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Originally Posted by Greg Perkins
The problem i see about this is your asking real engineers to design one, build one, then compete one. HAH! ok, but itll be done in like 3 years  LOL it would be awesome, however it would be wicked funny to watch like 3 of the best engineers in the comp. brainstorm and build it. |
I realize that this was probably meant as a joke, but REAL engineers keep in mind ALL constraints when working on a project. That includes deadlines.
Of course we push the envelope on constraints too. If the customer lets us get away with it, then a six week project might get crammed into just three years. But at that point you have to wonder, who is really at fault? The engineers for taking so long, or the customer for not cutting the project off a long time before?
Here's another thought. FIRST robots are not six week projects. They are never ending projects where the requirements are changed on an annual basis.