2005 Regional Events from FIRST

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by Cory

My guess is that if there's gonna be 340 spots, they're gonna have a 5th division.

Im also gonna guess that since they added 5 new regionals, they're gonna be adding an extra field into the mix, allowing them to have an extra division.

$0.02

It is good to see that FIRST is trying to make the Championships bigger and allowing more teams to come. There have been some rumors flying around about adding another division at the Championships, but I have heard no concrete information on this. Heck, for all we know, they may want to shake things up and do something different from divisions. If there is another division, a few questions would come up:

1. If FIRST would add divisions, how many divisions would there be? Would it be 5? Would it be 6?

2. If there would be additional divisions, then how would the winning alliances of each division be matched in the finals? With 4 divisions, that is easy. With 5, that is hard.

3. We already have 16 robots running around on the floor of the Georgia dome at the same time, all under wireless remote control. Can the IFI field controllers handle more robots running simultaneously without having crossover or interference?

There are many things to ponder here.

Andy B.