American Robot Episode 1

[Rick]

Hey everyone,

The much anticipated episode 1 of American Robot is out! Before you watch, keep in mind that this is a University of Rhode Island FIRST Robotics Club production and therefore we show alot of us working. And also, we don't wear our safety glasses as much as we are supposed to...

Follow the link to the movies: URI FRC Homepage
(Low Res - 94 mb)
(HIgh Res - 235 mb)

PLEASE! Post any comments or questions about this movie or our team/club.

[Joe Menassa]

FYI

It is 16:30 long.

It is PG (maybe some PG-13).

Enjoy

[Whalley]

awsome movie, i want to be in week 2

you should make a blooper reel using the "bad" ending

[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

[Matt Shea]

Originally Posted by Whalley

awsome movie, i want to be in week 2

you should make a blooper reel using the "bad" ending

Nooooooooooooo!!!!! Not the "bad" ending.

[tkwetzel]

The high res video has a sound problem. It is very choppy, in and out, somewhat rhythmically. The low res video has no problem. I don't think it is a problem with my computer, but it could be. Other than that, the video is excellent.

[David Guzman]

The video is awsome, very good editing and the prototypes look nice too. It would be interesting to see every week.

Good Luck with everything.

David

[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!

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by tkwetzel

The high res video has a sound problem. It is very choppy, in and out, somewhat rhythmically. The low res video has no problem. I don't think it is a problem with my computer, but it could be. Other than that, the video is excellent.

This video was shot with 2 devices, my JVC 725U camcorder, and Rick’s digital camera. Rick edits this using Windows Movie Maker. Since it cannot accept DV files, I had to compress it down to DIVX files with MP3.

I just noticed that audio is a little funny on the camcorder shots. It seems that Windows Movie Maker doesn't like movie files with MP3s. I checked my source DV files and it doesn't suffer from the audio problems.

[russell]

Oh man... That facility they have there is huge! Last year we worked out of a 7x15 foot closet with tables around the sides. Now I am trying to think how awesome the sound system we would install in a place like that would be.... People for miles around would think that they were either the middle of the biggest earthquake ever recorded, or maybe that someone was having a nuclear war nearby.

[Amanda Morrison]

Excellent job, guys! Keep it up

[MrToast]

Originally Posted by russell

Oh man... That facility they have there is huge! Last year we worked out of a 7x15 foot closet with tables around the sides. Now I am trying to think how awesome the sound system we would install in a place like that would be.... People for miles around would think that they were either the middle of the biggest earthquake ever recorded, or maybe that someone was having a nuclear war nearby.

It's a warehouse on the Newport Navy Base. It takes about 15 seconds (rough guess) to get from one end to the other at top speed on a Segway.

Dave