At what point does it become unacceptable for a mentor to design/build the robot

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Originally Posted by Wing

What would happen if a student couldn't diagnose what was wrong? What if the repair involves work that students aren't trained to do (Welding, etc.)? It's not black and white, and you can't just place a blanket rule like that. Everyone will suffer from a rule like this. Shunning your mentors means you are getting rid of your most valuable resources.

That should be on you and them. What if they're not very good at driving the robot, does that mean you should do it? And if you have to do welding or other similar work during elimination matches, then you probably have bigger problems... Not saying I'm in favor of the suggestion, but I don't think these are particularly compelling counterpoints.