Ftc World Championship

[FTC5110]

Originally Posted by Jalerre

Personally I recommend Vex over FTC. It's cheaper and a better competition experience. The Vex World Championship feels like a similar experience to FRC because the only other Vex program is Vex IQ. Also I just prefer the Vex build kit over Tetrix or Matrix.

I think this highlights the disconnect between FRC program participants and others. Perhaps if FTC wasn't tucked away out of sight these past 2 years you'd have seen where the program actually is today. Yes the new control system has been a little bumpy however most of the core issues have been ironed out somewhat.

Teams can now use any building set they like or even just raw materials. The diversity in FTC robots these days is very high. Some teams are laser cutting and many 3D printing to supplement pre-manufactured kit parts. This season our team actually ended up using mostly VEX parts for a number of good reasons.

Here in NZ we're starting new teams off with a kit made primarily of Actobotics parts. This is compatible with Tetrix and VEX EDR too.

As said earlier the FTC finals matches should be played out alongside FRC finals. Hopefully with the split champs this will be feasible. VEX worlds does have an edge over the FTC worlds in some respects but not all.

[JohnFogarty]

I'm pretty sure today's FTC teams are significantly more advanced than FTC teams during my time competing in FTC. I'm pretty sure you have to have the skill of an FRC team to be competitive at the world level in FTC now because of the allowed materials usage and 3D printing availability.