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Re: What do you think of the jaguars?

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
LM (and IFI for that matter) could do a much better job of marking the terminals, it would not take too much effort for them to put big, legible warning lables stating which side goes to the motor, and which to the battery, and warning about polarity. This could save teams a lot of heartache...we all know that everyone should know how to wire things properly, but reality is that a lot of people who work on the robots are still learning about electricity, and taking extra steps to reduce expensive mistakes is warranted.

I hate to say this and I don't wanna sound mean but if you have new kids doing robot related work that can easily get messed up by just having the wires reversed then it should be the job of the Alumni, Mentors, Coaches and other sources to instruct the kids during build season how how things should properly be wired AND supv. them as they're doing it to ensure it's done right. Don't just tell them how to do it and walk away or leave it to them to research it... While self teaching is good, doing it during build season is not the time for that to happen. Each committee should be well trained before build season in what they have to do to have a successful team showing.
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Past FIRST Robotics Events that I proudly volunteered at:
FLL: NY State Competition '03
FRC: NYC Remote Kickoff '04 & NYC Regionals '04-'15 ,'10-'13 & NJ Regionals '06-'10, Finger Lakes Regional '09 & SBPLI Regional '08-'15 and the World Championship in '05 (Galileo Field) '07 (Newton Field) '09 (Practice Fields Attendant / FTA(A)), CeBIT Convention in '04 & NextFEST in '06 both held @ the Javitts Center, Monty Madness '07-'10, Panda-monium '08, B.Eruption '08 & '09, Ramp Riot '08, PARC '09 & '10, BR^2 '09 & Wol. Inv. '09 -'15
2015 FIRST Robotics Off Season Events that I hope to volunteer at:
Where is Wolcott Invitational
2015 FIRST Robotics Events that I will be volunteering at:
SBPLI Reg. & Championships
Volunteer Resume:
Alt & Lead Team Queuer, Field Repair/Reset, Field Setup/Breakdown, Spare Parts Attendant, Field Power Controller/Score Keeper, Co-Emcee & Official Scorer, Control System Advisor, FIRST Tech Advisor Assistant & recently Practice Field Attendant.