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Originally Posted by JVN
Maybe that's the point. You need to be DONE in 6 weeks; then back to your kids and job.
It seems like FIRST is making a statement saying "Dragging this out into a 12 week process, is not what we intend to happen. 6 weeks, means 6 weeks."
Like Joe, I don't want to put words in FIRST's mouth, but this seems to me to be a pretty clear attempt to force engineers in FIRST to NOT work on FIRST. "Ok, robots have shipped, go do real work and wait for regionals."
I'm not saying I agree (in fact, I don't), but this could be a direction the powers-that-be want us to take.
-JV
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Then why do they put out answers on the Q&A like this?
(here is the link)
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Originally Posted by FIRST Q&A
02-07-2006, 09:14 AM
Subject: Practicing with 2nd Robot after build season
Question: Can a team build a 2nd robot and practice with it after the build season, prior to regional and national competitions?
Answer: Senior Member
Re: Practicing with 2nd Robot after build season
Yes, this is permitted. But no part of the second robot, since it is built outside the FRC build period, may be transferred to the competition robot and used at a competition event.
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This approves building (or fixing hardware, etc.) a practice robot after the ship date, as long as nothing altered or developed will ever be in a FIRST competition.
Andy B.