[Official 2007 Game Design] Autonomy And Other Technology Discussions

[Mike Shaul]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Uhhh, says who? .....

I think that limiting it only to students could hurt FIRST. Some teams have different resources. Some schools don't have any programing classes or students interested in programing. Our team has a limited interest in programing (most people want to build, its more exciting than sitting at the computer) but we use the opportunity to teach the interested students about the basics of programing, why its important, etc. Our students do write code for the robot but autonomous would be difficult without engineer involvement. Not to mention, it gives the engineers an opportunity to show why they went to college, what they have learned and how it applies to our jobs.