FIRST Rule Changes

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Along with what Sean has said: how many "copies" of a redirecting robot do you really expect to see on the field that works just as effectively as 469? The teams so far who have tried to recreate a similar mechanism haven't fared the same as 469, those who built their mechanisms during build season and DIDN'T ABANDON THEIR DESIGN will do pretty well (these teams are in the minority anyway).

All the teams I cited attempted a design that redirects the balls during the build season. 469 just did it better than everyone else (we've seen so far).