2004 Survey

[greencactus3]

1)Team Name__roboraiders? something sucky like that. next year, our second year, we"ll get a better name that EVERYONE will agree to

2)Team Number___1481

3)How many people on the team?__8 including teacher/mentor

4)How many guys____8
5)How Many girls?___none. we hope for some next season... all guys is nice. all the freedom to do whatever, wear whatever, smell whatever.... ...but waaaay too much arguing
6)What does everyone do__________eat subways. go home. leave all the work to about 4 of us.


Design Questions
1) How long does it take to design various things on your robot (hours, days) ___all season.

2) Do you prototype first?_____yes. my LEGO. somehow everyone agreed

3) How many people design things?_____matters on how you count. i made a LEGO fully functioning robot. everyone agreed. so 1 or 8.

4) How many people build things?_____4.the rest are here to destroy....

5) How many hours a day do people put in towards the robot?_____do people? or do i? me.... a lot of hours..if you count being on CD for time,,umm..maybe around 16 on weekends and breaks...maybe 8 on schooldays...23+on day before ship..... some people..... maybe 10hrs total for the season
6) Do you get professional engineers to help your team, or is it all teachers and students?

____________all students and one VERY helpful& motivating woods teacher

Strategy Questions

1) How much experience do your drivers have? (years)______none

2) How much experience did your drivers get with the robot?_______3min...total

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

__________designed to do everything.... went to regionals... did one single task
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.

_____________LOVE and blood and sweat and tears and a lot of time and money.

__________________________________________________ ____________________________

5) How much work did you put into the autonomous mode?_______our only programmer programmed it the day before the matches. (after our robot was shipped..and we didnt have a pracitce robot...) and our programmer is blind. which didnt speed things up at all...but,, he was amazing...did everything we possibly could have hoped for.

6) What does your autonomous do?_____block up one side of the 1st level&wait for small balls to drop so we could plow with our BIG claw.


Other information
Speed (fps) theoretically 8fps

Robustness (1-10) (10 being highest)9. weused jumprope instead of lexan on one place because we were over weight. it kinda gave sometimes. no problems otherwise.

Agility (1-10)1.3. we had 4wheels/2wheel drive with pop down casters... they weren't very secure.. and 12.5in pneumatic wheels on 4 corners isnt the best layout... especially if your wheelbase is longer than width... as ours was. we could turn,,, but barely

During the competition, did you feel that your alliance partner let your team down in some way? ....once. we were promised a hang, but they didnt hang... we would have won if they did.

Did you let your alliance partner down in any way? probably when our plow's beaded jumprope snapped... we sprayed beads all over the field...and couldnt plow balls anymore..

Where were you seeded before the finals round started (at the end of the qualification matches?) i dont remember....... someplace not high up yet not last.

Did you win any awards during the competition (spirit, leadership in control, etc.?)
Animation.
Personal Info

What is your name? Ryo Okuma

Age? 16

How long have you been on the team? from when it started....this year.

What was your role on the team?...captain....designer...lead builder...operator....head pit crew....head electrical...only pneumatic understander(?) and integrater... well,, everything but the animation and programming