off option), and a swerve drive with several modes.