2004 Survey

[Solace]

1)Team Name_______Team Paragon________________________

2)Team Number___________571_____________

3)How many people on the team?__about 30___________

4)How many guys?________10__________________

5)How Many girls?___________20______________

6)What does everyone do_______its very diversified______

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Design Questions
1) How long does it take to design various things on your robot (hours, days) ____our design evolves as the robot is built. we usually spend a day or two deciding what we want to do (which is invariably everything), and then the rest of the week arguing about how to do it.

2) Do you prototype first?________yes, always___________

3) How many people design things?_____the robot concept is probably done mostly by about 4 or 5 people

4) How many people build things?______7 or 8____________________

5) How many hours a day do people put in towards the robot?____i put in 5 during the week, and 10 - 15 on weekends.

6) Do you get professional engineers to help your team, or is it all teachers and students?

___we have both professional engineers and some extremely talented parents_


Strategy Questions

1) How much experience do your drivers have? (years)____ 4 years ___________________________

2) How much experience did your drivers get with the robot?______2 days______________________

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

____we did everything at first, but later had to take off the winch for the bar because of mechanical problems. now we vaccuum up little balls and grab the 2x___________________________

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.

_____ our 2 speed, 2 motor transmissions are pretty cool (synchromesh). and from what i'm told, we have one of the most effective small ball suckers in the entire program.______________

5) How much work did you put into the autonomous mode?_______ 1 day, and it never worked very well. that will change by nationals, however. _____________________

6) What does your autonomous do?______ absolutely nothing _________________________________________


Other information
Speed (fps)
after increasing the gear ration
6 fps in low 12 fps in high

Robustness (1-10) (10 being highest)
10. our robot has multiple break away joints in all critical components. our robot will not break, it will simply bend

Agility (1-10)
10 six wheel drive lets us spin on a dime

During the competition, did you feel that your alliance partner let your team down in some way? yes. our partners have the annoying tendencies to either a) not move at all, b)get disabled 10 seconds into a match, or c) be so horrible that the only thing they are good at is getting in our way. i realize that not every time has the ability to make an outstanding robot, and everyone has a match or two with an inferior partner, but we seem to have an inordinately large number of matches with them. This was more true at our NJ regional than it was at UTC.

Did you let your alliance partner down in any way?
in NJ we broke down a lot, but at UTC we never let our teammates down

Where were you seeded before the finals round started (at the end of the qualification matches?) 2nd place at UTC.

Did you win any awards during the competition (spirit, leadership in control, etc.?)
we won the regional (UTC)

Personal Info

What is your name?
Jacob Trueb

Age?
18

How long have you been on the team?
4 years

What was your role on the team?
primary driver, primary student build lead

If its possible can you send your replies to my e-mail
edflyer@optonline.net

Thank you for your cooperation