What to know?

[Johnnybukkel]

Honestly, everything here would be beneficial in terms of knowing, but really all of that stuff the students can still learn from mentors, I'd say the key elements that your team should have should include a determination to learn and ask questions, a desire to be on the team, and an understanding of how much time (at least 150 hours from each student, and that's an extremely rough estimate) and effort needs to be put in to this. Dedication is one of the most important things for an FRC team, because without dedication, there may not be a robot to show off at your first regional.