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That is a very interesting thought, and personally I believe it comes when your team gets the drive to win. While CNC tools and the such make that easier, it is worthless if the team isnt willing to actually design and build to the design of a well thought out and ambitious robot. The problem is, is that it takes the vast majority of the team (at least if your team is under 30 or so members) to have the will to change for the change to happen. Its alot harder I believe with a smaller team. For example, if you have 100 members, everyone coming in twice a week may be perfectly fine to produce a great robot, but the same does NOT go for a 20 person team (Unfortunately). You have to put in the time to accomplish your task, and I think when people start Wanting to come in and work all the time, you can have a great team. A half effort on time will produce a half as good robot.

My team is beginning to change, and this is my freshman year, second year on the team, and I must say, I am quite excited (And one of the pushers behind it). Compared to previous years, we produced a top notch robot in 2012, so Id expect the trend to continue. Id love to see 2607 reach its potential. This year, we have people in every area that really have the drive to win, and I think that could really make the difference. I guess we'll see.

Motivation of other people is a hard thing to do.