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Originally Posted by David Brinza
Being able to build the "subsystems" (arm, base, electronics, etc,) separately and have them come together requires some good systems engineering practices. You can think of this as the technical part of project management. The interfaces between the various robot assemblies need to be correct (and understood) otherwise the final week can be miserable...
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It was a scary thing for the team, but it worked and was one of the reasons we made it to Einstein.
Let me say most of the work was done by high school students and college mentors.
What I have learned in FIRST managing the process, is the great wealth of knowledge there is in the college mentors many of whom have been in it for 10+ years. So it is coming up with a good plan and getting out of their way to implement it.