= Engineering Design Principles All Engineers Should Know Engineering is a process learned over years of experience. These basic principles are intended to give you some basic concepts and ground to start thinking like an engineer. Dr. Akin has ''the'' set of [http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html Akin's Laws for Spacecraft Design] on his website. Of course, they aren't all applicable to FIRST robotics, but they're linked as a reference for further reading. == Prototyping == Safety Factor == Interfacing == Failure == Iteration