Thread: Behind The Design 2012
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Unread 04-12-2012, 08:46
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Re: Behind The Design 2012
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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley View Post
It seems ripe for FIRST to offer an award that surrounds a team's design process, or documenting of said process. Maybe it would fit into an existing award, but having teams submit a formal report documenting their season (limited to a couple pages, like 67s) would go a long way in encouraging teams to keep a record of their build.
Agreed.

The VEX Robotics Competition has several awards which require an engineering notebook, and description of the team's engineering process to be eligible. The "journey" is definitely part of the award.

I would love to see stronger emphasis on this from FIRST.

-John
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