What purpose are you building your robot for?

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What purpose are you building your robot for?

View Poll Results: What purpose are you building your robot for?
To WIN a competition!	38	52.05%
To just get it to work.	4	5.48%
To have as much of a learning experience as possible.	10	13.70%
To teach the high school students about Robotics.	3	4.11%
To make myself happy, as I enjoy doing this kind of stuff.	18	24.66%
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22-01-2002, 22:53

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Originally posted by 401Mentor
The other problem that I worry about is that I think that the award is becoming "an award to win to go to nationals" not the spirit it's meant to be.

I agree. It used to be that if you won first place that was cool and all, but if you won Chairman's at nationals... well, taking first place was nothing compared to winning Chairman's. I just hope that any team trying to win the award will see it as more than "just another way to nationals".

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