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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
Im wondering how many engineers you have on your team, because you seem to be focused on the building and tool/wrench stuff.
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None, as a matter of fact. We've got a team parent who is a tile guy, but quite handy, and we've got a machinist that volunteers to help us out as well. Personally, I love it this way. The kids get far more input from what I can tell - I've heard many stories about how engineers, especially when provided by sponsors, will take over a robot and make it their own, instead of belonging to the kids on the team. I like that my team becomes more innovative and thrifty with random parts because we don't have engineers to help us make things perfect and such. We learn the hard way, but I'd say overall we learn a whole lot more. The problem to me is, that when I say 'we,' I mean those who are actually participating in building the robot. Which unfortunately, at the moment, does not include myself. Or any girls, really.