04-12-2010, 23:20
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AKA: Pinecone
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
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Re: Why FIRST is the best robotics competition
FIRST isn't a robotics competition. FRC is a robotics competition.
I say this because if you're saying "FIRST is the best competitive robotics program to inspire high schoolers to pursue engineering", it's ambiguous because you could be referring to FRC or FTC. In my personal opinion, FRC is a great program, but the goals of FTC are much better met by the Vex Robotics Competition.
NRL in my opinion isn't a particularly good competition relative to FIRST. It just seems less and less organized.
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