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Whatever you do, make it idiot-proof. Not because your drivers are idiots, but because the fewer precision maneuvers they have to do, the more awesome driving (and scoring!) they have time to do. |
Ian Curtis |
bam-bam |
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The GDC is becoming sane. |
Zuelu562 |
dlavery |
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"Programming is 1% talent and 99% not getting distracted by the Internet." |
FRC4ME |
RoboDesigners |
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"What we really need to make sure we do is make our robot move." |
Barngirl425 |
RoboDesigners |
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Instead of prototyping with plywood and machining metal for the final version, they make their prototypes out of sheet metal and machine the final robot out of wood. :) |
Chris is me |
bam-bam |
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If it reads MINUS voltage, the power is reversed (and this is bad). |
DonRotolo |
Matt Krass |
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There are times when all of us - myself included - need a virtual *poink* to the back of the head and someone to say "wake up and stop behaving like a three-year-old." |
dlavery |
Mark McLeod |
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Remember everyone, during build season, if you mess something up.....
In the words of Adam Savage... Failure is always an option!
(and so is blowing stuff up) |
J.Warsoff |
RoboDesigners |
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Stop whining about something that can be fixed by working harder. |
artdutra04 |
Billfred |
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256:1 gear reductions provide surprisingly little torque once the gears have failed. |
Kevin Sevcik |
548swimmer |
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Celebrate your failures as well as your successes. |
Taylor |
RoboDesigners |
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Why subject your robot to a potential sensor failure when you can train a monkey (or a student, if monkeys are lacking) to put the tube at the right height every time? |
JVN |
AlexD744 |
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If you build offensively, keep defense in mind always for defense will always keep you in mind. |
Molten |
jwfoss |
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We were the "oooh, neat, fire!" robot that year. |
pfreivald |
Gregor |
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At my age I don't celebrate birthday's anymore. I'd rather hang out with teenagers and build robots and be in complete denial about my aging. |
Koko Ed |
skimoose |
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Dangit Jim, we are engineers not politicians. |
Andrew Schreiber |
Chris is me |
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Moral of the story: Keep something you can power on gamepieces at all times. Leaving them "to do their own thing" will only lead to heartbreak. |
Ian Curtis |
rotolomi |
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So we dont need a brain to run the minibot? |
TheGuyz |
Sean Raia |
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One day the code will be written first, and then a robot built around it |
dag0620 |
synth3tk |
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As in life, the more restrictive the rules, the more creative the 'best' solution will be. |
DonRotolo |
David Brinza |
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“Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs” - Scott Adams |
114Klaatu0x72 |
548swimmer |
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FIRST is here to inspire you, to challenge you. Part of that process is giving you a task too hard, resources too little, people too many, time too short. |
ebarker |
Bethie42 |
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Ask two different FIRSTers for an opinion, get three different answers! |
pfreivald |
Molten |
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The mecanum is like the dress shoe, the treaded wheel is like the athletic shoe. |
Chris Fultz |
Ian Curtis |
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...last year's watchdog had a litter of watchpuppies. |
EricVanWyk |
Bethie42 |
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and the only thing i see as a disadvantage to those long hours of hard work is a little less time to spend with my girlfriend |
h1n1is4pigs |
Karibou |
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I guess true innovation is when you can actually harness physics to do what you want. Heck -- that sounds suspiciously like engineering. |
JVN |
Basel A |
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Probably planning on milling the bumpers out of solid pool noodle stock, too. Ever wonder how they drill that hole down the middle of pool noodles? ;) |
Bill_B |
548swimmer |
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You're not on your own, use your team members. They are the most valuable source of ideas that you have. |
fr05ty27355 |
Vikesrock |
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I'm all for an aggressive game, but lets not crack each others lexan. |
Molten |
548swimmer |
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Brainstorming and creativity are great, but you do actually have to build the ideas you come up with sometime. |
Chris is me |
thefro526 |
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Kudos to you IFI, for your continued support of FIRST and its stated ideals |
Racer26 |
Rick TYler |
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As it stands your design defies physics (and breaks 1 of Karthik's 2 Golden Rules). |
JesseK |
BJC |
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I think the new smoke cost about $ 189 from AndyMark. |
ebarker |
Bryan Herbst |
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It keeps your minibot from being destroyed by Dean's chainsaw, which is a big competitive advantage in future matches. |
Joe Ross |
Karibou |
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Where's the easy button on this thing... |
Akash Rastogi |
Bethie42 |
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Result: 44 volts through the DAP-1522. NOT FUN. |
DtD |
Zuelu562 |
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In Soviet Russia, FTC support you! |
AdamHeard |
Leav |
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Everything is possible. Some things are just harder to do than others. |
vigkvagkv2 |
DMFrank |
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You can't just leave us hanging! That was SOOO 2010! |
nighterfighter |
bam-bam |
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I'm about to brain myself on a wall in frustration! |
pfreivald |
vigkvagkv2 |
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For me Gracious Professionalism is about helping other teams make their ideas work. We do everything we can to help other teams program, or lend them parts from our pit. On the field we play to win. |
Alpha Beta |
SteveGPage |
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I am alive today because I can't hold onto things. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
RoboDesigners |
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So yeah, everyone please remember that lathes are one of the most dangerous machine tools you'll encounter. And keep your hand on the chuck key whenever it's in the chuck. If you never let it go till it's out of the chuck, it's stupendously less likely to take flight. |
Kevin Sevcik |
Karibou |
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I want to win, but I want to beat my opponent when they are at their best. |
wilsonmw04 |
Phoenix Spud |
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For those of you who don't want to read a block of text: Respect the Tools. |
Andrew Schreiber |
apalrd |
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You'll want to start with P, add some D to help prevent overshoot, and then add some I to help it get to the correct height if it isn't there from the P and D. |
AustinSchuh |
demosthenes2k8 |
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they just build excellence and silently wait to deploy their creation on the unsuspecting masses |
Koko Ed |
mcb |
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Andymark has everything! |
nighterfighter |
NorviewsVeteran |
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Given the time Banebots has already cost us, what's a little snow? |
pfreivald |
548swimmer |
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