Behind The Design 2012

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by JVN

This. Is. Fantastic.

I wish there was one of these for every robot. Scratch that... I wish that EVERY TEAM would take the time to do this for their robot.

Kudos to 1718 for facilitating this, but I wish they didn't need to.

-John

Maybe it's time you put out another JVN Challenge? I remember some of your previous ones, but I'm not sure how many teams followed through.

[JVN]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Maybe it's time you put out another JVN Challenge? I remember some of your previous ones, but I'm not sure how many teams followed through.

Lots of teams were quick to say they would "of course do this!" Almost none actually did. Looks like 67 did.

-John

[Adam Freeman]

Originally Posted by JVN

Lots of teams were quick to say they would "of course do this!" Almost none actually did. Looks like 67 did.

-John

Following John's lead, I have tried for a couple of years to document our design "on the fly" during the build season. Every year starts out great, until we get actual parts that need to be put together. Then I spend most of my time with the parts and not with my computer....and nothing further gets documented.

We have had students take notes, mentors take notes, build journals, online design logs, etc.... it always ends up incomplete.

Most years we have created a Tech notes for our students to hand out when talking to judges for awards. These tech notes are usually pulled together at the end of teh build season and summarize the design and main aspects of the robot.

This year I decided to since our robot was so unique, it would be worth it to post it on CD. The response has been incredible.

I plan to continue on with it. Maybe one year the documentation will keep up with the build and I won't have to spend hours/days creating a new document.

[kylie.student.9]

Great idea! cant wait to see it!