Most Dominant Robots By Year

[J_Miles]

Originally Posted by I-DOG

67 was pretty dominant in 2005 if I recall. Then, FRC was like "Nope. Change the rules." 67 changed their robot's base dimensions by shifting their side onto the ground during Hybrid mode. When a robot gets a rule created after it, it's pretty important.

This made me think of the Michigan State Championship in 2010, where FIRST in Michigan (Or was it New Hampshire? Not sure, but my assumption was FiM) played an April Fool's joke:

Dave Verbrugge read a "rule change" during opening ceremonies that would have made it illegal to intentionally redirect soccer balls with any mechanism above the bumper zone (essentially rendering 469's incredibly effective scorer ineffective). I remember feeling sick to my stomach hearing it - I thought that 469 taking a risk in such a design deserved the success they god - but was even further saddened by the cheers and applause heard from so many teams around the arena. It was a sobering reminder that even as many people find dominant performance inspirational, a not insignificant group of people would cheer against such a team...I was quite relieved when Dave came out and said "This document is dated April 1st - April Fool's"