On my team (45) the students do
a lot of the robot building....which is really cool and REALLY fun....when we get new students this year we will train and show them how to use all the tools in our shop so they can also help build the robot in the upcoming season... last season we even had a student design and build the entire gripper system that was used during the regional in Grand Rapids...
I also think that students should help as much as possible since building the robot is one of the most important things you do during the season....and if you dont help build it i believe u dont get the same feeling out of competing...
(Andy if u read this and think i left anything special out, help me)