Should teams be pushed to make higher quality robots?

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Wow.. congratulations dude.. you know how to use the quote feature..

ANYWHO...

I think "teams should be pushed to make higher quality robots" in the name of safety, not in the name of vanity.

Deburr all metal parts, sand all wood parts, properly shield all moving parts from hands, watch the pinch points, use safe wiring methods.

I think that would in turn kick it up on the quality factor when making a robot, and also make the robot safer.

I think that is more important than "making a robot look pretty so some outsider can say.. ooooh.. perdy".

Who cares about them in those terms? Sure if ya build a pretty robot and you are at a competition you may catch the eye of a news crew and find some fame on the news, but that's not why we are inolved in this program are we?

I think a lifetime of learning properly and then teaching others and inspiring the youth is more important to myself at least than being on the news for a couple seconds during a voice over*...



*Don't ask.. bad experience. lol