Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

Lucy,
It speaks volumes that teenagers on your team are working with your safety captain and helping him and each other develop as supportive and involved team mates, learning skills along the way.

In this society, tolerance and kindness are often lost in our day to day interactions - be they on the job or in school.

I understand Eugene's concern regarding the eye poking. It is a valid concern and it sounds like you are all aware of that as well. Continue to work with him regarding the safety aspects and responsibilities as your safety captain and with the team.

I'm sure your safety captain finds ways to show his appreciation for his team, working with his peers and mentors, and for FIRST.

Good luck this season 973 and everyone!

Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

I suppose that my concern about someone's eyes being poked, with the potential for serious injury that could result, could be interpreted as lack of sensitivity on my part, but certainly not a lack of maturity.

I take eye safety very seriously. Faux poking can result in serious eye injury, an injury that we seek to avoid by requiring safety glasses in the pits and on the competition field.

One could take the view that a person who is not wearing safety glasses deserves to get his/her eyes injured, I do not. Anyone failing to wear the safety glasses deserves to be notified of the infraction and should be ejected from the pit if they fail to wear the safety glasses repeatedly. Getting poked in the eyes, for any reason, or by any person, is not acceptable and all required means should be used to prevent it.

If the person doing the poking is disabled, and therefore not responsible for their actions, I can understand that. If serious injury occurs, the responsible party may find that an apology is not sufficient, with the injured party seeking legal remedy. We can only hope that we remain lucky, and a serious injury does not occur.

I concur with Jane, every safe means should be offered to engage disabled people in our activity. I applaud this, but I do put the emphasis on the word safe.

Eugene

Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

2090 "BuffnBlue" from Honolulu are stoked and ready to go. See you there!

Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

As long as your safety captain knows how not to cause injury, and I assume he does, I don't see an issue here. Besides, I would much rather be poked in the eye, even if it hurt a little bit, then be hit in the eye with a piece of flying shrapnel.

Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

To return to the original topic of this thread, Team 1280 will be
at the Silicon Valley regional. We have been using our fix-it
windows since Portland to tune up our software. There were a
few sensors on our robot in Portland that we were not using.
They will all be on line at Silicon Valley and we will be adding
one looking out the front. We will be throwing it into overdrive.

We will have the capability to reload the software into the IR
board in our pit, both for IR boards connected to 12 volts and
IR boards converted to 5 volt power by pulling the regulator and
soldering the bypass in. If yours gets corrupted drop by with it
and we can try to reload the software to get it going again.

Only a couple of days to go now, see you there!

Have fun,
Eugene

Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

W00t W00t! Two More DAYS!!!

We've increased our claw's speed, and improved our IR board and remote so we can actually run our hybrid modes.

GL everyone!

Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

Indeed. We can't wait.

We used the fix-its to revamp our hybrid code, create a new button-board for our OI, and get some spare parts. We're ready for some Overdrive!

Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

2024 is ready to head out...tomorrow actually. We've been ready since kickoff!!

Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

It's almost time!(41 hours til pits open!!:yikes:) We can't wait to take that 10-15 minute drive into downtown San Jose on Thursday morning and finally get El Toro XI into Overdrive!:D

Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

Man, I can't wait to set my alarm at 6:00... for 3 straight days! :yikes: There's something wrong with me...

Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

Will SVR be webcast?
Thanks.

Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

Anyone know if sundial will be up? If so, is it just times or will it have standings as well?

Also, 973 will need some 10x24.5 Steel plate of varying thicknesses, if you have that, please stop by 973's Pit.

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We won't be down running sundial in SVR like in SD, but will be in LA and Hawaii. I'm not sure if anyone else is planning on running it at SVR.

Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

SVR is on the list of events to be webcasted

Here is the list of regionals that were and will be webcasted(subject to change)
http://robotics.arc.nasa.gov/events/...s.php#webcasts

Edit: Oh, and regretfully, 115 does not have steel plates in stock. If no one can get you any, our suggestion would be to put wheels on a shaft if you have space(we did this in 2006).

Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
 

Okay, got a student working on it. We'll do our best to get sundial running for SVR.