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Originally Posted by Brandon_L
How is fabricating not a part of engineering?
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This is exactly how our team works. You build something, try it out, and use your engineering skills to improve it or redesign it if it didn't work out right. I personally don't see how people can get students into engineering by having 2 students cad it while everyone else waits around for parts.
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Because that's not what happens.
There's a LOT of misconceptions about how the pretty powerhouse robots are created.
The students involved in CAD are typically CADing the drivetrain, while the other students work on designing, manufacturing prototypes, and testing an end effector, which then gets CADed, and all of the parts get manufactured in a professional shop, and then assembled by the students.
They're involved at every step except for manufacturing of the final product. The difference between them and a majority of teams is that a majority of teams are basically fielding their prototype, rather than a finished product.