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Originally posted by Malinowski
What you guys normally do in this meetings? Any tips on what is important to show them? We will be there for almost 4 days, so time won't be a problem.
Thanks
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If I were in your shoes, I would see if you could transport a field with you. If enough space is not a field, it might be a good idea to make a "1/3 of a field" which is just like a 1/3 of the ramp, and get like 15 bins or something like that, and run some "fake" matches. Don't be afraid to test the limits of your robot, remember this is off-season, if you break a piece on a robot, that a great op. to teach the new kids how to fix the problem.
I would suggest getting 2 robots there at least, and put them in a head to head duel, we recently ran at the Indiana State Fair, and when we pushed our robot to the limit in an all-out "fight" with Purdue's bot it really got the crowd interested. People like to see the bots hit each other hard and fight for the top of a ramp, it will get a lot of people interested, and will make many spectators come back day after day to view the robots.
A word of advice....
If you are going to run for a few days make sure to bring back up motors, mountings, wheels, tools, and anything else that could break on your robot. It would be sad if something broke and you have the stuff to fix it 700 miles away. I would rather spend an extra hundred buck on a truck rental and bring everything you need, than to not bring everything and end up immobile after the first day.
I wish the best of luck to you and your team. New teams are always the best thing to see in the FIRST robotics program.
Good Luck,
-Greg The Great