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Originally posted by Etbitmydog
Back in my day, our robot was somewhere at 40/60 built favoring the teacher. Maybe 30/70 design. I don't see how a robot can be built entirely by students though. Well, if it was just a drive and a program maybe, but a full multifunction robot, in my opinion, has to have some engineering input. I've seen some stuff now in college that I can relate to the robots from high school that wasn't near my level of understanding in high school, but maybe stuff that in depth isn't really a necessity in FIRST. Are 90% student built robots any good?
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1089 not only had a good robot, it was amazing. I was there off and on during the first few weeks of build season. They managed to have a 90/10 student built robot, favoring the students. The 10 was an incredibly helpful and supportive parent who owned the bikeshop they worked in.
Of course I am biased towards their robot, so I'll let the fact that they were the ONLY rookies in the JNJ regional semi-finals stick out for it.
Do not underestimate the power of a dedicated student.