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Re: A Request

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Originally Posted by cadandcookies View Post
To be fair though, if you get a Tetrix kit, you get essentially a Lego set with no instructions to work with. There isn't nearly as much machining and hand tools work to be successful in FTC (this is coming from someone who mentored ten FTC teams last year, two of which won both qualifiers they competed at).

Personally, I love both of the programs dearly, but having worked with both, I wouldn't take the time to compare them. They're different tools in the STEM education toolbox.
Yeah, but the AM14U is pretty much a lego set, with instructions. And it's pre-built with all kinds of things already accounted for (Drop center, belt center-to-center spacing, gearbox integration, etc.) and so students don't get to learn about the importance and relevance of all those things.

But anyway, I totally agree with you, neither is better or worse or simpler or tougher than the other, they're just plain different.
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