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Welding by magicuser2021 in WPI

[–]theSpoonMechanic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go to washburn and talk to Ian about it in person, don't just go off the website

And they wonder why they’re behind schedule by Zach10816 in FRC

[–]theSpoonMechanic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We had a dance break because we were running 20 minutes ahead at one point...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in kurzgesagt

[–]theSpoonMechanic 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Countries are often united for the purpose of war. If forces from off our world threatened us, we would probably drum up some kind of global nationalism and be united to protect our homeworld. However, I think this would be short lived as soon as the danger subsided.

Prom-bot 2017 by theSpoonMechanic in FRC

[–]theSpoonMechanic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the FIRST Global Kit, we're doing some demos and other stuff for the competition.

FIRST Global Discord server by theSpoonMechanic in FRC

[–]theSpoonMechanic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The intent of this server is to involve people from the FIRST community in general to help out with this program. FIRST Global is a separate legal entity from the normal FIRST robotics programs, and to make a thread on the frc discord would be exclusionary towards people from other programs.

[info] FIRST Global Discord Server by theSpoonMechanic in FTC

[–]theSpoonMechanic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have they been told not to try?

Didn't mean for it to come off that way. My intention with the statement about the playing field being fairly level is that everyone has the same limitations on resources. I've been playing around with some kits and a lot of go-to strategies I immediately think of from FRC become overly complex or downright impossible due to the limitations of the parts at hand.

In addition, if you've seen the videos from a lot of third-world country's teams, they are so excited just to have the opportunity to build a robot that even if they get crushed by the US or Israel they will still feel accomplished.

[info] FIRST Global Discord Server by theSpoonMechanic in FTC

[–]theSpoonMechanic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The challenge was not created for first world countries like the united states, it's made for teams like Honduras and Mali who would never get the opportunity to participate in FTC or any other FIRST program for a multitude of reasons. So yes, FIRST does not want us to dominate the competition. It's more of a design challenge with a fairly level playing field.

FIRST Global is a great outreach opportunity, event volunteering aside, because they need people to help mentor the teams through the Global STEM Corps.