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Dean and BEI

Posted by Joe Johnson.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 7/6/99 9:20 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: I'm confused. posted by Mike on 7/6/99 9:17 AM MST:



The BEI gyrochips did not get put in the FIRST kit as a result of Dean's effort.

Eric and I had been working on them since 1998's competition ended without Dean knowing anything about it (at least as far as I know).

After we managed to get them onboard (~Sept of 1998), an exec at BEI told me that he knew of Dean Kamen from non-FIRST related business.

I now can guess at least one of the projects that Dean was working with BEI on.


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Re: Dean and BEI

Posted by Bill Beatty.

Other on team #71, Team Hammond, from Team Hammond.

Posted on 7/6/99 9:57 PM MST


In Reply to: Dean and BEI posted by Joe Johnson on 7/6/99 9:20 PM MST:



Sounds like maybe BEI got hit with a double wammy!

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Enabling Technology

Posted by Dodd Stacy.

Engineer on team #95, Lebanon Robotics Team, from Lebanon High School and CRREL/CREARE.

Posted on 7/7/99 8:01 AM MST


In Reply to: Dean and BEI posted by Joe Johnson on 7/6/99 9:20 PM MST:



: Joe,

The gyro chip is an addition to the kit that is truely enabling technology. We can now do things that were impossible or at least impractical (ok, or just real hard) to do before, like Dean's magic balancing standup chair. The introduction of the gyro chip to the kit caught many of us flat footed this year, and the learning curve limited how much use was made of the chips' capabilities in the '99 robots. I apologize for slighting those teams who successfully applied the chip in '99, but the uses may not have been highly visible - it's hard to see all the great stuff that shows up. Maybe teams who did could share what they did with the gyros (if not necessarily HOW)? I sincerely hope that you and Eric will follow up your outstanding work and insure that this component shows up in next year's kit. I guarantee we will see some amazing applications in 2000! Hats off to you both.

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Re: Enabling Technology

Posted by Kyle Huang.

Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Gunn High School and Sun Microsystems, Nasa/Ames and Xerox PARC.

Posted on 7/7/99 8:16 PM MST


In Reply to: Enabling Technology posted by Dodd Stacy on 7/7/99 8:01 AM MST:



: Maybe teams who did could share what they did with the gyros (if not necessarily HOW)?

Take a look at the white paper right here at the Chief Delphi site for GRT's paper on how we used the gyro chip. We were awarded the Honeywell control systems award for it
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This year's game and Dean's Chair

Posted by Janna.

Student on team #163 from International Academy.

Posted on 7/7/99 7:58 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: I'm confused. posted by Mike on 7/6/99 9:17 AM MST:



: I definitely do not think the addition of the gyros was a coincidence. I
: think Dean just wanted to see how we could use them. I'm also a strong
: believer that this year's puck was put in to see how our robots did
: with curbs )
: - Mike

Wow. I just finished reading the article and watching the video on msnbc.com, and that is amazing. I am working one-on-one with a kid who is confined to a wheelchair at a camp for special needs kids this summer. In fact, this morning, another counselor had to help me push his heavy wheelchair around a trail in the woods, up hills and over mulch and tree roots and the like. It was *extremely* difficult work. Dean's chair is just a total and complete solution to problems like this. It will truly be appreciated by so many people.

Also, about this year's game and the chair...wheelchair wheels were included in the kit. I don't know if they have been in past years, but our team used them. They seemed to be pretty annoying to work with...maybe the idea was to make teams see how difficult those little wheels are to maneuver? : )


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Re: I wept.

Posted by Mike King.

Other on team #88, TJē, from Bridgewater Raynham and Johnson & Johnson Professional.

Posted on 7/2/99 11:43 PM MST


In Reply to: I wept. posted by Joe Johnson on 6/30/99 7:22 PM MST:



I'm right there with you Joe. I know a few people that are in wheel chairs. And that lady is right, the thing you miss most is not being able to go every place you choose. I feel very proud to know that a person such as Dean exists. Not only is he a extraordinary invertor, but he's also a really great guy.

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Re: Dean on Dateline Wednesday night

Posted by Matthew Krever.

Engineer on team #56, ROBBE Xtreme, from Bound Brook high School and Ethicon, Inc. .

Posted on 7/2/99 11:47 AM MST


In Reply to: Re: Dean on Dateline Wednesday night posted by Michael Martus on 6/30/99 6:55 PM MST:



: Saw it by a stroke of luck. FIRST should have let all of us know. See my message in the rumor section.

For those of us who work for J&J, we were lucky enough to get a sneak email at 4:15pm the day of the broadcast.
It told us to watch the show for a story on a new invention, but it wouldn't say anything else.
I am sorry I didn't think of posting it to this group.

I got chills when I saw that chair standing on two wheels!

Jonny 5 is alive!!!

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Posted by Brandon Martus.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Other on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 7/2/99 2:28 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Dean on Dateline Wednesday night posted by Matthew Krever on 7/2/99 11:47 AM MST:



Side Note : That is the all-time best movie in the world.



: : Saw it by a stroke of luck. FIRST should have let all of us know. See my message in the rumor section.

: For those of us who work for J&J, we were lucky enough to get a sneak email at 4:15pm the day of the broadcast.
: It told us to watch the show for a story on a new invention, but it wouldn't say anything else.
: I am sorry I didn't think of posting it to this group.

: I got chills when I saw that chair standing on two wheels!

: Jonny 5 is alive!!!

: -Matthew


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