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Re: How involved are your mentors?
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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
Every 90+% mentor robot I've ever seen in FIRST is a piece of crap. The teams that know how to build good robots are the same teams that know how to build good teams, and they engage the students every step of the way.
This made me laugh.

I've seen a few teams since I've started in FIRST where the robot was clearly build by a bunch of mentors because the students are nowhere to be found in/around the pits... And they're usually not good robots.

Back on subject though, on 816 the mentors prefer to step back and let the students do things, if they're able. When a student is not able to do something by themselves then one of the mentors will work with them side by side.
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