Personally, I voted only for item #1. I've always insisted on the following:
- students must design and construct their own bearings, and
- students must use only stone tools which they make from scratch.
Edit: no I don't.
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Originally Posted by mentos54
What if a weaker team wants to design their own bot? If other teams are using COTS parts, it forces everyone to be at that level or better (if they want any chance at all).
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Oh NO! It means everyone has to try to get... better. Sorry for the snark, but if the goal is for teams to build things with no assistance or expertise, and out of hardware store supplies like string and pvc pipe, I recommend BEST robotics. It's also free to enter. My kids do it in the fall.