American Robot Episode 1

[Rick]

Originally Posted by 663.keith

wow guys that was really great! I can't wait to see week two. I would have to say that your shop at the naval base is amazing, I wish our team had some sort of large area like that. How many people do you have on your team? It seemed like there were quite a few there, and like there were even more in the computer room.

awesome job

We have about 30 students, 12 engineers, 12 college mentors, and about 5 alumni who help with the team. We are proud to host the other two Rhode Island teams with our field. The reason why this first week seemed a little heavy with mentor work was this: video of students using a drill is boring. Video of me "attacking" Joe Menassa is fun!

For the upcoming episodes, tell me what you want to see more of. More robot, more drama, more funny, more technical stuff, more strategy, more ANYthing! Just let me know.

Thanks for the info about the sound I'll have that fixed for tomorrow hopefully.

Thanks again and keep the comments coming!

(PS - if you can't view the video or use dial-up, go to the link in my signiture. GREAT updated pics there.)

[tkwetzel]

Originally Posted by Ricksta121

For the upcoming episodes, tell me what you want to see more of. More robot, more drama, more funny, more technical stuff, more strategy, more ANYthing! Just let me know.

Alittle bit of everything is good. We are here because of robots, so seeing the robot design and construction phase would be good, but the humor and drama makes the video much better and more interesting. Once again, awesome job so far.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

I only have one suggestion.
Tripod.

[Mark Pettit]

BRAVO!

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Ricksta121

For the upcoming episodes, tell me what you want to see more of. More robot, more drama, more funny, more technical stuff, more strategy, more ANYthing! Just let me know.

How about a little more COWBELL!??!

OK, seriously, you have done a great job! It is very well done, and great to watch. Personally, I come down on the "get a tripod" side of things, but I can also see how the lack of one does give it more of a documentary feel.

Oh yeah, and I want to move in to your shop!

-dave

[Tom Bottiglieri]

your shop is...

amazing.

Feel very lucky you get that kind of support. I know I would.

[Rob]

I have noticed many people commenting about our facility. We think it is great. We have lots of workspace and enough room to make about 70% of the field (the columns get in the way). We have lots of neat workbenches built out of elements from past fields. While the navy can provide us with this great facility, it can also be a pain though. The building is on a Navy Base which has tight security. Because of safety regulations, we cnat have any real machinery such as a mill or lathe in the facility. We do all of our machining in the basement of a volunteer who is unfortunately only around on the weekends.

But we couldn't trade this facility for anything. It is great, especially for long or large meetings. having the portion of a field set up is great for practice as well as planning strategy. We feel very privaleged. We share the playing field with the other teams in RI because they do not have large facilities at their disposal.

For those of you who do not have great facilities, you should contact other local teams. Other teams may have resources that they can share. Several teams working together can save alot of expenses by sharing. If FIRST continues to grow, the only way to get teams the resources they need will be through sharing. Try and see if anyone around you can help you out!

Rob

[Ryan Dognaux]

Just wanted to say I watched it and was thoroughly entertained. I like the fact that there's no tripod, makes it seem like an actual documentary. Keep it up.

[Kyle Fenton]

Due to high Demand of American Robot, I am almost going to exceed my bandwidth (50 gigs) for the month. Because of this I have to take down the high resolution version.

I will contact Rick, and make sure that the next American Robot will be smaller, and less bandwidth heavy.

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Kyle Fenton

Due to high Demand of American Robot, I am almost going to exceed my bandwidth (50 gigs) for the month. Because of this I have to take down the high resolution version.

After a mere 36 hours of being on the web, American Robot has been downloaded approx. 300 times. Collmandoman has offered some bandwith for us to use. We also will be using JoeMenassa.com.

If anyone else in the Chief Delphi community would be gracious enough to mirror the upcoming episodes, please PM or IM me. Team 121 and URI FRC would also to like to thank everyone for the support so far.

Also I do not plan on making smaller episodes. If anyone has any suggestions about making the shorter, lower res or even splitting the episodes into parts please let me know. I like the idea of sharing 15 minutes of our build season every week and really do not want to have to hold it back.

- Rick

PS-Look for a special guest star next week.

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by Ricksta121

After a mere 36 hours of being on the web, American Robot has been downloaded approx. 300 times.

Actually the high resolution version was downloaded 431 times, and the low resolution was downloaded 411+

[Matt Krass]

Any ideas when the episodes will be available again?

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by Matt Krass

Any ideas when the episodes will be available again?

We are finding other sites to host it, as soon as that is set we will put the links back up.