Practice bot morality

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

I also think that for the teams that show up to the competition with just a box bot, adding more time won't solve their problems. Those teams likely suffer from lack of mentors, lack of tools, lack of resources, and procrastination. Giving them 10 weeks opposed to 6 weeks won't take them from a box bot to a successful basket making, balancing robot.

So, to put it bluntly, you can lead a horse to water but, short of drowning the dang thing, you can't make it drink. You can give a team all the time in the world but can't make them use it effectively.