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Re: pic: Sir, your robot is illegal

Kinda reminds me of how I must of looked at Queen City when the LRI indicated our bumpers were a bit out of spec... Who was that anyway?
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Re: pic: Sir, your robot is illegal

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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.
I wish FIRST would stop calling them "Robot Rules" and start calling them "Robot Specifications", which is what they really are. Everyone thinks the rules apply only to others and want to argue about their own compliance.

In the real world, all engineers have to design to the customer's specifications, even if they don't make sense. In the real world, the customer (who, I might add, PAYS THE BILLS) sees the big picture and has a good reason why he wants the robot designed to his specifications.

FIRST can set whatever specifications it wants. They are our "customer." It is our job to design the robot to meet those specifications, not question them . . . or fuss about them!

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FIRST can set whatever specifications it wants. They are our "customer." It is our job to design the robot to meet those specifications, not question them . . . or fuss about them!
I feel exactly the same way. After one whole summer (*gasp*) at Applied Materials as part of the IISME program in Silicon Valley, I'd learned very thoroughly that a spec is a spec is a spec, and to get over the fact that there might be a better way -- the customer already paid people to come up with the specs, and won't be interested in revisiting the discussion.

Remembering that a spec is a spec is a spec is how I manage to not go insane on a daily basis at the NYS Education regs or the Regents Physics curriculum.

...and we proudly displayed a shiny 'AndyMark' sticker on our air tanks throughout competition, and nobody commented one way or the other about it.
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