2010 Lesson Learned: The Negative

[The Cyborg]

I didn't like the many field problems experienced at the competitions. Sometimes matches get delayed for 10-20 minutes because of these problems. The Kettering District competition lasted until 7:00PM because of the many field issues that needed to be worked on. I know the system had to be rebooted a few times, but each of those reboots took up to a half hour each! FIRST or National Instruments needs to find a way to make problems like these quicker to solve and fix to make things run smoother.
I also didn't like how it is hard to figure whether or not it is a field or a robot problem when a robot doesn't run during a match. There needs to be a system in place that determines functionality of both the field and the robot to better determine where the problem is coming from.