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Originally Posted by Lara Surmak
For the people who can see where I'm coming from, thank you. It's nice to know that other people have noticed this 
A lot of people have been mentioning that the superior robots are something to strive for. I'm just wondering what high school student has the skill or knowledge to even compare to a professional engineer? It would be an excellent goal if we were all had the same resources, but that goal is unattainable. I'm sorry to say this, but high school students have almost no chance next to them. They don't have the training, facilities, or experience. |
Me?
Throughout the past two years i have trained myself in SolidWorks, and how to design. I designed about 10 chassis this year alone. And have even started to invent things or come up with ideas to invent.
This season I designed our robot all by myself. For 2 and a half weeks i was in a corner of the build room, in my room, or in class (shh my teachers dont know) designing our 2012 robot DROID. I taught myself how to design, how to make things work on a robot, and how to approach the task at hand. YES I AM A
STUDENT IN GRADE 11! We built the robot (yes, us students) in 2 weeks. My dad's company water-jet cut all the sheet metal parts and bent the ones that needed to be bent. Did this take away form me learning? NO. In industry you dont always make a part that you use in an assembly. You get someone else to do it. Or you may design something, and then have someone else build and make it for you. These may be bad examples though. I still got all the knowledge of designing and building an amazing FRC robot. I have to say that our robot this year looks professionally built and works like a pro. JUST LIKE 1114 or 2056, or 188 and 610 for that matter.
So to answer your question about a student doing as well as a pro engineer. Yes a student can do as good.
Guess what. This student designed and built robot is undefeated in 2012, and won the teams First regional ever, Smoky Mountains, with team 234 and 3259.
Get informed before saying a student cant do as good as a professional engineer in the FIRST World.