21-01-2013, 15:25
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Steel is love. Steel is life.
AKA: Kara Bakowski
 FRC #0341 (Miss Daisy) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Conshohocken, PA
Posts: 1,855
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Re: Naming the robot
We had a few years where the robot name was actually a big thing. The plan was go from A-Z, alternating between male and female names that had something to do with the game for that year. 2009 was the last year a name really "stuck," and I can't even remember what the 2011 bot was (Felicity or Fiona, possibly) because we never used the name.
2006: Balzac (can't remember the reason for the life of me)
2007: Charlotte (spider field element -> Charlotte's Web)
2008: Atlas (based off of the cover for Atlas Shrugged; we had a lot of Ayn Rand...enthusiasts that year)
2009: Diana (Roman goddess of the moon)
2010: Erdős (after the mathematician of the same name)
In theory, it was a good trend. In reality, names don't stick unless the team is enthusiastic about it. Naming your robot is a lot like naming stray animals...you get attached to them awfully quick.
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Kara Bakowski
Michigan Technological University///Materials Science and Engineering '15///Go Huskies! #tenacity
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FRC 341 (2016-present): Mechanical/build mentor
Volunteer (2010-present): MAR Seneca '17, FTC Hat Tricks Qualifier '16, Brunswick Eruption '16, MAR Montgomery '16, MAR Westtown '16 Portcullis Victim, MAR Springside-Chestnut Hill '16, Ramp Riot '15 '16, FiM Escanaba District '14 '15, MidKnight Mayhem '13 '15 '16, FiM Detroit District '13, IRI '10 '12, FiM Waterford District '11 '12, MARC '12, CMP Galileo '11
FRC 1189 (2008-2011): Team Captain, Pit Crew, Website group leader, Team Education group leader, Proud Alum. We've got spirit, yes we do...
 
 
WMWBS '10 '11
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