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Originally Posted by IndySam
Six weeks go by fast, plan to have your first robot done in 4. That way if your are a week late you still have a week for break/fix, programming and practice.
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2 years in BEST should help with this. The team knows the drill regarding the build deadline. Aspects of it, such as ship/bag and tag, will be new but the basic understanding should be there.
Aside: That's one good thing for any rookie FRC teams that have participated in BEST. It is a demanding competition in its own right and requires a lot of thought/strategic planning in how to play the game each year. FRC is a bigger robot and presents different challenges but teams who have participated in other robotic events already know that they enjoy problem solving and competing.
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Kdabr - one thing that is very different is the mentor/student opportunity to build and compete together. BEST can encourage teams to think about being student centric and student driven. FRC offers the opportunity to understand that working along side skilled technical mentors and non-technical mentors makes a huge impact on the team both on and off the field and that it is a good thing. Take some time to talk with each other about those differences. The FIRST website can help with that and it provides valuable resources.
Also, keeping up with the Jones is not something you want to focus on as a rookie - you want to focus on: who is 3626, not who is 3626 compared to others. Determine your team's strengths and weaknesses and work on them. Build on the strengths and strengthen the weaknesses, realistically and with a common sense approach.
Jane
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