2004 Survey

[Arefin Bari]

1)Team Name____ sigmac@t

2)Team Number____ 108

3)How many people on the team?_____about 40

4)How many guys?____ 30

5)How Many girls?_____ 10

6)What does everyone do? we are always ready to get done with whatever needs to be done...


Design Questions
1) How long does it take to design various things on your robot (hours, days) i would say about a week. since we go for the strategy first and then decide what kind of robot we should build.

2) Do you prototype first?___ yes students comes in with their own prototype and presents their idea.

3) How many people design things?_ Mechanical team.

4) How many people build things?____ students get their hands on... we have about 10 people for the shop.

5) How many hours a day do people put in towards the robot? Thursdays... 3 to 6... and saturday 8 till whenever.

6) Do you get professional engineers to help your team, or is it all teachers and students? Yes, we are sponsored by motorola. and we have few engineers who are great and always works with the students.


Strategy Questions

1) How much experience do your drivers have? (years). this is Jim's first year driving.

2) How much experience did your drivers get with the robot? none since we were working on it even the last mins before we put it in the crate.

3) Do you design to do everything well, or do you design to do one specific task extraordinarily?

Designed to do everything

4) Do you have a very special thing on your robot, some cool design or whatnot? and If so what is it. Please describe it.

spcial things... umm... reminds me of the transmission and the arm this year is very strong.

5) How much work did you put into the autonomous mode? it was the first year that actually software team got the robot from last year and worked on it.

6) What does your autonomous do? goes for the 10 point ball. also can be used as defense.


Other information
Speed (fps) high gear- 11 ft. per sec, low gear- 3 ft. per sec.

Robustness (1-10) (10 being highest) 8

Agility (1-10) 7


During the competition, did you feel that your alliance partner let your team down in some way? no, they always have worked with us.

Did you let your alliance partner down in any way? hopefully not... not that i know of...

Where were you seeded before the finals round started (at the end of the qualification matches?) forget but since our robot wasnt working i dont think we were seeding high.

Did you win any awards during the competition (spirit, leadership in control, etc.?) Kenny Ardizone whos one of our engineer got the woody flowers award. also last year was our best year. 5 awards. and also won a regional


Personal Info

What is your name? Arefin Bari

Age? 17

How long have you been on the team? 3 years

What was your role on the team? I am the mechanical lead.