Future FRC Technologies?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by hectorcastillo

Flotation Devices, Propellers, Waterproofing, Etc

You know what I'm taking about

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Propellers, Airfoils, etc.
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I'll take a wireless communication system that doesn't take nearly a minute to boot and connect to the driver's station.

Brushless motors would be nice, I think, but the biggest problem is that in many FRC applications, stall is a very present issue. And many brushless motors hate stalling, at least in the power range that FRC would likely use. Tough challenge.


Something I'd really like to see isn't a technology item at all, but fits with automated scoring (and instant replay, which I see as being a few years out even if used): Field-element indicators. What I mean by that is something like that nice black line above the low goals this year: Something built into the field that can be used as a height/distance/size reference. It's really nice to be able to tell if a robot is too tall when it tries to do a chinup on the truss, for an older example. Could have used something like that for height checks this year. If they're there, they're great. If not... it's a little harder to make the calls. That could work in the teams' favor, or not.