RI3D this year?

[Caleb Sykes]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

What's crazy is I think the team JVN bot was better than 80% of teams this year.

Your statement is true, but I don't think it's crazy.

In my mind it would be unreasonable to expect even the majority of teams to create as good of a robot as these 3-day robots. I laid out my reasoning why I think this in a similar thread not too long ago.

On a side note, this is why I would love to make a simple robot that could reliably just make eliminations as a 2nd pick in 3 days. Most teams should not be trying to build a robot that will seed first at their competitions, which some of the Ri3D robots probably would have. There should be a robot out there right away after kickoff that any team can see and replicate to make sure they can do at least something in the game well. If Ri3D really is targeting the mid-lower tier teams, I think this is undoubtedly the way to go.

Since the teams that build the Ri3D robots are so good, maybe they could cut down on the amount of time available for work. 3 days might just be too much. #Ri2D Sort of joking, but not really...