The great collaboration poll

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The great collaboration poll

View Poll Results: What kind of collaboration are you comfortable with? (see first post for definitions)
Full collaboration is ok when teams attend the same regional	29	34.94%
Full collaboration is ok when teams attend seperate regionals	32	38.55%
Full collaboration is ok when teams live far apart	28	33.73%
Full collaboration is ok when teams live in the same area	28	33.73%
Full collaboration is ok for an indefinete period of time	22	26.51%
Full collaboration is ok only if done for a new team's rookie year	21	25.30%
Full collaboration is NEVER ok	13	15.66%
Partial collaboration is ok when teams attend the same regional	45	54.22%
Partial collaboration is ok when teams attend seperate regionals	42	50.60%
Partial collaboration is ok when teams live far apart	36	43.37%
Partial collaboration is ok when teams live in the same area	43	51.81%
Partial collaboration is ok for an indefinete period of time	40	48.19%
Partial collaboration is ok only if done for a new team's rookie year	26	31.33%
Partial collaboration is ok if done for the drivetrain	41	49.40%
Partial collaboration is ok if done for the 'game piece' such as a shooter or stacker	39	46.99%
Partial collaboration is NEVER ok	2	2.41%
Interface collaboration is ok when teams attend the same regional	34	40.96%
Interface collaboration is ok when teams attend seperate regionals	30	36.14%
Interface collaboration is ok when teams live far apart	30	36.14%
Interface collaboration is ok when teams live in the same area	33	39.76%
Interface collaboration is ok for an indefinete period of time	33	39.76%
Interface collaboration is ok only if done for a new team's rookie year, then they are cut loose	18	21.69%
Interface collaboration is NEVER ok	9	10.84%
Teams should not collaborate	9	10.84%
Teams should collaborate	50	60.24%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 83. You may not vote on this poll

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10-04-2006, 20:38

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Re: The great collaboration poll

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Originally Posted by Joel Glidden

Please reword the last option to read "Teams should be allowed to collaborate."

Frankly, I quite like the wording as is - I'm not saying that every team should find another team and get together to build multiple copies of the same robot, but I think that teams should make an attempt at some sort of collaboration with another team. That could be a gearbox design in the off-season, some shared camera code, or even just some sort of scrimmage. I think teams have a lot to learn from each other, and by building a robot totally in isolation you're missing out on a lot.

(It also makes my job as a ref easier - teams who know each other well are a lot less likely to ram or tip each other.)

On a different note, I'm still trying to figure out how interface collaboration between teams at different regionals makes any sense at all...

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