Should technical mentors be allowed to help repair robots during finals?

[cbolin]

I like the idea of a team being allowed to work on bot during the finals. It would be disappointing to win/lose the championship because an opponent/alliance member's bot was down because the expertise was not available to affect a quick repair.

In the mean time we have done this to help out the drive team (all four are high school students...no mentors).

1. The transporter for the bot has drawers and cabinets for stocking most required tools, some replacement parts and up to 10 fully charged batteries.
2. We have a trained mechanic and an electrician on the drive team. If they can't identify/correct the problem in just a few minutes then there is a good possibility that the pit crew wouldn't do any better.

However, if space permits, I would like to see mentors and other students help repair the bots in the finals while standing in the queue.

Regards,
ChuckB