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Originally posted by Dallin
It's good to be open minded...I just wish that the bias and superiority complex was non-existant.
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I have noticed this as well in many posts by FIRST students. After reading so many students slam other robot competitions I thought about why they do it. The answer is quite simple actually. Just as kids act like their parents and teams take on the personality of their leaders, FIRST has taken on the personality of its founders & leaders. Dean and Woodie bash BattleBots whenever they get the chance, so why would we expect anything different from students in FIRST? Dean believes his robotics competition is better than all others at inspiring students to be engineers, and he may be right. We are all biased towards FIRST because it's the program we have experienced first hand we have seen all its positive aspects. Unfortunately not many of us have seen the positive aspects of BB, all we know about the competitio not many of us have seen the positive aspects of BB, all we know about the competition is what we see on TV.
And on the subject of FIRST robots vs BB robots in the battle box, why bother? It's like racing a top fuel dragster and a mini-van in the 1/4 mile. Of course the dragster will win. But how well will the dragster haul 4 screaming and whining kids plus luggage from Chicago to Orlando? Different requirements lead to different designs. I'm sure many FIRST teams could build good BB robots and many BB teams could build good FIRST robots. not many of us have seen the positive aspects of BB, all we know about the competition is what we see on TV.
Mike