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Originally Posted by techhelpbb
Yes and one could make those improvements by simply buying more stuff and bolting it together. So that doesn't mean you are gaining any new skills as a fabricator or an engineer.
One could fill that time by building a practice bot but again that could be more consumption.
One could build a whole field to test on so that will fill more time maybe that would teach some fabrication skills assuming you didn't buy most of that as well.
The point still remains - we are entirely focused on that robot.
Not on all the opportunities some of these tools would offer.
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There will never be a day when 'Company A' sells a game specific solution that will be more optimized than the 254's and 1114's of the world. When that day comes then I 100% agree with you. Until that happens there will always be a place for teams to improve upon a prepackaged, game specific solution.
Hopefully they will make these improvements through the use of machine tools with the assistance of professional engineers and machinists who know how to work them.
The teams who choose not to improve upon the prepackaged solution are the teams who don't currently field a working robot. They will benefit more from the prepackaged solution than they will from building a box on wheels. The competition aspect of FRC will become more appealing to the general public which is a nice side effect of raising the competitive floor.