Team 254 Presents: CheesyVision

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by TravSatEE

After looking through the posted code repository, I have to ask: what is Team 254's philosophy on student involvement? The two contributors on github appear to be your mentors and the level of programming skill is also not commonly found in high school students. Have I missed the student involvement in this?

I'm not making any sort of accusation that Team 254 has done something wrong or is not following rules. I am just surprised that for a high school competition the high-visibility work from your team seems to be mentor-only. I believe the announcer at Silicon Valley said that Team 254 won the regional for 15 of the last 16 years. This is impressive and clearly your team is doing something that ensures a solid victory record.

Having had the opportunity to interact with Team 254 over the years, and especially this season, I can assure you that both high and low visibility work on their team is far from mentor only. The students are involved and integrated throughout their entire process. The strength of their partnerships is not only evidenced by their unparalleled victory record, but also by their place in the FIRST Hall of Fame as a Championship Chairman's Award Winning team.