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Originally Posted by TniyTyne
TniyTyne
Greetings everyone, i just joined my schools Robotics team this year. ofcourse im excited about what im in store for. ( to everyone) What was your first Robotics experience like?
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Hello! I'm a newbie to the site too, but this is my third year in FIRST. As a designer who worked in Inventor, my first year was mostly frustrating since I was trying to work with a fairly complex program on a REALLY slow computer (it took about 15 minutes to boot the laptop up and another 8 to 10 to actually open Inventor), but all the other aspects of being on a FIRST robotics team definitely made it worth it. Most people will probably say that competition is the best part, but my favorite part is actually seeing the progress of the robot being built. It's absolutely fascinating to come in every day to see this part or those wheels added to the robot, and then being able to stand by in anticipation and nervousness awaiting the 'bot's maiden voyage- even if it is one of only 3 feet (not an actual experience, just an illustration)!
I can tell you that you're in for an experience unlike anything else, and be warned - every spare second of your time WILL be eaten by FIRST! I've even had people come up to me at church and ask me how robotics was going!!