Disabled drivers

[artdutra04]

In the past four years, I've only seen one occasion where special accommodations were made. In the 2004 (FIRST Frenzy) season, one of the student drivers for team 181 was in a wheelchair and had access to a special ramp in the driver station, which elevated him at least another foot above the ground.

But on the same topic of visibility, at 6'0", I found myself over many occasions having to duck quite low (sometimes just above the top of the driver station) to have enough visibility of the playing field to drive/operate the robot due to objects blocking my view. In 2004, it was the robots and mobile goals near the ball drop. In 2005, it was robots with tetras. In 2006, it was robots on the ramp. In 2007, it was changing one's perspective to see the far side of the rack or to see around ramp bots.

It always seems that no matter what your height is, you can never see 100% of the action, 100% of the time. But...

For the sake of fairness and cool factor, let's just equip every regional with an iBOT.