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Originally Posted by M. Krass
We built a microwave. You built a toaster.
I cannot use the parts from my microwave in my toaster. I don't think the comparison is remotely valid.
In response to a later reply:
While it may be true that certain components are shared between toasters and microwaves, the parts from one cannot be used in the other in any practical sense. The resistors capacitors, nuts, bolt and screws that you'll find in both the toaster and the microwave are analogous to our speed controllers, robot controller and pneumatic systems -- our kit of parts.
The heating coils from my toaster serve no purpose in a microwave oven. Likewise, the microwave's timer isn't too useful on a toaster. These are unique systems that were designed to best suit their products; though each product is designed to accomplish the same goal -- to prepare food.
FIRST robots are kitchen appliances. In the end, they all score points just as all appliances help to feed us. Through your collaboration, however, I now have two toasters and no microwave. The students on teams 60 and 254 are now highly efficient at making toast, but did anyone learn how to use the microwave?
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Okay, so you've got two toasters... from what? This analogy doesn't completely make sense (although I like where you went with it).
If your goal is to make a toaster, make a toaster. We set out to make the SAME thing. It's not like we went out to change our robot into something completely different. We weren't trying to transform "toasters into microwaves" we just wanted to work together.