[viking]

I support FIRST and AutoCAD in the animation portion of the FRC. It gives students a look at an emerging part of technical design that is becoming a standard tool in the architects and engineers knowledge base.

For those that say it is not directly part of the robotics build, then why don't we get rid of all the other supporting aspects of a FIRST robotics team?...such as websites, community outreach, public relations (t shirts, giveaways, etc) what you have left is a tradtional science fair, which FIRST is not.

We celebrate all aspects of science, technology, engineering and math; and have a great time doing it.

As someone said..."It is not people building robots, but robots building people".