[Akash Rastogi]

I'll share a story about the kind of students Simbotics raises.

Atlanta 2010- MORT had designed one of the worst robots in our team's history (many things during build season just did not work out).

Chris Lyddiatt from 1114 knew we were not having a competitive year, so he asked if he could spend his time in Atlanta with our team.

Chris was by far the most helpful person our team has ever worked with from another team. His skill and knowledge finally had us using our swerve drive correctly which had given us issues all season. He helped design a new hanging system as well. Within the three days of competition, our pit crew and mentors became very good friends with Chris and came to admire his level of professionalism and knowledge. We all hung out together afterwards too, he even popped on a MORT t-shirt.

A quote right from his thank you to our team:

"I would just like to thank everyone on MORT for welcoming me with open arms to the team. I had an amazing time during the Championships and am looking forward to more competitions with you guys. If anytime I can help anyone out with anything shoot me a message and i will gladly help.

Thanks again

Chris L"

How often do you hear someone thanking you after they fix the functionality of your robot?

If you ever dare to think these students don't know what is going on in their teams, or that a robot is "mentor built," go talk to them, ask them for help. When 11's veteran mentors and students all showed Chris thanks, he thanked us back for a wonderful Championship experience, even with a middle of the pack team like ours.

These kids know a lot more than you know and will be more respected than most others ever will.