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Originally Posted by Steve W
... I believe that the team can learn more in a balanced, non time constraint environment than during a 6 week build. What's more is that we are using 52 weeks to excite and inspire. These are all bonuses. Down side is that we might get a little burnt out if we don't watch ourselves.
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If this is what FIRST has really evolved into, I have to say, I feel like we have lost one of the core aspects of the program: The intensity, the sense of being on your toes for six weeks, that whole thing about 'the hardest thing you will ever love doing'
and FIRST should also change their website, if everyone is really working on robot designs all year round:
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Originally Posted by usfirst.org
About FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition challenges teams of young people and their mentors to solve a common problem in a six-week timeframe using a standard "kit of parts" and a common set of rules.
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