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I can't understand the views of teams that are more concerned with building a robot that works, rather than building experiences and knowledge. I very much feel that building the robot yourself is more important than winning. If your robot kicks arse, more power to you. However, the real goal is to develop an understanding of the process of design, not how the 'bot works. I know that, for approximately 100% of high school students, participating in designing is far more informative than watching someone else design it.
As for who physically cut the parts, it doesn't matter very much. If it's a CNC machine, it should be programmed by the students, but using a drill press to make holes on dots is not an important learning experience, although I prefer the kids to be as involved as possible.
On a side note, we will soon (in about 2.5 hours) have an engineer. John Bono's father will be helping us today. YAY!
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