Go to Post ...playing hard and impressing teams is way more valuable than trying to play god with the rankings. - JamesBrown [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > ChiefDelphi.com Website > Extra Discussion
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
 
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #27   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 14-09-2012, 13:54
philso philso is offline
Mentor
FRC #2587
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Rookie Year: 2011
Location: Houston, Tx
Posts: 938
philso has a reputation beyond reputephilso has a reputation beyond reputephilso has a reputation beyond reputephilso has a reputation beyond reputephilso has a reputation beyond reputephilso has a reputation beyond reputephilso has a reputation beyond reputephilso has a reputation beyond reputephilso has a reputation beyond reputephilso has a reputation beyond reputephilso has a reputation beyond repute
Re: pic: REX (Team 4334 - Alberta Tech Alliance)

All teams should stretch to do something they have not done before, regardless of what they have done in the past. That is how teams like 118 never fail to impress with their technical prowess (even when their solution is ruled illegal). The goals need to take into account the resources available and the abilities of the team members. The value in "failure" is the opportunity to learn from the mistakes and improve one's decision making process. However, to learn from those mistakes, one must posess enough background knowlege to determine what went wrong. When one grossly over-reaches and fails, one may as well conclude that it was due to someone using "the dark arts" against them.

The team I was working with this past season is one where they would have been better off with more "modest" goals. They had limited resources and few team members committed to doing the work (2 out of 15). At the two regionals they attended, they spent much of their time lurching around the field, trying to drive straight. Eventually, they got good enough at driving that when they were asked to play defence against 67 in their last match at Archimedes to hopefully help 973 advance to the elimnation rounds.

They needed to focus on understanding how to do some of the basics such as drive train design and control and how to use some basic sensors. Fortunately, we were able to convince the the team that they should not try to design and build a turret. The team members who lacked of focus and commitment used rather haphazard design processes and did not learn how to analyze a problem make proper design decisions. The team's chances of learning from their mistakes are further diminished since a large percentage of the team, including their one programmer, has graduated. They are probably best to keep their goals modest for the forseeable future.
Reply With Quote
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 22:18.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi