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Re: engineer bots
Memories.....I do remember when 85 would brag about being 100% student built. We would have problems, the engineers would feel like "what should we do?" and the kids didn't feel like they could compete. Then one day we asked the mentors "Do you build every part of your product? The answer was "No we can't if we want to be competitive". Talk about real world right in your face. Just like the real world is a balancing act so is FIRST robotics.
My best advise is to use your situation to make your team better. Team 85 is about 80% student built. For us that is a good balance. Maybe next year it will be 90% or 40%. Inspiration comes from the kids working with the mentors and from having a competitive robot.
Good luck to all of you.
Steve Yasick
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