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

[EricH]

Originally Posted by pfreivald

I stand by the argument that worrying about your own behavior and your own team is much, much more constructive.

And that is where I stand as well. As I told some rookie teams last year: "It might look like mentors built it. It might look like students built it. You don't know for sure; if you're curious go talk to the team. But whatever you do, please bear in mind that there is nothing saying that either method is wrong."

Now, if someone on a team thinks that a mentor(s) are going too far or not far enough, and asks for help, that means that they want someone to help them. In that case, I would advise, but only in a general, "this is something that might help" or "this is the way we do it, maybe it'll work for you" way. Beyond that, I go back to focusing on my own team/work.