Possible new product Survey

[Alex Cormier]

I am in the works of making a new product to help teams out at competitions. Please take a brief moment out of your day to take the following survey.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HMPLYF2

Thank You!!



P.S. Please only take this survey once.

[rcmolloy]

Just took the survey. If you are reading the topic now please take the survey. Thanks

[DonRotolo]

I also took the survey, but no worries: I put it back when I was done.

[Alex Cormier]

So far I have 11 results.

Thank you everyone who took the 5 minutes.

I am hoping to have an item for sale a few days after Kick-Off!

Stay Tuned.

[thefro526]

Alex, this is a fantastic idea!

I've been looking for a way to make my own field layout clip board for sometime now and it seems like you're already way ahead of me. I'd love to see this happen.

[IndySam]

Good luck!

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by thefro526

Alex, this is a fantastic idea!

I've been looking for a way to make my own field layout clip board for sometime now and it seems like you're already way ahead of me. I'd love to see this happen.

Thanks all!

Yeah, up to 34 results so far. Keep them coming.


I am hoping to get product in soon and start shipping these out a few days after kickoff.

[tim-tim]

Done.

I added some insight to what 836 has been doing since 2006 (if not earlier). We use a whiteboard that has field elements drawn on with permanent marker and then a red and blue dry erase marker for each alliance's gameplan.

We have been telling numerous teams at competitions that it works successfully and still have not seen that many other teams with one. I think this is a great idea, but try to make the product adaptable to an ever changing field from year to year.

Please let me know if you have any questions about how we conduct alliance meetings.

[Alan Anderson]

I would be surprised if someone could sell something like this for a price lower than a team would spend on materials to make their own. Good luck.

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

I would be surprised if someone could sell something like this for a price lower than a team would spend on materials to make their own. Good luck.

I think it's a question of quality, time, and ability of teams. For example, my students came up with a lexan-paper-lexan sandwich board for me last year -- while it was incredibly useful the bolts kept poking me, the edges never seemed smooth enough, and we just couldn't find the time to redo it. If the quality of a product is good enough to last a couple of seasons yet adaptable to each season's game (better yet, interchangeable to fit VEX, FTC, and FRC in one board), then to me it's worth buying the product and having the students spend time on the other important things that sometimes don't get done as well as they should.

[davidthefat]

I was the one that suggested the "software".

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

I was the one that suggested the "software".

How does software apply here?

[Alex Cormier]

Thanks everyone who has taken the survey. We really appreciate all the comments. We hope to provide an excellent product to robotic teams in the near future.

Stay Tuned.

[Alex Cormier]

Now that we have the game and all.

What type of field layout would you like to see on the boards?

Only the rack?

Half-Half, rack on top, top view on the bottom?

Rack on top with the tape lines, top view of field on bottom?

Others?

[Chris is me]

Every peg needs to be on the board somehow - I would say make it "flat" along the span of the 7 foot safe zone so they can be easily circled with a marker.

I feel bad - this is definitely a tough game to make a whiteboard for.