[jdunston94]

It actually kind of saddens me to see that you think that getting some parts or an entire robot cut takes away from the "fun" and learning experience. Every year our build gets better and better. Why? Because we first do it in complete CAD. While we did small amounts of manual mill work this season, having a robot laser cut is in my opinion one of the smartest things possible. The kids learn the tools like 3d modeling and analysis, which is what they will have to do in the work force and the time they dont spend machining parts for the competition bot they are making high fidelity prototypes. More than making the prototypes they are breaking the prototypes and learning how to make the final product better, strong, and more reliable.