College Level FIRST

[Scott Morgan]

I would really like to be able to continue designing robots for FIRST.
I'll be coming back to mentor my team next year, but while I'll offer design advise, and teach them about various topics, I can't design the robot for them. While there are other robotics competitions that are open to college students, I don't believe any of them will be able to replicate the experience I've had at FIRST.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Originally Posted by Scott Morgan

I would really like to be able to continue designing robots for FIRST.
I'll be coming back to mentor my team next year, but while I'll offer design advise, and teach them about various topics, I can't design the robot for them. While there are other robotics competitions that are open to college students, I don't believe any of them will be able to replicate the experience I've had at FIRST.

I agree totally... I'll be helping with building a DARPA Urban Challenge vehicle over the summer, but that's definitely not going to reach the level of excitement I had when I was a student in FIRST. Besides, everything is autonomous, I like complete control.

[Scott Morgan]

Originally Posted by Budda648

I agree totally... I'll be helping with building a DARPA Urban Challenge vehicle over the summer, but that's definitely not going to reach the level of excitement I had when I was a student in FIRST. Besides, everything is autonomous, I like complete control.

The problem that I see with DARPA, is that it seems to be mostly focused on electronics and programing, which doesn't leave much room for a mechanical guy like me, and there are no arms, I like to build arms.