As a rookie, I can tell you that i have never been more excited and passionate about anything i can remember.
yesterday we completed our bot mechanically and let me tell you.... i was jumping up and down like a 12 year old girl going to a boy-band concert
we totally over estimated the forces and heights and ended up with an arm that can stack the highest goal more than 10 tetras up....
we will be posting pictures soon (when the photographer=web developer and when it's the website crunch time, he's kind of busy).
I'd like to thank FIRST for giving me this wonderful opportunity. I've learned so much!
victors, spikes, programming, interrupts, pots, AWG wires, aluminum welding, force calculations, stability calculations, gear ratios, product design, 3d sketches, drilling, using jig saws, WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, vice grips, PVC glue, reading catalogs, understanding new terms, applied trigonometry and analytical geometry.... the list goes on!
GO FIRST!
-Leav