The problem with FIRST is all the rules associated with the competitions. You are limited on how much money you can spend on a robot, you are limited on how muc

The problem with FIRST is all the rules associated with the competitions. You are limited on how much money you can spend on a robot, you are limited on how much your robot weigh's and its size, and you are limited on the rules of the game. Furthermore, the build season of FIRST is I think only around 2 months from when they find out the rules of the game and from when teams have to pack up their robots and send them to competitions. Most teams struggle to even have core functionality working on their robot in time Furthermore, the most common software used to program the robots is Labview, which limits what you can actually do with your robot significantly. FIRST robotic's goal is not to innovate on robot design as much as it is to provide a large audience of students to STEM fields.