Battlebots and FIRST

[Joe Matt]

I watch the show a bit here and their, but it isn't great. FIRST is **much** better than BB. But you do have to give it to BB and Robotica (which is better than BB) for advertising their product. Whenever someone asks me if I'm on the robotics team, the first thing out of their mouth is, "Is it like (insert destructive robotics show here)?" I say it is much harder and more intresting because there are more people, more matches, and since you can't use weapons, uses more stratage. Although BB isn't great, Junkyard Wars is great. Imagine building something made out of junk in one day inorder to compete in something.