Dallas Convention Center To Host 2009 VEX Robotics Competition World Championship

[Pavan Dave]

Nobody in their right minds has any authority, and I don't care if you're Dean Kamen, Bill Gates, or any other notable figure, to belittle any other robotics program.

Who are you to say an FRC gear that costs $10 is more than a VEX gear that costs $5? I know FRC and VEX teams that work with generous budges and others that barely have enough to make bases and compete.

What's wrong with a standardized set of parts? I know that in FIRST you CAN get standardized parts and create a good robot out of them. And in reality THOSE parts that are simple, readily available, are the ones that make for the shortest down times as opposed to having tons of custom machined parts.

And there are many statements to chop up and clarify but using the search function would be much more efficient.

You might be able to compare apples and oranges because they're both fruits, but you can't compare an apple to my Toyota Camry... It just doesn't work.

Its not about the robot, its about what the person on the other end of the robot gets from building the robot. And I can honestly say I've seen more inspiration in EARLY, GEAR, and FLL from little kids and Legos** than I have from people who have driven and won competitions with FRC robots.

Pavan

**LEGO Bricks. Big deal.

[BrentJ]

Originally Posted by Pavan Dave

Nobody in their right minds has any authority, and I don't care if you're Dean Kamen, Bill Gates, or any other notable figure, to belittle any other robotics program.

Who are you to say an FRC gear that costs $10 is more than a VEX gear that costs $5? I know FRC and VEX teams that work with generous budges and others that barely have enough to make bases and compete.

What's wrong with a standardized set of parts? I know that in FIRST you CAN get standardized parts and create a good robot out of them. And in reality THOSE parts that are simple, readily available, are the ones that make for the shortest down times as opposed to having tons of custom machined parts.

And there are many statements to chop up and clarify but using the search function would be much more efficient.

You might be able to compare apples and oranges because they're both fruits, but you can't compare an apple to my Toyota Camry... It just doesn't work.

Its not about the robot, its about what the person on the other end of the robot gets from building the robot. And I can honestly say I've seen more inspiration in EARLY, GEAR, and FLL from little kids and Legos** than I have from people who have driven and won competitions with FRC robots.

Pavan

**LEGO Bricks. Big deal.

Pavan

I am not sure if your post is directly aimed at what I said.
If it is, I think you have misunderstood my comments.

I wasn't saying that FRC parts are better then Vex parts, I was stating that for people learning Vex parts maybe safer then having a FRC metal part break. Also a lot of FRC robots use custom gears that have to be remade if broken compared to an off the shelf Vex part.

Also I have no problem with a standardised set of parts it is what I like about Vex. I think at times it takes more ingenuity to make a robot out of standard parts then custom ones. I also think the FRC KOP is a good idea as well.

To finish as I stated before I believe both Vex and FRC are equally valuable competitions.