Should FIRST address "ramp bots"?

[dhitchco]

This was my first year at FIRST.

During the regionals I saw "ramped" bots a lot. I also saw "headless" bots that were just there to provide mayhem and defensive "bashing". In fact, our own robot turned a corner too fast and we actually flipped ourselves by running up the ramped side of another bot.

BUT....at the finals in Atlanta, all the robots and their drivers/coaches knew enough to take a positive offensive stance. Each robot tened to its own area of the field like a finely choreographed dance. So whether a robot has "ramped" sides or whatever design is a MOOT POINT when you get to the teams that really know how to properly play the gam for maximizing the score. They don't waste time with defensive moves!

Next year's robot will be a "sheet of paper"; impervious to anyone elses intentions....ha, ha, ha