FRC Blogged-Frank Answers Fridays: August 16,2013

[KrazyCarl92]

Originally Posted by who716

so I don't think it has to change as the overall purpose of first is to interests kids In science and technology and prepare them

Then there's the other part of the FIRST mission about changing culture to celebrate science and technology. This is where my argument takes place. More robots moving, scoring points, or otherwise doing cool things = more inspiration, celebration, and opportunities to get others hooked, inciting a cultural change. Why have teams keep their robot in a bag when they could otherwise be working to make it work in competition? An expensive, glorified paperweight is far less inspirational than a point-scoring robot.