New Poll! (20)
 

Full bumpers for CD5
 

Posted by Joe Johnson.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 3/6/2000 6:44 PM MST


In Reply to: New Poll posted by PollMaster on 3/6/2000 6:36 PM MST:



Hi all,

This poll was requested by Joe Ross of Team 330.

We thought is was a pretty good question.

I will dish the dirt on CD 5 and tell you that we have put bumpers on all sides.

All that talk of 20 mph robots have spooked us a bit.

Based on the photos on the net, I have to guess that we are on the minority.

So...

The cat will be out of the bag soon enough. Why not vote in the poll and tell all on the Chief Delphi Forum?

Do tell.

Joe J

20 mph??
 

Posted by Kate.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Posted on 3/8/2000 8:43 PM MST


In Reply to: Full bumpers for CD5 posted by Joe Johnson on 3/6/2000 6:44 PM MST:



Is it realy 20 mph that people have been hearing?? Or 20 fps?? All numbers that I've heard have been in fps.. Cuz that number in mph just doesn't seem sane..

Re: 20 mph??
 

Posted by Dodd Stacy.

Engineer on team #95, Lebanon Robotics Team, from Lebanon High School and CRREL/CREARE.

Posted on 3/8/2000 10:18 PM MST


In Reply to: 20 mph?? posted by Kate on 3/8/2000 8:43 PM MST:



A 130 lbm robot with two 250 watt drill motors for drive will, under ideal conditions, accelerate from zero to just under 15 mph (~ 22 fps) in the length of the FIRST playing field, taking about 2.6 sec to do so.

If any robot can clock even 20 FT/SEC within the playing field boundaries, Joe will eat his hat - the prickly one from last year's Rumble. Won't you, Joe?

Dodd

Bumpers: nowhere to be found on the Mystery Machine
 

Posted by Nate Smith.

Other on team #66, GM Powertrain/Willow Run HS, from Eastern Michigan University and GM Powertrain.

Posted on 3/6/2000 6:48 PM MST


In Reply to: New Poll posted by PollMaster on 3/6/2000 6:36 PM MST:



Well, I can say that team 66 doesn't have bumpers...we didn't have the weight...even with our entire machine being made out of aluminum...oh well...

Nate

..that quote..
 

Posted by colleen.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Other on team #246, a FIRST-aholic, from John D. O'Byrant High School/Boston Latin Academy and NSTAR/Boston University/Wentworth Institute of Technology/MassPEP.

Posted on 3/6/2000 9:40 PM MST


In Reply to: New Poll posted by PollMaster on 3/6/2000 6:36 PM MST:



our team was infamous this year for saying 'Badges, we don't need no stinkin' badges'..

but there was some debate- anyone know exactly where that comes from?!?

if so - spill the beans and help us out!

best of luck all!
colleen - Team 246

Re: ..that quote..
 

Posted by Michael Betts.

Engineer on team #177, Bobcat Robotics, from South Windsor High School and International Fuel Cells.

Posted on 3/7/2000 4:49 AM MST


In Reply to: ..that quote.. posted by colleen on 3/6/2000 9:40 PM MST:



: our team was infamous this year for saying 'Badges, we don't need no stinkin' badges'..

: but there was some debate- anyone know exactly where that comes from?!?

: if so - spill the beans and help us out!

: best of luck all!
: colleen - Team 246

It's from the movie Blazing Saddles by Mel Brooks. - Mike

Blazing Saddles was quoting too...
 

Posted by Joe Johnson.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 3/7/2000 8:42 AM MST


In Reply to: Re: ..that quote.. posted by Michael Betts on 3/7/2000 4:49 AM MST:



I don't know the exact movie, but I believe that there is a classic western that Blazing Saddles was quoting.

Joe J.

Re: Blazing Saddles was quoting too...
 

Posted by Jason Rudolph.

Student on team #168, The Flashbacks, from North Miami Beach Senior High and Velda Farms/FedEx/ETC/HPE Automation.

Posted on 3/7/2000 8:46 AM MST


In Reply to: Blazing Saddles was quoting too... posted by Joe Johnson on 3/7/2000 8:42 AM MST:



: I don't know the exact movie, but I believe that there is a classic western that Blazing Saddles was quoting.

I'm not sure either, but I KNOW that it didn't originate in Blazing Saddles.

Jason

Treasure Of The Sierra Madres
 

Posted by Frank Toussaint.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Wheeling and Rolling Meadows and Motorola .

Posted on 3/7/2000 9:36 AM MST


In Reply to: Re: Blazing Saddles was quoting too... posted by Jason Rudolph on 3/7/2000 8:46 AM MST:



'The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre' is a Bogart movie in which a group of
prospecters strike gold and are trying to bring it out of Mexico without
having it stolen by banditos. The prospecters are surounded by banditos
who claim to be Federales (federal police) who demand that the prospecters
come out. The prospectors wisely demand to see their badges and one of
the banditos utters the famous line as he starts shooting.

Re: Treasure Of The Sierra Madres
 

Posted by Michael Martus.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Coach on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central H.S. and Delphi Automotives Systems.

Posted on 3/7/2000 5:12 PM MST


In Reply to: Treasure Of The Sierra Madres posted by Frank Toussaint on 3/7/2000 9:36 AM MST:




WOW! What we learn at this site.
Its great, the wealth of information.

Lets start a trivia thread?

Have any trivia you want answered.

? Why did Jack and Jill go up the hill to fetch a pail of water? Why would a well like the book shows be on top of a hill?

I know the answer, is there anyone else that has it?

I will give the answer or confirm in a few days.

Re: Treasure Of The Sierra Madres
 

Posted by Jerry Eckert.

Engineer from Looking for a team in Raleigh, NC sponsored by .

Posted on 3/7/2000 5:53 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Treasure Of The Sierra Madres posted by Michael Martus on 3/7/2000 5:12 PM MST:




: Lets start a trivia thread?

: Have any trivia you want answered.

: ? Why did Jack and Jill go up the hill to fetch a pail of water? Why would a well like the book shows be on top of a hill?

Did Dick and Jane ever catch Spot?

No Bumpers Here... too Much Weight
 

Posted by Andy Baker.

Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 3/7/2000 9:49 AM MST


In Reply to: New Poll posted by PollMaster on 3/6/2000 6:36 PM MST:



Nope. No bumpers here. We had some plans to put some on.... but we were sooo over weight that we even lost some of our agility, let alone add bumpers.

As far as 20 mph robots.... it looks like no one is quite there... we're only about at 8 mph, only when we really must be! I still think that there will be some 'bots around 10 mph. And I wanna see how they did it!

Laters,
Andy B.

Only on critical sections
 

Posted by Joe Ross.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Coach on team #330, Beach Bot 2000, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA/JPL & J&F Machine.

Posted on 3/7/2000 6:42 PM MST


In Reply to: New Poll posted by PollMaster on 3/6/2000 6:36 PM MST:



We, like Joe J., were worried about collisions at 10 MPH, but we didn't have enought weight left to do full bumpers. We have one bumper in the back protecting the majority of our electronics.

Joe Ross
Team 330

No bumpers for Sharpie3
 

Posted by Lora Knepper.

Student on team #69, HYPER (Helping Youth Pursue Engineering & Robotics), from Quincy Public Schools and The Gillette Company.

Posted on 3/8/2000 3:58 AM MST


In Reply to: New Poll posted by PollMaster on 3/6/2000 6:36 PM MST:



There was much debate over weather to use a bumper, but that was settled by the scale. We had to lose a few motors to make weight, so there was definately no room for a bumper!

Lora