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Re: Should teams be pushed to make higher quality robots?
Yes, to the outsiders, it is important to be watching pretty robots move around the field.
But you have to look at the people involved in building the robots and the goal of FIRST. What is more inspirational to the students? Having a gorgeous robot who just sits on the field and might be able to get you points at the end of the match if the other two robots make it back in time because she doesnt move. Or having a robot that isn't so visually pleasing, but she works and she does what she was intended to do? Which one of those two robots is going to make the students want to return? The one that looks good in pictures, or the one that looks good in vidoes?
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For me, FIRST is inspiration with a positive feedback loop - it just keeps getting better. I wonder where it will go from here... - petek [more] 
19-10-2005, 23:42
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