Robot in 3 Days : Feedback

[AllenGregoryIV]

I loved Robot in Three Days, it helped a huge number of teams be competitive.

I think the biggest thing it did was ground some teams. Many young teams can't really find any idea of what a robot should look like for any given game. They don't have anything to base their ideas around. Ri3D gave them that base. Many of the Ri3D inspired robots didn't look much like the original but you could sort of see where they started. It gave teams a place to start their improvements and modifications and that's what a lot of teams need.

It also provided simple solutions to some of the game challenges that helped teams that really couldn't find a workable solution on their own.

I don't think last season lacked in creativity in anyway, if anything there was far more robot diversity and creativity than in the previous three years. That was largely driven by the game but Ri3D just make it a bunch of clone robots running around the field.

I'll be watching Ri3D and we plan to share ideas/designs as much as ever.