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I'm not even that old but the phrase "high school robotics" would've been pure daydreaming back then. Incredibly exciting that you can do this!

I’m in my mid 20s and FRC was probably my favorite high school memory. From the community, to the challenges, to the robots you get to participate in building. It’s such a cool program.

Hopefully it gains higher adoption among other public schools, FRC was foundational to my SWE journey

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If you have an interest in FRC, consider becoming a mentor at a local program in your area. I've mentored Team 812 in La Jolla California for about 14 years. It's incredibly rewarding. https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/volunteer/men...

There’s also the Microsoft Teals program that is focused on CS (I’m a volunteer). Just putting it out there. Not all schools have robotics programs.

Btw, congrats to the OP and team. Proud of yalls work!

Re: Show HN: High school robotics code/CAD/design binder release

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post #9

I'm not even that old but the phrase "high school robotics" would've been pure daydreaming back then. Incredibly exciting that you can do this!

I’m in my mid 20s and FRC was probably my favorite high school memory. From the community, to the challenges, to the robots you get to participate in building. It’s such a cool program. Hopefully it gains higher adoption among other public schools, FRC was foundational to my SWE journey

I’m a SWE now, but being on the build team of FIRST taught me an incredible amount and now that I’m a homeowner I’m realizing how applicable it is. I remember cutting 2x4s to build demo field parts and now I’m building walls of my home out of the same material with the same tools I used as a teenager.

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Yes, yes they do. And they have high-pressure air wars and they short batteries through paper clips chains to see how hot they can get them. Kids still do stupid things, honest. -a mentor of an unspecified FRC team

Hey now, if those paper clips were actually a short circuit then they wouldn't get hot.

Stupid was the kid who thought he'd try to catch the water balloon in a bucket, missed, and it hit him square in the crotch and bounced off unbroken. Ahh, FIRST hijinks.

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I'm not even that old but the phrase "high school robotics" would've been pure daydreaming back then. Incredibly exciting that you can do this!

I’m in my mid 20s and FRC was probably my favorite high school memory. From the community, to the challenges, to the robots you get to participate in building. It’s such a cool program. Hopefully it gains higher adoption among other public schools, FRC was foundational to my SWE journey

Same, I’m in my late 30s and it’s one of my best high school memories as well. Learned so much, made so many great friends, and worked with amazing technologies.

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Yes, yes they do. And they have high-pressure air wars and they short batteries through paper clips chains to see how hot they can get them. Kids still do stupid things, honest. -a mentor of an unspecified FRC team

We were shooting bottle rockets across our robotics shop using an acetylene torch when my friend blasted the skin off his hand.

Our shop keys were revoked. High school kids do stupid things. But they learn and most live on

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