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Originally Posted by Rhubarb
To expand on what Josh said,
At the build meeting, we generally have students break up into subsystems (drive train, arm, minibot, electronics, etc). Each subsystem group brainstorms ideas then breaks into even smaller groups to prototype the ideas. We try to limit the prototyping group size to no more than 4 students. So it's not unusual to have 2-3 prototypes for each subsystem developing in parallel. All of the build team gathers at the end of the night to give updates on the progress of their prototypes. When a prototype is complete, the students demonstrate the function, list the strengths and weaknesses, answer questions and get feedback from the team. Students are allowed and encouraged to float between subsystems throughout the season.
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Do you have 1 or more mentors per prototype group? Or do you rely on a student leader per prototype group to lead the group?
The issue we have is that we are short on mentors providing mentoring about ideas, prototypes, providing expertise.