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Re: Are FIRST robots actually robots?

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Originally Posted by boiler View Post
If in fact we are not building robots, does that make our work any less important or inspirational?
Agreed... Mike is right on here.

I've talked to various people at demos and such who think FIRST is no big deal because they think that FRC robots are not real robots. After talking a few minutes about autonomous modes and some of the programming and sensing challenges involved, some of these people still think that FRC 'bots are not robots. Then, I mention the whole mentoring and inspiration part of FIRST.

At that point, if they STILL want to argue that FRC does not involve robots, but rather remote-controlled devices, I agree with them and hope they don't ever get involved. Mabye I'm quick to judge here, but if someone is that hung up on a simple definition and can't see the point of the program, then we're probably better off without them.

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