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Re: Is FIRST a robot building CONTEST?
The way I see it, FIRST is a contest. A synonym of the word, competition, is in the name of the event. In this contest, you build and compete with a robot that was built by the team.
So strictly answering the initial question, yes, FIRST is a robot building contest.
However, there is more to it than just building a robot--if there wasn't, you could pretty easily eliminate about half of the awards out there...Imagery, Website, Sportsmanship, Team Spirit, all of the Autodesk awards, Engineering Inspiration, and Chairman's.
Therefore, my answer is that yes, FIRST is robot building contest. It is also far, far more than that.
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2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
2010: FRC 1398 (Keenan Robo-Raiders) - Mentor - Palmetto '10
2014-2016: FRC 4901 (Garnet Squadron) - Co-Founder and Head Bot Coach - Orlando '14, SCRIW '16
2017-: FRC 5402 (Iron Kings) - Mentor
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