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Go Ken... ...but consider this.
Posted by Joe Johnson, Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 4/8/99 7:01 PM MST


In Reply to: watch out.... posted by Ken Patton on 4/8/99 3:54 PM MST:



Ken,

I agree with you. Ideas do matter. They matter alot.

The ideas or design of robots matters a great deal.

But I will also grant that practice matters a great deal as well.

I tell our team over and over again every year that ANY robot delivered at (Shipping Time - 7 days) will beat ANY robot delivered at (Shipping Time - 7 minutes).

I think that there is little disagreement about the following:

1) It is not possible to be competitive without a robot that is well designed and built.

2) It is not possible to be competitive without drivers who have had time to drive the robot.

3) It is easier to be competitive with opportunities for continuous improvement.

Multiple Regionals do nothing to address the first point but can make a huge difference on the last two.

The various shades of opinion on this really boil down to each person evaluation of each of these three points and how 'fair' they find the balance that FIRST currently strikes.

Before I sign off, I want to restate that while I think our discussion here is very valuable, I think that there is one more point that most of us can agree upon and that I hope everyone will keep in mind as they type their messages:

Reasonable people are going to disagree.

Joe J.




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