[MrHance]

As a Engineer that has recently spent two year at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. This is the main Air Force Base north of Kabul (the capital city). They have a military robotics operations there. As far as individuals making robots, I do not think this would be a good idea unless it was properly supervised to insure that no ideas or drawing or components got into the hands of the people that are using IED (Improvides Explosive Devices) to kill or injure the military soldiers trying to free the Afghanistan Nation from the Taliban or Al-Quida. These people are vey resourceful in items that they use. They could use robots to carry explosives into and maybe thru the barriers the protect the forces over there. You may think that I maybe paranoid, but I have seen many thing while over there. I do hop that one day we can have robotic teams from Afghanistan and other countries from the middle east perticapating in FIRST.