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Originally Posted by sanddrag
But it is. Do you think a bunch of nerds and geeks would travel to the middle of the Arizona Desert just to have a good time being together? Absolutely not. And to quote myself from a post a few months ago
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Without them, none of us would be here. It IS about the robots.
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I don't agree.
FIRST is not just about robots. In order to see what FIRST is about, just look at the name (
For
Inspiration and
Recognition of
Science and
Technology). There is no mention of a robot in there.
What FIRST truly is about (in my opinion at least) is spreading the inspiration of the technology field to other people (kids, females, minorities, etc) than what is considered "normal" for the technological field. FIRST helps people succeed. In some areas, FIRST keeps people off of the street and changes their life. FIRST is just another one of Dean Kamen's methods to change the world; we are merely his pawns. FIRST teams make a
huge difference in their communities (just look at all of the chairman's award winners. So far, I have not even mentioned anything about a robot. The robot is just merely a side effect, an instrument if you will, of the goals of FIRST. Heck, in FIRST there are PR people, Animation people, Inventor people, and only about 1/2 (my rough estimate) actually work on the robot.
I guarantee you if you walked up to Dean Kamen and asked him, "Is FIRST about robots?", he would immediately say no.
Ok, time to get off of my soapbox
-Daniel