Weight

[Mike Ciance]

i remember a speech by Dave Lavery talking about the mars mission, and how he thought it was incredible how so many of the same aspects that go into FIRST also went into the building of the mars robots. size, weight, and material limits, objective tasks, required functions, etc. he said that the game really helps you with possibe real-life objectives. did he call up the people building the rocket and say "Hey guys, it's Dave. Uh, listen, could you maybe improve the rocket a little bit so I can make my bot 5 pounds heavier?" No, he accomplished the mission as it was, and did better than anybody ever imagined. doing the game every year within the 130lb weight limit is all part of the challenge, and i think it should stay the same.