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Team 810
This is for team 810. I cant believe you guys are going to let a hard worked season end like this. All this bashing is quite disturbing. I found out about the latest posts at work today. And decided to set the record true. First off, I dont care about winning. I just wanted to see the team be happy about a functional robot that they have made work and do its job at the competition. Yes, Maryland was a tough time for everyone because there were a lot of tweaks to do. And yes I did get upset about certain situations when knowone would help me get something done that needed to be done right away. And to those people I am sorry. Stress does weird things to peoples emotions. Understand it, deal with it cause thats what happens in the work world and real world. But it takes a bigger man to get over that obstacle and proceed towards the goal. And I was very happy to see students doing that because of the stressful circumstances.
Mike Krass- You put a ton of effort into the design of the robot. Some errors, but overall it looked sharp. People forget that our daily lives inhibit us from doing certain things. And by that I mean you were the one running around to the machine shops getting parts and materials, doing drawings. I on the other hand can't do as much as you did because I work 50 hours a week. The students should be grateful for what you have done. The only rebuttles I have is that you should have brought the students more into this projects. We brought some kids into the design phase when we could have brought more. And you never taught the kids how you achieved your gear ratios calculations, which in my mind is a vidal piece of information. Also i think you messed up your van door motor gear calculations. When you break teeth on a gear thats not a good thing. And thats what I was addressing in the bus when your friend Michelle was there. I just stated something was wrong and had to be looked at.
Our Teacher Advisor is a biology teacher. Shes not biotech. So yes she depended on her engineering staff for help. If it wasnt for her, you wouldnt have a team. Because no other teachers stepped up to the plate to take on this task and she did. She did help in raising funds for the team to be able to participate in these events and pay for the robot. A task I would not like to have. So knowbody forget her role in this project.
In conclusion, I thought we did an awesome job on the robot, especially since it was a difficult design to manufacture. I give props to all the people involved. I am a manufacturing engineer, not a mechanical, I only learned about the theories of pneumatics and gears, but never practiced it. I was to busy learning about tools, assemblies, fixture design and manufacturing processes. And do you know why I wanted to join FIRST and help the team. So i can learn all those things and more and have the students teaching it to me. And I believe thats what FIRST is all about. To be able to teach something to someone is one of the greatest learning tools of them all. Because it displays that you fundamentally know what your talking about.
So enough of this bashing crap, and let's celebrate our achievement of the award.
See you next year Team 810
Peter Liao
Manufacturing Engineer
Anorad Corporation
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