We’ve certainly put in a lot of hard work to get here, and after over 8000 man-hours this season and seeing the competition on the invite list, it feels like our work has just begun!
On behalf of all of Team 696, I would like to extend a big thank you to the IRI planning committee for the invitation. We are really looking forward to the event!
Also, I’m curious if there is any shipping deal worked out as in years past, or if it is up to each team.
Since IRI allows you to have 4 robots on your alliance you can pick and choose which 3 will take the field in any given match (you could rotate in or use the same 3 for the entire elim tournament.) The lower seed (ie in the 1v8 match seed 8) would have to say which 3 robots are going on the field so that way the 1 seed could make adjustments to their lineup if necessary.
On behalf of CRyptonite Team 624, I would like to thank the IRI staff for accepting us! We are super excited to attend, and we hope to see all you great robots there!
Remember that you can swap out robots in any match in eliminations. All that rule says is that whoever is the lower seed (the blue alliance in QFs) has to declare which 3 of their 4 robots are taking the field before the higher seed does so.
On another note: When is the last time that IRI did NOT change the FRC ruleset, other than the elims alliances? Seems like it’s been tradition to change SOMETHING every year, can’t go against tradition!
I believe it means that if an alliance is going to sub in with a back up bot, the lower seeded alliance must be first to reveal that they are going to use their back up…gives higher seed a chance to counter with their own substitution if they feel the need to adjust for the other’s choice.
As far as I know, 1986 has never participated in any competition over summer (unless you really want to count the Missouri State Fair as a formal competition).
Spectrum is honored to get an invitation to IRI this year. Thank you to the entire selection committee, I know this must be a very hard job. It’s going to be so much fun to play with all these great teams.
