Competition Equipment

[Ian W.]

Team 810
Team Name: The Mechanical Bulls
Years of Participation: 2
Regionals: Annapolis, SBPLI

-What tools other than the items on the prescribed list did your team bring to your regionals?

Not much at all, nothing I can think of at least.

-What computer did your team bring for programming, if any?

Two laptops, one for PBASIC / Dashboard Backend, one for Dashboard Frontend / picture storage / Pit Timer.

-What organization system did your team employ to keep clutter to a minimum?

Organization system...? Well, we had a toolbox and bins, but um, well, yeah, the tools wound up all over. Pockets are considered organized, right...?

-What did your team use to transport your robot to the playing field? And how effective was it?

We made a quick and dirty dolly in our woodshop. It was crap, but it worked. We are rebuilding another one for next year though.

-What goodies did you pass out to other teams?

Mostly pins and such, nothing special this year.

-What are you hoping to do next year to make your pit area and regionals experience better?

Hopefully actually organizing stuff, creating a "pit crew" of essential memebers, kicking all others out of the pit, creating a designated computer area (the laptops were constantly moved around, which caused some problems when I tried to program, like, laptops hidden under jackets), and mostly just putting everything back where you found it, or being removed from the "pit crew" so the rest of the team can function easier.

I don't think you can ever have a perfect work area. If you do, please, bring me over, I'll point out at least one flaw (I can be like that ). You can come close, but you can always improve. I mean, we're in FIRST, we're constantly improving something, no?