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Re: Starting a Robotics Club/Team

Just out of curiosity, where are you located in Florida?



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Originally Posted by SenorZ View Post
I'm a teacher at my school and am lead mentor/coach. It is almost impossible to do well without a professional or retired engineer helping out. The expertise they can provide in designing and troubleshooting systems is invaluable.
I've also been a mentor with a team that had no engineering mentors (As I was going to school for a degree, myself and a couple other students helped a team that had a teacher mentor and one or two other mentors who weren't engineers helping). This year they got a retired engineering mentor as well, and the process has gone better. It's not impossible to do it without one but it does help.
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