What Have Been The Gains Over The Past 20 Years In FRC?

[Al Skierkiewicz]

I noticed that things were changing in 1997. Although some teams were still reluctant, many teams shared and had already gained a sense of helping others by the time of the first Midwest Regional. Although there were no alliances, many teams, Technokats and Bomb Squad just to name two, were very open. It was at that time that students began to be encouraged to look at other teams for ideas. By the time of the 1998 Champs, our students were given homework to go look for something cool in other pits and report back. We were all just learning at that time. It is the first time in my memory that we were actually encouraging students from other teams to take pictures and ask questions.
To this day, I still get "You do what!?!?!" when I tell people about sharing and gracious professionalism.

[JaneYoung]

Any other gains, anyone?

Jane

[JaneYoung]

After watching the Kick Off yesterday, I was blown away by the thought behind the use of the logo for this year's game. The game is challenging teams to think outside of many boxes - not just the ones that concern building the robots. By doing so, our FIRST leaders are challenging us to move forward into the future and work with the growing pains that come with developing the programs, helping to make their vision of FIRST, a reality.

Yay!

Jane

[Hawiian Cadder]

from a standpoint of CAD the developments have been huge, when my team first started cadding the robot way back a long time ago they had 2d drawings and no assemblies or anything, last year we ran a lot of FEA and stress tests on parts that saved us a lot of time later. also the way solid works and autocad are sponsoring first teams is fantastic.