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Originally Posted by JVN
Personally, I always lean toward making the team more competitive, while trimming some of the "frills". In MY mind, a 2nd robot is one of the best investments one can make... although, this has a lot to do with my FIRST philosophy, and others would probably be quick to disagree.  |
John, I couldn't agree with you more! I think that "frills", as you put it, should be cut for a second robot. Each student on my team is required to pay a hefty amount of money to DCX to help with the budgeting. Still, teams may struggle to come up with the money.
I also wanted to point out, many people (like the FEDS member) claim they don't have the motivation, time, or energy to create another robot "over again." Honestly, we build two robots at the same time. If you can build two of one piece, why not four (if you can afford this of course)? The point is this: building one machine and then another is simply inefficient and quite a daunting task, but after you fabricate one piece, you can create an assembly line and fabricate several. This is how two machines are produced by 302.