29-03-2012, 11:49
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FABLab Team Captain
 FRC #2252 (Mavericks) Team Role: Mechanical
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Rookie Year: 2012
Location: Vermilion, Ohio
Posts: 57
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Re: Robotics after FRC
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Originally Posted by Ian Curtis
Probably preaching to the choir here, but absolutely. I met a kid this summer who was really not excited about his job saying "He only wanted to do robots." I'm sorry, but pointing to a $330 million airplane and saying "That part is mine." is awesome. Not to mention while most robotics challenges are within the reach of a hobbyist, big engineering challenges like commercial airplanes, bridges, highways, trains and things of that nature really operate on another order of awe inspiring magnitude.
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There are train competitions/challenges?
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