[FTC]: Please Don't Post Pictures

[Joe G.]

I could not remember a prouder moment of my FIRST career then when a semi-clone of our vex robot beat us, after the team had come to a previous competition with a differant design, and admired ours. There is no better feeling then having made someone go "oh wow," and then improved upon what you have done. You do not need to win to learn and be inspired, and you do not have to limit inspiration to your team.

And I cannot remember learning more then when trying to duplicate a incredible self correction method used in FLL, over a two year period, evnetually perfecting it, and going beyond the team's original concept, rather than just blindly copying it.

I have NEVER seen a robot that appeared to have just been copied bolt for bolt from a picture of another robot, many that have taken a concept the team may not have had before, and developed upon it themselves.

And if we're all learning, inspired, and happy, what else is there to do, really?