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Re: Bottom line analysis from KSC
Posted by Ed Sparks at 03/04/2001 6:51 PM EST


Engineer on team #34, The Rockets, from Bob Jones High / New Century High and DaimlerChrysler.


In Reply to: Bottom line analysis from KSC
Posted by Mike Sklar on 03/03/2001 11:37 PM EST:



First of all, I congratulate all of the teams at KSC. I had the best time I've ever had in my 5 years of FIRST at this regional even though we had some bad luck.

Some things I observed that might help:

Take a small white board & markers with you to discuss the plan with your partners. A picture says it quicker. We were one of only a few that I saw with this and everyone we went on stage with seemed to like it.

Be sure to discuss the path that each robot will take after the colors are assigned. There were a lot of robots tied up in knots trying to cross paths.

I was amazed & disappointed to be involved in a match where the student operator on another team did not know how to operate the E-Stop. The student was twisting the knob just like the button indicates and as you hopefully know, that releases the E-Stop.

Nearly every one of our matches involved one or more robots not being able to perform as expected. Several were essentially DOA. In one round, we left our "Air Dump Valve" wide open after relieving our tanks to remove a ball from our ball gripper in the previous round (We now have a check list).

There were many robots that didn’t have the ability to cross the bridge by themselves.

I observed a lot of trouble with bridge management. Most took too long.

Our next stop is in Houston where I know we will “have it together”. See ‘ya there.



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