Design - is ChiefDelphi professional?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Bharat Nain

I don't like these discussions because they dwell too deep into technicalities of things. The intent of all these rules is simply that teams don't build entire robots or entire components before the start of the build. Or program entire software modules. But this is a high school competition and some teams inevitably will use some small components that were designed before build. In the big scheme of things, the little stuff just won't matter. Besides, for most applications, taking a design/software code off somewhere won't just work by default. There is usually a lot of work involved in making it work. Instead of making the rulebook even more complex, I vote we keep things simple. Even if I were to get 1114's entire CAD book, it would be of no use to me for the next season. All I can do is learn from it.

But sometimes you can get so much more picking the minds of the best teams in FIRST and seeing the methods to their madness than you would be simply copying their ideas.
Besides which I always felt people get too caught up in the robot and don't see what really makes the teams function so well is the organization itself.

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Besides which I always felt people get too caught up in the robot and don't see what really makes the teams function so well is the organization itself.

In Soul of a New Machine Tracy Kidder wrote that you could see the IBM Corporation in their products. What does your robot(s) say about your team?

[Cody Carey]

I think this is a frivolous discussion. No matter how many times we go over it, It will still all amount to the same Idea.

It Doesn't Matter.

I've used some design ideas from chiefdelphi while designing previous robots. Did I copy them word for word or Dimension by dimension? No. I used the basic concept, and taught myself the principals behind the design, as did my entire team. We're all the better for it. That's how things go... We are humans, and we'll use what is given to us. Any rule outlawing that simple part of who we are would be as useless as the prohibition. As the cliche so finely puts: Steal from the best, invent the rest.