Quote Originally Posted by R9000 View Post
To be fair, there are plenty of fantastic athletes who don't get picked for the Olympic Games every year.
Theres a difference however with maybe choosing the 2nd best for reasons of team compatibility, current form ect rather than picking a 72 year old with a hip replacement in the 100m against Bolt for the hell of it.

Unfortunately we dont know what the selection criteria is, and they "party line" of looking for "Technology and innovation" is provably false due to the nature of robots like Big Nipper which have been rejected. Even last year it was only through desperation of all the 72 year olds not being fit enough in time that robots like the current UK Champion got selected - and even then they had to put high heels on in order to qualify alongside Bolt.

Unfortunately, roboteers dont know what TV wants. Hence they cant build for it - however TV wants you to already have a built robot and commit thousands of pounds before they will select you. There are ways to get selected, but from a competitive standpoint theres no fun in that.