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Re: Limitations too far?

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I also fear we will see a huge number of boxes on wheels. I sincerely hope I'm proven wrong, of course. I suspect the top teams will still be awesome, but I don't think there will be as many as usual.
If all you see is a box on wheels, then you probably haven't looked closely enough.

I figure I've seen over 740 FRC robots in person over the past six years, and several hundred more on webcasts, the Blue Alliance, etc.

The only ones that have been the same were the very few that were intentionally built to be "twins" or "triplets"... and even then there were tiny little differences.

You are right that the top teams will still be awesome, but not because of some divinely inspired awesomeness that only they can posess. The top teams are top teams because of the people on those teams. If you want to beat 1114 all you have to do is work harder and smarter (all year round for several years). Either that or wait for the occasional match where they break down. They are only moderately dangerous when they are sitting still!

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