IRI - Dates, Info and Rule Ideas

[Chris Fultz]

IRI 2012 is July 20 - 21. Same location as 2011.
Details on timing for applications, invitations, fees, etc. will be coming soon.

For now - what ideas for rule / play adjustments do you have?

Remember, the goal of the IRI is to maintain the primary focus of the FIRST game, but sometimes make tweaks to rules or game play based on the benefit of seeing multiple events and how the game has played out. So, we won't make major changes or radical departures form the game teams have designed robots to play.

As thought starters, here are a few ideas i have heard -

1. Less value on co-op bridge (1 point vs. 2).
2. Use a "money ball" at the end that has extra bonus value if scored (option to help offset 40 point triple balance).
3. Longer Autonomous to encourage the use of Kinect.
4. Longer Teleop to allow for strategies to play out differently (3 minutes?).