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Re: pic: Sir, your robot is illegal

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Originally Posted by Michael Hill View Post
If this is for real, it's moments like these that makes me *facepalm* at FIRST. Rules like disallowing the painting of pneumatics really detracts from the overall goal of FIRST. This isn't the way to inspire students to become engineers/scientists/etc. Way to drop the ball again, FIRST.
While it is true that some rules on the surface will make you want to facepalm, there is always a lesson to be learned from these rules. FIRST places constraints on what we may do to keep us safe and make the games challenging. Working to find solutions while keeping the rules in mind is how we students learn. It forces us to be more creative, to take a route other than the obvious one. This, in my opinion, is one of the many goals of FIRST.

I look back at my own blunders with rules like this one and see the impact that they have made on me. I have noticed that they make me consider all of the angles to a problem. Because of these rules I am a better problem solver.

I see these "facepalm" restrictions as an inspiration to work in a STEM field. People are given restrictions that fall under this category every day with little to no reason as to why these restrictions are put in place. This simulates the curveballs that people are thrown on the job. Working around these rules is fullfilling, especially when you have a creative solution. Sometimes it's just fun to hit a curveball, this is why I am inspired by these rules.


Thank you FIRST for throwing the odd curveball.

Thanks for reading,
Opinionated student

To OP,

We all have these moments.

Our robot fell over

Please excuse the blur, I found out that gravity was hungry for more than just robots
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