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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
from the tone of your two posts I get the sense there is conflict and resentment on your team.
being the person or people who put the most work into building and designing the robot has nothing to do with your driving abilities
do the engineers from Ford or GM drive the race cars they build on the track? No - of course not
on our team we have always let anyone who wants to be a driver have practice time, either with previous robots, our practice robot, and with our current robot - then at some point we have a contest in one form or another, and SEE who can actually drive the machine the best.
Putting the most time and effort into the build phase of the project does not magiacally endow you with driving skills - in fact, people who have been busy practicing driving while you were busy building would most likely be better drivers.
We also had HP pratice this year, usually people had to leave build work they were doing to go get shooting practice - and they were the best shooters.
A team is where everyone has one thing they do best and performs that function - not where one or two people try to do everything themselves.
with this attitude you wont be winning any chairmans award this year :c(
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Sorry...but i absolutely disagree with you.
Driving a Ford or GM race car is an actual sport, a physical activity that requires strength and fitness. Driving a robot requires that you can move your arms and fingers.
Furthermore, if builders put the control of the robot into the hands of drivers who haven't even touched the thing, and if the drivers break it, resentment can build up much more easily.
If a driver feels no real attachment to the robot, then they should not be driving. Drivers need to have some part in the actual construction of the robot. They need to be immersed in the inner workings of the robot. They need to know how to turn it on and off, how to select programs, how to tether...in some cases.
And what does this have to do with chairman's award?