[KrazyCarl92]

Mentor design and build of a robot becomes unacceptable when this excludes the team from meeting all of its goals, both on the field and off the field. This is largely up to the team, but many teams have performance goals as well as general goals. It's safe to say that any team in FIRST strives to inspire its members and others. The level of mentor involvement or control is unacceptable when it stops inspiration from happening. There is definitely a balance, and it might be different for each team. If students on the team are thinking "Wow, this robot stuff is really cool!" or "<Mentor> is really awesome, I want to do things like him/her!" then you're doing something right.