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Which teams do students build/design the robot?
After being in FIRST for 3 years, and being to about 5 competitions,
I've noticed something that is terribly wrong about FIRST.
there is no recognition/award or anything for having students build the robot.
Our orginization is student run, students do the findraising, make apointments with sponsors, design/build the robot, and make travel arangments. Our mentors are their to teach us what we have to learn to build the robot, this year not a single mentor held a tool, not a single mentor clicked a mouse on the computer, and the whole thing was designed in inventor before it was build.
Which first is about getting students involved in robotics, and this can happen if students build the robot or not. I still feel that students building/designing the robot is one of the most important parts about getting them ready for the real world, in the real world you dont stand around and watch mentors build things.
Does anyone else see this? does anyone else notice that some of these teams that do so well every year are not student run?
what are your thoughts?
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2010 Oregon Autodesk Regional Winner (997, 2130, 1515) (Event Volunteer)
2008 UC Davis Semi-Finalists
2007 Championship Semi-Finalist (494, 254, 997)
2007 Davis Sacramento regional Champs (100, 997, 1458)
2007 PNW regional, Champs (997, 272, 1087)
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