Learn the history of FIRST games

[Jonathan Norris]

This is the time of year where school winds down for winter break and everyone starts thinking about FIRST season in January. But its also time where everyone starts spending time dissecting this years game hint. Let me propose an alternate outlet to your time. Learn the history of all the past FIRST games, learn exactly how the game worked and what were the most successful strategies. What were unique robot designs which dominated every match. Look at old video footage to discover the successful strategies, I was able to find Einstein footage back to 2002.

When January 6th rolls around you'll have a much better understanding of how the game is meant to be played and a good history of robots you can pull design ideas from. I know one of the first things I do when my mind is racing with design ideas is to look back on previous years robots to see how they accomplished a task. You never know we may get a similar challenge this year like climbing stairs or hanging. I find it will be a better use of my time than to dissect a game hint which is designed not to be solved (even though I may take a peak once and a while ). So this is my challenge to you all!