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Re: What makes FRC a sport?

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Originally Posted by Laaba 80 View Post
It is true that humans have no physical exertion during the game, but the robots are clearly physically exerting themselves. The robots are the athletes.
I think that people are exerting energy during a match. Pushing a joystick or a button requires a force applied over a distance (energy) and therefore the driver is physically exerting energy. It may not be much, but it is greater than zero.
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