Why Do we *ship* to bots?

[Leav]

Originally Posted by Anne Bergeron

Leav,

I recently posted a white paper which goes over the basic competition structure in FIRST. Some things will be condensed for the Israel one day competition but it should help give you an idea of what competitions have been like here in the past. You can get that tip sheet here. I hope this will help. Let me know if you have any questions.

Anne, this is most helpful! i'm sure you had this in mind when you decided to write the whitepaper, but i'll say it anyway:
rookieteams really have no way of knowing whats going to go on!
i mean we know theres a competition, and theres a team, and objectives, but beyond that we are really stumped (for example just the other day i was informed that damaging the carpet on which the robots drive will automaticly disqualify you... this meant discarding an entire design, on which other designs were based, because it might damage the carpet!)

Thanks again,
-Leav