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Well, as you all mentioned, there are different parts of the competitions teams have to deal with, and anyone of those parts have their own challenges and problems to deal with. Concentrating on one part doesn't mean we should ignore the others. After all, it's the whole experience that counts.

So, with that said, let's think about teams who will need these workshops. Well, obliviously rookie teams who have absolutely no experiences at all. They are usually overwhelmed by the full aspect of this competition, and got wore out the first year. Then, there is the group of teams who lost their veteran members because of graduation, so even though it's not their first year anymore, they don't have the skills necessary to help them act or compete like a veteran team. Then, finally, even experienced veteran teams with lots of returning member can take advantage of the workshops to train their new members...

In a way, these workshops aren¡¦t just introductions to get first year teams prepared for their journey... they can also be used to pass the knowledge of the teams to later "generations". There should be different ones with different topics and level, which is why I ask the question in the first place, to hear from different level of students out there about what skills they want to learn or they think others can benefit from learning about...

Obliviously no one team can take care of all kind of workshops, not just for the amount of workload, but the lack of multiple view-points to different problems. That is why workshops over here are organized by at least 4~5 teams (will be more for more workshops)¡K which I recommend to any region out there to do the same, since it will be a great bonding experience between teams, and an educational one as well.

Well, anyway, back to topic. I saw some really good suggestions above. Helping teams develop a steady team structure will be great¡K And then prepping teams for actual competition will be useful as well. Just a little side note¡K It seems to me that developing workshops for those topics will be a little challenging, since other topics such as ¡§which motor to use¡¨ and ¡§which tools to use¡¨ involve a lot of lecturing. So, if I want to prepare teams for the actual matches, I can¡¦t really seat them down and lecture them about it¡K So, I suppose it will require a somewhat unconventional method to make those workshops happen¡K Although I do have an idea already (I post later about it)

Anyway¡K So far, I see two different levels of students, beginner and advance. Then, three types of topics: Building the robot, Running the team, and surviving the actual competition. Can anyone suggest some other topics that would be great for workshops?
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