FRC too easy...we're done :)

[Chris Fultz]

I am still waiting for the Kick-Off and announcement about the game.
Isn't that this weekend?

[ScottieDo555]

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

I am still waiting for the Kick-Off and announcement about the game.
Isn't that this weekend?

are you joking?? it was like 3 weeks ago.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

I am still waiting for the Kick-Off and announcement about the game.
Isn't that this weekend?

Originally Posted by ScottieDo555

are you joking?? it was like 3 weeks ago.

Takes a little longer for Hoosiers, don'tch know?

[BRAVESaj25bd8]

Originally Posted by ScottieDo555

are you joking?? it was like 3 weeks ago.

10 days ago actually. Isn't it funny how so much has happened since then though?

[GBIT]

We are sooooooo behind we lost two days to snow days (if school gets cancelled so do we) and now we lose a week to midterms (cant meet then either, school rule), and because of the snow yesterday we lose MLK day (one of our only full work days) because midterms extend to tuesday and we can't meet before the day a midterm either.




so yea...

were behind but not dead yet...we at least have the start to a drivetrain and a prototype arm.

[Dr Nick]

Done already? You obviously haven't over-engineered enough

We're pretty much where we are every year except now I am swamped by Junior Year and it will be a challenge doing as much as i have done in past years.

[SoJ]

We've got one old bot...mostly up and running. It drives. So our drivers are totally practicing with that. Our software group's working on cleaning up some code on another robot so we have two to drive around (they have similar drive trains to what we're planning on this year). We've got parts ordered, we're furthering our research on what we plan to use for our "arm", and that's just about where we are.

[thefro526]

Anyone who thinks there done should read my sig.

[Kittybot]

Well, if your 'bot was never done, you'd never go to contests, right?

[SSMike]

Originally Posted by Kittybot

Well, if your 'bot was never done, you'd never go to contests, right?

What they mean by that is that, no matter what, you will be changing things, realizing something doesn't work and scrambling trying to figure out how to make it work. As Bobby said, a key part of the engineering process is to design and optimize. When you test, you'll more than likely see that you need to change some parts in some way. So technically, you're never really done.

Also congrats to those who have finished their robot so early.

[Otaku]

Originally Posted by Kittybot

Well, if your 'bot was never done, you'd never go to contests, right?

Wrong-o. Competition is not the end of a 'bot's life (usually). We're using our '07 bot as a presentation 'bot (and when we finish '08 we'll use both of them, '07 is a ramp bot so we can demonstrate some of the stuff that FIRST has us do).

[basicxman]

Originally Posted by Otaku

Wrong-o. Competition is not the end of a 'bot's life (usually). We're using our '07 bot as a presentation 'bot (and when we finish '08 we'll use both of them, '07 is a ramp bot so we can demonstrate some of the stuff that FIRST has us do).

lol even though i got around 11th place or something, alliance captain and amaze award i took apart my FTC robot the very next day after comp... i was excited to build other things