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Furthermore, for those arguing it takes away "innovativeness", look at 179's robot. Perfectly legal, and is one of the most innovative robots I've seen in my life. I'm not saying you shouldn't go innovative and stick to the plain rules, but going as far as to say it's unfair you can't drive onto the lexan and call it balancing is just going too far. Don't get me wrong, I want to make an innovative design and robot as much as the next guy, and like everyone else I spend my time reading through the rules, trying to find any possible loophole that will be viable for my team's advantage. However, one does not simply drive onto lexan and call it balanced. These are just my views, and I understand others have their own views on these things, and I respect that. -Andrew |
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I always evaluate all the options. I just don't take the risk of building something I might not get paid for. I make SURE the customer will accept and pay for my solution (the equivalent here is the GDC and the inspectors). And if the customer is not wise enough to know it will not work, I still will NOT build it because I want the customer to return. We focus a lot on the mentor to student relationships in FIRST, rightfully so. But there are also older mentor to younger mentor relationships, both within teams and between teams. In that context (I'm an older successful engineer/manager/scientist/inventor) I'm advising younger mentors that troll-ish ideas (in FIRST and in the real world) do not merit a lot of consideration (notice I do not say zero) and certainly do not merit a lot of complaining when the GDC (or your boss someday) cuts one off. There are exceptions, some people get paid to entertain off-the-wall ideas and that is a great gig - but not most of us. Last edited by wireties : 15-02-2012 at 10:42. |
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If you needed a job, (with all due respect) does it matter what you think or intend? |
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I don't have access to official bridge or mathematical skills to figure it out, but is that ball ramp 5 degrees or less? If it is 6 degrees it wouldn't count. Just wondering.
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My biggest question is, why on earth do we keep having Q&A answers and Team Updates being at odds with each other? Why not merely answer in the Q&A that the bridge is defined as the parts X,Y,Z from the drawing 123 and then follow that up with updating the manual to state that? I guess that is what I'm most angry about. That being said, I am in the industry of getting paid to find the interesting solutions to problems. It is my job to think of different ways of doing things. |
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Good luck this year! |
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If I build to the spec and don't get paid my lawyer gets involved. I don't work without my specs and my pay written out.
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I'd rather learn about creativity and thinking outside the box in an environment that has little repercussions towards the safety or livelihood of another human (FRC) than come up with plain and safe solutions to problems or clients' needs in the real world where I have less opportunities to screw something up and possibly endanger a life (eg: Boeing engineer). Not all of us think the same way you might about how to handle an FRC design because we think that this competition is probably one of the last times before entering the "real world" of engineering that we can take risks that won't really affect anyone but our own teams. Hope you understand what I mean by that. Last edited by Akash Rastogi : 15-02-2012 at 11:18. |
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We've decided to rebuild our robot to better reflect the GDC's intent. Since my team doesn't have any telepathic mentors -- at least, none that can read minds on the east coast -- our only insight into what they wanted us to build is the animation.
At this late stage, would anyone be willing to share what size boot your team is using to kick balls? Normally, we'd prototype this and try to find the very best boot for the job, but we have no time left and want to make sure we get it right this time. Do members of the GDC prefer Doc Marten's or Red Wings? ![]() |
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