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Originally Posted by Joe G.
But our team's culture refuses to accept mediocrity as a way of doing business, and we've done a number of things to change the quality of robot our team is capable of putting out.
- We have three incredibly passionate students from a team which folded last year, who bring an incredible amount of knowledge and dedication to the team.
- We meet for a ridiculous number of hours.
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This is really what the powerhouse teams others find inspiring have in common. Having extensive resources is a result of their attitude, culture and work ethic, not the other way around.
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Originally Posted by Joe G.
Now, onto some of the things sheet metal does and does not do for us.
- It does not auto-win events.
- It does not cost an inordinate amount of money.
- It does not necessarily improve your robot's level of functionality.
- It ABSOLUTELY does not improve the quality of engineering on your robot.
- It does not necessarily result in you having a robot done in 4 weeks.
So, why do we do it?
- It revolutionizes what our team is capable of building.
- It forces sound engineering.
- It gives our students pride in their work, that they made the robot happen.
- It does make our robot look nicer.
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Joe is right on about how this program exposes student to the way things are done in the real world. All of these things that Joe says that having a sheet metal supplier does and does not do for his team can be applied to the company I work for, a large multinational manufacturer of industrial electrical equipment, with the appropriate substitutions.