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Re: Re: Where do you actually build your robot and who does the building???

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Originally posted by Carolyn Duncan

*hopes this thread won't turn into a which is more in the spirit of FIRST discussion/argument and that it doesn't cause tempers to go like it always does.*
You know me, would I ever do that?

Team 111 has a small room at Motorola right next to the model shop where we do all our building & assembly. Take a right, another right, then a left, and a right and you're at our playing field.

The students and engineers sit down and together come up with a strategy, concept, & high level design. The detailed & individual parts design is done by engineers. The precision machining is done by machinists. The 'slop' machining is done by students and engineers. The assembly is done by students. Students can always sit in with the engineers & machinists and observe / ask questions / offer suggestions on parts of the process where they're not the key players.

Elgin, before you make huge assumptions about a team's student involvement, make sure you get the whole story. Many teams are large and some students never touch the robot because they're on Chairmans, yearbook, animation, web, or some other subteam that doesn't build the robot. Be sure you're talking to the right people when forming conclusions. There's a lot more to FIRST than designing parts & turning screws.

And since I always like to get people thinking & talking, I'll stur the pot a little. A general observation I've had that isn't aimed at anyone in particular: some teams with mostly student designed / built bots have an aura of arrogance about it, and that has no place in FIRST.

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