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Now that build is over, what are you doing to keep yourself busy? I'm trying to learn C# :)
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team spirit items! buttons! noise makers! its very fun! (not really) but it keeps us busy! :D
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I am doing the following:
~ Chiefdelphi! ~ Converting my mind from c/c++ to java ~ Preparing for AP Computer Science (my school doesn't have a class so...) ~ Preparing for AP Chemistry ~ Doing my Eagle Scout Project ~ Doing Homework ~ Getting information for starting my company later this year ~ Learning to do more graphics with openGL, because everyone loves games, and I need to make more ~ Making my website even more powerful ~ Finishing my AI with Neural Networks for Science Research ~ Creating more tutorials for people to learn what I know ~ Making my search engine more powerful ~ Finishing development of my control panel ~ Finishing my operating system ~ Finishing my FIRST simulator Oh how much I wish I only had that little to do. |
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I'm making front license-plates out of diamond plate with our mill!
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I'm planning up a "mini" bot with an onboard sound system that we can drive around for fun.
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well, besides all of the <sarcasm>wonderful</sarcasm> schoolwork i have to do (essays, projects, FCAT preparation, etc), i'll be working on making Robotics Trading Cards for competition. i made 233's last year with *cringe* MS Paint (needless to say it took me forever) but this year i have Photoshop so i get to be more creative and detailed and as an added bonus making the cards wont suck away my soul! :)
other than that, i'm guessing i'll have Team Spirit related things to do to keep busy... plus scouting of course! :) i'll tune into the web-casts for every regional that i can! (even if it means running 3 computers at once, each montior displaying a different regional) heehee oh, i'll actually be able to dedicate more time to graphic design and creative writing and playing my violin! (just in time.. i have a concert on Friday! ^^; ) and, most importantly, i'll be getting more sleep now. :p thats always nice. |
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... catching up with my school work.
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well our trading card templates are just about done i believe and im looking to finsh our scouting database system some time this weekend...... so and yeh then thees all that school stuff ive forgotten about for the past week or so..
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It's time for some Fantasy FIRST!
We are also designing a new Hall of Fame display and a new video to show in the display for the championship event. |
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Well, originally I was planning to help with the OI setup, but since that falls under the fix-it window...(graciously professional grumble)
I suppose we'll be building a cart this year, since it doesn't seem like anyone is terribly attached to our little red wagon from last year. And of course, there's classes... ...and the obligatory ChiefDelphi addiction... |
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I hope the Boilermaker teams will be working on the IHOT Design Challenge for a little extra moolah. :)
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Lots of stuff:
Trying to get more hours at work again, even though i had to request time off for competition. Pass all my classes this semester. Work on IndianaFIRST stuff, website needs some working on... Work on the 461 scouting system. Finish teaching myself some new computer programming skills for fun. redesign my webpage work on some whitepapers i'm writing. trying to find time to drive 2 hours to visit my girl friend. rocking out! |
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I'm going to get married in 2 weeks =)
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Im gona build a 1/4 scale model of our robot base and hopefully drive it around at regionals.
I also hope fo catch up on some desperately needed sleep. the coffee stoped working for me =/ |
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I'll finally have some time to get to work on my final project for my education class ... design, and present to the class, a one hour lesson plan. I'm doing mine on robotics. :D
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don't forget several teams have TWO robots- those teams will be fine-tuninng their autonomous mode and giving their drivers valuable practice time.
its always nice to dream. got a psychology final exam in about six hours and haevnt even opened my textbook, so thats what I'm gonna be doing.. |
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it's called getting sleep perhaps and studying for my IB Exams....
along w/ trying to get stuff done of the Southern Florida Chapter of the RCU oh and finishing scholorship stuff so maybe i'll get money for college just maybe... |
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I'm going to learn C, catch up my homework, and our team is also hopefully doing a fully autonomous robotics competition called BotBall.
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We built a remote control go-cart last year, and this year we are thinking of doing a segway. :)
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Last year on the bus ride home from the Championship Event in Atlanta, I asked out coach/teacher "What do we do now?" You see, I had caught this thing we now call "Fusion Fever" and knew I would be needing a robotics fix to keep me going until the 2005 season. Well, he told me that he really wanted some way to shoot t-shirts during football games and other places where we could show off our robot and bring some attention to Team Fusion. My son (who is a Senior member of the team) and I built a pneumatic t-shirt shooter and reprogrammed the robot to work it. With a little help wiring it up from one of our other engineers, we we able to cause more excitement at the games than our 11-1 football team did. I'm not sure what kind of project Mr. Fava has in mind after the Championships this year, but I'm pretty sure it will be exciting!
Go over to www.teamfusion364.org, click on 'videos' and download one of the greeting card videos to see the shooter in action. |
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whew....I have a huge list of things to do, but mainly it consists of catching up on my work hours so i can actually afford a car i like (the lincoln isn't going to cut it...i'm in the mood for a muscle car), catching up on my schoolwork (grr...term projects), and trying to book gigs with my band :)
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I'm considering a robot simulator on a PC, that would use the actual code that our robot uses. Kind of a development tool the programmers could use while the robot is still in pieces.
The ultimate simulator would actually involve a robot controller and operator interface, where the robot controller inputs and outputs would feed into the PC. Signals sent into and out of the PC would affect the simulated robot; for example PWM 5 and 6 are the drive motors. Positive values on those signals would move the robot forward, etc. If the virtual 'bot hits some defined limit on an arm, the switch discrete would set in the PC, and that would feed back into the controller, so the software could react. This would be a great way to test software, and if the fidelity was high enough, refine control laws, timing, and could even do failure analysis. Has anyone else built something like this? Ted Mentor / Engineer, Team 486 Strath Haven High School Positronic Panthers http://www.gotrobot.org |
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i'm gonna get ahead in my school work so i won't need to do any away at competition and i'm gonna mentor a middle school science olympiad team. where theres building to do, i'll be there.
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Our teams going to work on the spirit aspect as well, and try to come up with some new things. We also have to clean up - meaning throw away the stale animal crackers, pizza, and finally sweaping all the junk from the saws/drills that we just swept onto the floor. We're going to contact our sponsors and let them know whats coming up, as well as possibly planning one last fundraiser. We are also going to make up a newsletter covering what when on during the season. Funny how people say robotics only lasts six weeks...
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Find some way to spend my time! :ahh:
Probably learning how to force myself to do homework at 3PM after school as opposed to 1 AM....Catching up on sleep and starting to eat healthy meals will probably also occur...Some team members have also discussed a few more projects i might get involved with. [Edit]Oops! :eek: forgot the most important, learning how to drive the robot since I eneded up on the potential drivers list[/Edit] |
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