Forum: Dean Kamen's Inventions
19-05-2005, 15:44
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,947
Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
I understand what you're saying, FIRST doesn't fit in with the iBot.
However, the day before on that show it was all about robots, including robots that students worked on, but no mention of...
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Forum: Dean Kamen's Inventions
18-05-2005, 16:39
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,947
Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
The monday episode was all about robots, but no mention of FIRST.
And from this footage of Dean Kamen, we know that the show's producers knew about FIRST, and simply chose to leave it out. ...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
13-05-2005, 14:52
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,296
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Forum: Championship Event
27-04-2005, 21:35
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Replies: 44
Views: 4,795
Re: Best Teams
302 had a coil design initially, but they changed it to a gripper.
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Forum: General Forum
27-04-2005, 15:36
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,914
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Forum: Extra Discussion
26-04-2005, 22:57
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Replies: 2
Views: 927
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Forum: General Forum
26-04-2005, 21:42
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Replies: 1
Views: 767
Re: what do you think?
Many members of my team though this year was going to be our worst year at the beginning of the season.
lol
Anyway, a lot of the tournament matches were very close, and division semifinalists is...
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Forum: Thanks and/or Congrats
26-04-2005, 21:36
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,604
Re: Thanks 2005 Seniors
Man. . . I can't believe I'm a senior already.
FIRST is special. There's no other activity like it.
When I was down by Einstein after the awards ceremony saturday, I went up to Dean Kamen and...
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Forum: Championship Event
26-04-2005, 21:25
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,805
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Forum: Championship Event
26-04-2005, 21:24
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Replies: 44
Views: 4,795
Re: Best Teams
As far as robots (aside from our alliance partners - you guys rock), I thought 868 and 135 were great peices of machinery. 135 was just plain fast, and 868 could grab 4 tetras on one arm and 1 on...
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Forum: 3D Animation and Competition
26-04-2005, 14:53
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Replies: 45
Views: 2,602
Re: Shafted again
I have to agree with this. I've been forced to use 3dsMax for the animation. What if we'd rather use Maya? Or softimage? Or any number of other 3d softwares?
As far as the importance of the...
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Forum: General Forum
26-04-2005, 14:37
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Replies: 22
Views: 7,331
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Forum: Championship Event
25-04-2005, 17:45
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,773
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Forum: Thanks and/or Congrats
25-04-2005, 17:33
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Replies: 44
Views: 3,947
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Forum: Extra Discussion
25-04-2005, 16:19
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,503
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Forum: Extra Discussion
24-04-2005, 22:54
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,700
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Forum: Thanks and/or Congrats
24-04-2005, 22:34
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,773
Re: Congrats to the 2005 Chairmans Award Winner
Thank everyone very much for the kind words!
What a way to end my senior year!
As far as the tournament, I can't think of a single alliance, on Einstein or Newton (and I'm sure it was the same way...
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Forum: Math and Science
07-04-2005, 10:49
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,880
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Forum: General Forum
04-04-2005, 15:40
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Replies: 19
Views: 11,797
Re: What Happened to Class?
I have to agree.
I don't think I've ever seen a post that was intentionally ungracious, but sometimes it is easy to misinterpret when you're not face to face with someone.
So this is something...
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Forum: You Make The Call
04-04-2005, 12:59
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,527
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Forum: You Make The Call
03-04-2005, 19:44
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,527
Re: YMTC - Flopper? in the ZONE?
Well, when the HOTBOT is in it's starting position, the 'whiskers' are resting on the floor within the box.
So, they are not only part of the initial starting envelope, but the part that rests on...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
02-04-2005, 21:51
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Replies: 59
Views: 5,259
Re: 2005 West Michigan
Thank you! You have no idea how thrilled we were. Winning the Chairman's Award beats winning a regional any day. This is the first time we've won it, so we were obviously very excited. We're...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
20-03-2005, 10:48
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,532
Re: pic: HOTBOT at the Great Lakes Regional
Yes. Since they start fully within our robots envelope (30x28xwhatever it is), they are an extension of the robot, and count as part of the robot touching the loading zone.
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Forum: General Forum
17-03-2005, 11:30
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Replies: 6
Views: 960
Re: School support
Our schools' only support is the teachers who work with the team. I'm pretty sure that no financial support is given. In fact, I'm pretty sure we have to pay to use school buses and...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
13-03-2005, 09:09
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Replies: 74
Views: 6,015
Re: Great Lakes Regional!
Thanks for the compliments. I have to say, every single match in the elimination rounds seemed very close. All of the teams there did an awesome job.
Congrats to 65 for the Chairman's Award. ...
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