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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson
All,
I am not a FIRST Noob. It's been a decade and a half since I read the Parade Article "They're competing with their minds - and loving it" by Michael Ryan (by the way, free Mt. Dew to someone who can find an online copy of that article for me to link to) -- an article that changed the arc of my life in ways too numerous to list...
I am asking for this discussion because a) I have a new team with new drivers and one of the most aggressive chassis I have ever built. I really am looking for guidance. But more importantly,
b) I think that our lovely ChiefDelphi.com Fori have lost something in the several years since I have been away chasing a white rabbit called Robotic Amusements. We've lost the kind of discussions we used to have about what it means to be a FAS and non-FAS. Of course, we still have them but the signal to noise ratio is not what it once was.
I think we all can elevate our game here if we want to. As a small example, we can ask questions that are of specific interest but we can ask them in a way that has more general applicability.
So... ...the effort for me starts today. When are you going to start bringing your A Game to these fori?
Don't take too long thinking about it. We need more of us working to build the world we want to live in.
Join me...
Joe J. |
Ok, I'll bite, I just spent 20 minutes searching for that article. I think I found out a lot of stuff about the right Michael Ryan but was unable to find the article. Parade's online archives only date back to 2003.
Joe, my opinion, let the robots play. 397 has an aggressive chassis, a skilled driver, and we can't flip her if we try (we tried). FAS or non-FAS we should design robots such that they are hard to flip. Who knows, you might learn something.