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ScottWolchok 01-02-2004 19:16

Re: Horribly behind??
 
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Originally Posted by expiredzbyte
talking about nothing is done... three weeks are gone... we just put together the transmission yesterday (saturday)... we dont meet that often... we get together on thursdays for updates and saturdays to build the robot... so basically we have 6 days to build the robot.

We haven't built anything yet, but design is close to finishing. However, the rest of the team hasn't been sitting around - animation is cookin, strategy was, of course, done before design started, and controls has been programming and testing using new controller on last year's robot (we know we're using skid steer so we disabled the motor that did the car steering and rewrote the code in C) and writing modular code so we don't have to do EVERYTHING after build. Build team has been working with everyone else and prototyping stuff for design...but we do meet a lot more often than you guys :( . Keep in mind that this year, a box on wheels and a basketball player aren't all that bad...I guess my point was that you might not be all that behind schedule just because you haven't built anything.

tenfour 01-02-2004 20:43

Re: Horribly behind??
 
We have a few students who go to UC Irvine that I may be able to hand off to you if you are badly in need of help.

Let me know.

cdk@1stnetusa.com

blindguyinanorg 01-02-2004 21:30

Re: Horribly behind??
 
we are also behind, instead of focusing on one part of the robot we have done little bits of each. its harder to judge weather or not we will end up with a working robot. we only have 4 - 7 members stay after each day to work, and only 4 are compitent with tools. i do have to say you are not the furthest behind, a school in our area has not even recieved thier parts.

Lord Nerdlinger 01-02-2004 22:07

Re: Horribly behind??
 
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Originally Posted by Jay H 237
I know this is a little late in the game but you should try asking not only parents but also teachers if they would help. Even if they take turns showing up it's better than no direction. They might even know of others that would be happy to help. Did you try asking your sponsors or local businesses for help?

[edit] I didn't realize Redhead Jokes responded before I did (that's what I get for not hitting the refresh button enough!). From what I'm reading I'm a little confused. Redhead Jokes (294) said you turned down mentoring but your complaining about your inability and lack of knowledge. That's what mentors are for. I understand the satisfaction of building a robot all by yourself with no help, but to go it alone isn't wise. I'm not trying to be judgemental of your decision, I'm just trying to get a concept of what I've read in this thread.[edit}


We didn't really "turn down" anything. We just said that we were going to try and do it on our own this year. At that time we thought we had a machinist and an eningeer that were gonna help out, but both bailed on us. Also 294 is about an hour away, and it's difficult (if not impossible) to convey things over the phone or through email. Without being there in person it's pretty hard to get any real "mentoring" in a mechanical sense. We know the ropes now well enough to manage in terms of the paper work, emailing, getting spare parts, etc. It's just the design/fabrication that it'd be nice if someone was standing by to tell us how to do it.

Aaron Knight 02-02-2004 09:03

Re: Horribly behind??
 
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Originally Posted by Mandy_Candy
Yea... our team (1236) is way behind too... but that was mostly due to 3 snow days! We dont even have a drive train together... but i suppose we'll finish it!

Our team's a lil behind, but we've lost seven days to snow :(

Syracuse is sittin' at close to 140 inches of snow thus far this winter....and it's only January :)

kpugh 02-02-2004 10:24

Re: Horribly behind??
 
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Originally Posted by MASherry
You guys should try to work during snow days. Usually there is a janitor there and they can let you in, that is if you work at the school. Snow Days help alot because then you have the whole day to work!

Unfortunately for the schools in Syracuse if there is a snow day that means no after school activities allowed!!! Plus we do all work at the school so even if we could work during snow days we would have no place to work! So as aaron said we lost 7 days due to the snow :(

Ryan M. 02-02-2004 11:02

Re: Horribly behind??
 
The only area our team is very behind on is the coding. Our drvetrain is supposed to be ready for some testing tonight. (Well, it supposed to be. We'll see... :)) The only coding we've done has been to setup portions of the code as a base for our autonomous functions. Of course, as I'm a programmer geek type, maybe I'm just not aware of other components statuses. :D


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