Posted by soap108 at 02/28/2001 12:54 AM EST
Engineer on team #108, SigmaC@T, from Dillard & Taravella HS and Motorola.
In Reply to: Riding the coattails of 108 and 111
Posted by Andy Baker on 02/27/2001 11:50 AM EST:
Thought you'd like that. ;~)
And, Yes you're helping in the areas with the most need-> Persons and Visors. Being able to take shifts is a huge plus.
By the time the regionals are over, we'll have meat, potatoes, and lots of 'gravy'.
p.s. Thanks so much for not making our meetings run on. (Ask Raul what that means. ;-) Nah, he's a good guy; and his inputs upgraded the value-added of the db's. Just need to get him onboard sooner...like at the NH Kickoff...maybe even start making appointments for 2002 meetings now....
1 week+ to WMI! any chance of seeing hi's above 40¡Æ or 50¡Æ in grand rapids? Its a nice 70-80¡Æ down here in FL...i'm tempted to stay home and send someone else...heh
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: : Great point.
: : And much praise goes to Team 45 for fully supporting WASH/SOAP despite not providing Any input as to how or what the programs will do. They haven't even asked. That is some level of trust they have for us!
: LOL!
: Let's see, it's a combination of a few things:
: 1. You gotta have Faith. We (team 45) have great respect for both teams, 108 and 111, and faith in their judgement. You guys are both full of class and expertise. We are pretty much your servants on this one. Tell us what to do and we'll do it. We know our role... we just hope that we are doing enough. We will use whatever you give us and help out as much as we can.
: 2. We're not really that picky when it comes to scouting. Our students are making some data sheets on each team that we are playing with at the Regionals, but these will be pretty simple. Right now, any information that we get is gravy. Once we see a competition, there may be things that we didn't think to look for that come up... and we'll adjust... we always do.
: 3. Resources. We really don't have anyone concentrating on scouting, until recently. Our lead student scout is also one of our lead animators, so he's spread thin. Right now, we're playing catch-up.
: 4. Besides match strategy, we also focus on tactical play... that is the ability to make changes that make our team better. Not only changes to the robot, but also changes to our strategy. Think about it this way... many football games are won by the changes made during halftime. These are tactical changes to the original strategy. Right now, we don't know what tactical changes that may be made, but we gotta be ready for them.
: 4.a. In order to make tactical changes, we record the results and performance of every match and WRITE DOWN how we messed up of how we succeeded. This way, we can refer back to the performance sheet of a match and look at different variables that made us good or bad... was is a driver error, a coaching error, strategy error, a robot error, or just bad luck? We fill out this sheet right after the match, and review things right away... that way we don't forget. Then, once changes need to be made, we focus on the variables that cause the bad results.
: Oh well, I've rambled enough.
: Andy B.