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[Zebra_Fact_Man]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

It is?

Well, if being a mentor-built robot isn't wrong, why does everyone seem to get so upset about it when someone is accused of it?

I personally could care less who build the robot, as long as the students are learning. But that's me, and I'm not the people who persistently deny said accusations.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man

Well, if being a mentor-built robot isn't wrong, why does everyone seem to get so upset about it when someone is accused of it?

The accusation itself isn't what upsets a lot of the people who get vocal when it happens. The upsetting thing is that the accuser thinks that mentor involvement is a bad thing and worthy of accusation.

Mentors are at the foundation of FRC. Students shouldn't be expected to design and build amazing machines without working side by side with engineers and toolmakers and skilled technicians (and teachers and business professionals and experienced administrators and...).

The best teams I know of have robots that are designed and built by the team.