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Swerve Drive (n.) - a set of mechanisms to ensure the robot will sit dead on the field for half of that robot's first event

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Sandstorm (n) A song played by the DJ to torture the crowd. Closely associated with the Chicken Dance.

Waterloo Regional (n) A contest to determine which lucky team gets to hitch a ride with OP and Simbotics.

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Chicken Dance (n.) The official dance of team 217 ThunderChickens.

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YMCA (n.) A song frequently played at FIRST events, especially in the common occurrence of a FMS crash.

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Bravo

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Andy Baker (n.) > Chuck Norris

Mecanum Wheel (n.) Meh' can um A type of wheel rejected by most. Revised 2015 1. Must have wheel for Recycle Rush 2. Key component of Andy Baker's retirement plan

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Beattie (n.) - (Almost) every team's excuse for why they did not win in the early '00s. See Also: BEAST

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Defense (n.) A role typically given to robots who can't do much more than drive. 2015 Revision Defense? What defense?

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But not actually finished :D :D

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Simbot SS (n) - The standard of yearly robot success

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pro·gram·mer
ˈprōˌɡramər/
noun

A person who inputs pizza, pop, and electronic music and outputs computer programs.

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pro·gram·mer
ˈprōˌɡramər/
noun

A person who inputs pizza, soda, and electronic music and outputs computer programs.


The Southern version.

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The people on a FIRST team responsible for all robot dysfunction:

unplugged - programming problem
falling apart - programming problem
smoking - programming problem

See also T800 - the eventual solution from the programming team for all the other parts of the team - which eventually results in the programmers being responsible for our new robot overlords :p. Let's blame it on the pizza and soda.

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Victor (n): An electronic device used sacrificially to prevent damage to a Fuse. Often also used to collect metal swarf. See also Jaguar.

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Bumper (n.)- An assembly of wood, fabric, and pool noodles that is more challenging to build than a 120 pound robot

Pizza (n.)- the energy source that fuels engineers