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Unread 04-02-2009, 15:20
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Re: pic: FRC488 - Xbot 2009 - IX

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Originally Posted by camtunkpa View Post
That looks very similar to what's sitting in our shop right now.....and even more uncanny we just decided to change our design last week. Our students are now getting a lesson in engineering on the fly!
Great stuff!
Our team emphasizes the "continuous improvement", "design is an iterative process", "engineering is all about problem solving" type build season. It is a lot of fun and turns out a good product.

I feel proud when you can ask a student "so is it good enough?" and they'll respond with a laundry list of things that we could try and experiment with to improve it. It does make those control guys kinda antsy though.

-John
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