Trying to explain FIRST and FRC to my boss led to this sort of misunderstanding/disagreement. To him (and in our industry), these are robots:
A lot of principles apply but to this day I wonder if using the word "robotics" in my resume was a stretch considering the industry and that my boss may have felt i was overselling myself a bit (not that it matters, he likes my work for the most part). The definition of a word is what the speakers of the language deem it to be, and in automotive manufacturing, FRC ain't the definition of robotics (not to say they don't think we're cool).
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1747 Harrison Boiler Robotics 2008-2010, 2783 Engineers of Tomorrow 2011, Event Volunteer 2012-current
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