Opinion Poll: Proliferation of Prefbricated Parts

[AndyB871]

I pretty much read OP's post as:

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When I was your age, I built robots with drill motors uphill in the snow both ways and had to remove the anti-backdrive pins too! AND WE WERE HAPPY ABOUT IT YOU WHIPPERSNAPPERS!
Seriously, COTS parts are awesome! Use them to your advantage. I don't miss the old days.

There's always someone. I did make an attempt to say that what you "interpreted" was actually NOT what I was saying.

Again, COTS Parts are great. I was more opinionated to the more frc-specific stuff, like prebuilt ball grabbers and such.

I don't particulary appreciate the way you attempt to make me seem like a crusty old grumpy man... I'm actually not much older than my students. I also don't want or expect them to design individual gears and sprockets and gearboxes and chains, etc etc. Cut me some slack here. Try to read what I'm actually saying. I don't hate everything, I don't hate COTS, I just see a pattern towards more complete purchaseable solutions.

I wholeheartedly apologize for using words that , I guess, made me sound like I expect students to "figure it out" and "deal with it". That's NOT where I'm going here.