Forum: General Forum
04-25-2007, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,542
Re: Autonomous end game
If a robot tips the way the game is now there's always a bit of risk that you'll get hit, but in general the other drivers don't want to drive on your tipped robot. With autonomous at the end I...
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Forum: General Forum
04-17-2007, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 2,698
Re: Graduating Seniors...
Our team has 13 students, 7 of which are graduating this year ...
So we're losing our only programmer, our website designer, our entire graphic design team (I think), our fundraising team, our...
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Forum: General Forum
04-10-2007, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 13,996
Re: Girls on FIRST teams
I am a senior & this is my first year doing FIRST because I hadn't heard about it before. This year our team has 13 students & 4 are girls.
I know that our team is small & so my experiences may be...
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Forum: Championship Event
04-05-2007, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 6,027
Re: 2007 Archimedes Division Robots
best picture of 1731's robot (Challenger) is my avatar. I don't think we have any pics online (good ones anyway), but if I find some I'll post.
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Forum: Technical Discussion
03-30-2007, 09:06 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,550
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Forum: Technical Discussion
03-30-2007, 01:13 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,550
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Forum: Extra Discussion
03-29-2007, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,428
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Forum: Technical Discussion
03-25-2007, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 5,556
Re: Best Form Of Six Wheel Drive?
1731 has traction wheels in the center (lowered about 1/2 inch) & omni wheels in the corners. since we are slightly heavier in the back we don't really rock that much -- we basically only use our...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
03-21-2007, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,376
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Forum: General Forum
03-21-2007, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 9,764
Re: Team Update #18
But since most robots aren't designed to be that short while in starting configuration the liftees would be a lot higher. At least those fallen robots were still in 1 piece -- i'd hate to see that...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-12-2007, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 211
Views: 27,103
Re: "Random" match Schedules
I just ran a lot of statistics from the VCU Regional. There were 66 teams.
The oldest third & newest third were against the same team each round. The pairings were done in numerical order. ...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-12-2007, 08:05 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,918
Re: Short Coaches
even if you can see over your drivers, they are probably yelling at each other, & you will only be able to make informed decisions if you can hear what they're saying. What's the point of yelling...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-11-2007, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,918
Re: Short Coaches
I'm a coach & I'm shorter than my drivers -- I stand beside them & yell really loud. They yell at each other too & if I'm behind them I can't hear what they're saying.
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
03-09-2007, 12:46 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,013
Re: Outside the box defense
no it's not -- just if you "give" your opponent a ringer it doesn't count as possession.
& if your opponent pushes you into their home zone you don't get a penalty (as long as you try to escape).
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Forum: Scouting
03-09-2007, 12:11 AM
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Replies: 76
Views: 10,007
Re: Lack of passion in scouting
Don't assign scouting to the "extra" people just to get them out of the pits. Scouts should have done enough work on their own robot to totally know what they're about.
I do all the pit scouting...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
03-06-2007, 12:14 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,599
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-04-2007, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 278
Views: 23,086
Re: 2007 VCU Regional
hey great job everyone -- it was my first regional & i totally had a blast!
Thanks especially to team 346 for replacing the cylinder for our ramp release -- I built the ramp myself & it was really...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
02-26-2007, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 278
Views: 23,086
Re: 2007 VCU Regional
http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/webcasts/regionals_2007.php[/url]
also, does anyone know how many rounds there are at the VCU regional (total, including practice rounds)? I need to know how many...
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Forum: General Forum
02-22-2007, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 99
Views: 10,266
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Forum: General Forum
02-21-2007, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,571
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
02-21-2007, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 6,927
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Forum: General Forum
02-19-2007, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 2,821
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