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Unread 14-12-2007, 09:35
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Re: Corporations Build Robots

I have been on two teams in FIRST, my high school team had 1 teacher a couple Parents and 10 students, the team I mentor in college has about 24 college mentors about half a dozen professional engineers, 3 teachers and about 15 students. Needless to say there is alot more involvement by mentors on my college team.

My point is I have seen the system from both sides (neither team is completely mentor built but there is a great difference in mentor involvement in design and build) both teams have performed fairly well and have similar records over the last 3 or 4 years, one team has a good win loss record with no regional wins and the other has a regional championship and a regional finalist award, this shows both can be competitive.

The only thing that matters in this debate and in FIRST is that students on both teams joined the team looking to build a robot and left the team looking to become engineers. If the team inspires students then who cares how they do it. I know it is becoming a little cliche but FIRST is about building people, not building robots. Please only worry about how your team chooses to inspire, if you have a problem with your teams system then talk to the mentors about it otherwise enjoy your season while every one else enjoys theirs.
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