Should there be a new division in FIRST?

[Downhillsurfer]

Originally Posted by jvriezen

We've had several FRC alumni participate at Univ. Of MN in the American Solar Challenge (http://americansolarchallenge.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/umnsvp?fref=nf)

You get to build a street legal experimental solar powered car and then figure out how to drive it a very long distance (1200-1800 miles) while trading off speed, power consumption and watching weather and maximizing sun exposure.

I think they've also competed in non-US competitions as well.

Yeah, I used to compete in FRC and VEX and now I am on the University of Michigan Solar Car Team. The World Solar Challenge is across Australia, pretty much from coast to coast, North to South. Sure there a large amount of things I miss from robotics but I am still having a great time and have learned things I would have never learned through robotics.