How to deal with lack of participation

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by xXhunter47Xx

Those who were interested in programming stopped showing up regularly, and didn't really like the idea of robotics anymore even though they haven't even started..

Originally Posted by Chris is me

They left because they had committed several weeks to building a robot and weren't engaged at all. You said it yourself, they hadn't even started after weeks of work. I know programming can't start right away,

Actually, our programming did start right away. As soon as we got the KoP with the new RoboRIO and downloaded the new WPIlib and eclipse, the programmers were engaged in setting up their programming environment and learning about the new control system. The controls group built a control board right from day one, not knowing exactly what the robot was going to look like. So what if we have an unused talon on the board, and took off the pneumatic module later? The programmers could practice on some basic motors and sensors to learn the new system by the time they were ready to do so, and it was only a couple more work days before we had the drive platform going.