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Robots aside, how we handle these situations, communicate with one another, resolve differences and potential conflict, and overcome obstacles defines us all as people. Remember the big picture and have fun. |
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One last thing, if a mechanical part fails on you, sometimes you can get a little bit of noise back into it by yelling at it, kicking it, or pounding on it with your fist. This might put enough back into it so it will work for a few more minutes. |
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To me, every robot is a moving mechanical art form, a sculpture made of aluminum, motors and gears, and I think that soon we will be seeing those art forms involved in some of the most fantastic robotic "dances" that any of us have ever seen |
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I don't understand why it should matter if your robot is 100% student built, 100% engineer built or somewhere in between. As long as you are Inspired (I word again) FIRST is getting its point and primary goal across. |
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FIRST is inspiration. No matter how you do it, you learn something. Stop being silly. Stop making accusations. Go build robots. Now. |
Aignam |
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MORAL: Always wear safety glasses when you're putting on your safety glasses. ;) |
Joel Glidden |
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Words mean what words mean. If your robot is sitting on the ball, then by definition it is not hanging from the bar. NO 50 point bonus. |
dlavery |
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I guess we're going amish this year. |
Jon Anderson |
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Holy cow! Five years in FIRST and it only gets better!
Skyway has supplied wheels to FIRST for ten years.
Ten years ago Dean called Ken for wheels. Ken said yes.
Man, we love helping you guys and gals get good wheels. ;)
Bart at Skywaywheels.com |
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There are 10 types of people in the world: those that understand binary and those that do not. |
Stephen P |
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And the only person who could really save my butt, Brandon Martus... is sitting across the table from me. Laughing. |
Amanda Morrison |
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I think these new rules are making the message coming from FIRST perfectly clear - engineering is about what happens between your ears, not what comes out of your deep pockets. |
KenWittlief |
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"FIRST, molding the future of America by inspiring children in the fields of science and technology....and eliminating playground dodgeball forever." |
Andy Grady |
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FIRST doesnt care about the weather, and we still need a working robot. |
Mike Heinowski |
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We are not here to build robots, or to win a contest, or to travel to cool places or to bring home trophies. we are here to see what a career in engineering and science is like; anything else that happens along the way is frosting on the cake |
KenWittlief |
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You know, sometimes it is really cool to be a geek! |
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Yes, a big part of FIRST is learning from others. But a just as important part of FIRST is learning from discovery. |
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You lame pig farmer! I'm not talking about a bunch of dudes sitting around eating their packed lunches that Mommy made. |
Paul Copioli |
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Why drink Pepsi when you can drink Pepsi and program? |
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Ok, I am geting flustered since I can't perform trigonometric functions with the tools FIRST provides. |
jweric |
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You can either suck up a lot of oxygen, or you can contribute to our communal knowledge. The choice is yours. |
dlavery |
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I don't think it's that big of a deal if FIRST makes a few mistakes or cuts back every now and then. Personally, I'm just glad I have the opportunity to be in this program. |
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Everyone needs to start working with what they are given, and start appreciating FIRST, not complaining about what they think FIRST is doing wrong. |
Marygrace |
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Most of all, I long to give others a chance to experience what I did with FIRST, to give people from my home town that opportunity, because FIRST really is that once in a lifetime opportunity that so many people dont get a chance to be a part of. It shouldnt be that way. |
Jacqui Sutton |
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When fun is outlawed, only outlaws will have fun. |
Gadget470 |
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This isn't just a robot competition, it's not robots driving robots. It's people driving robots, and teams of people who have put a lot into making the robots work. |
Gadget470 |
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You are joining the greatest family in the world, FIRST, because we all strive to practice GP. |
Ken Loyd |
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The problem with anecdotal evidence is that you never seem to get the whole anecdote. |
Lea DeFoote |
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The problem with anecdotal evidence is that you never seem to get the whole anecdote. |
Lea DeFoote |
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Y'know... I think I'd much rather have big balls than hang myself... |
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The only basis on which a team should be awarded the chairmans award is the content of the submission, not the way in which it is presented. |
KenWittlief |
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it is not as hard as it looks, but thats prolly cause we havent tried to build it yet... |
robolemur1236 |
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When we design these systems ask " would I want my Mom (or daughter) standing next to this thing when it goes off? |
Mike Betts |
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Lawyers find loopholes. Engineers find solutions. For which would you rather be known? |
dlavery |
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That statement makes far too much sense for me to understand it. |
Aignam |
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I know the world needs more engineers, but FIRST isn't all about engineers and robots... that's why it's so great. |
Ryan Dognaux |
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On these forums, there are so many people that we see working all of the time to try to help teams out, and just overall good people. To everyone who does that, thanks. |
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... as teammates we often get too into the craze of competition and forget that this wouldn't happen without so many dedicated people. |
miketwalker |
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The only thing a team needs to survive is people who want it to survive. |
Ryan Foley |
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Unless your HS students have earned BSEE and BSME degreees already, how can they lead or run an engineering team? |
KenWittlief |
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FIRST does not follow patterns. |
Mike Soukup |
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Don't over analyze every possibility. Studying a problem too much doesn't help any more than not studying it enough. |
dlavery |
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In my opinion, the hardest part of the competition is not that actual manufacture of the robot, but the design process. It is the enginners that go through the design process all the time that will have the edge in this competition, not the best machinist. |
Wetzel |
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I like anything that is designed to bounce for up to 10 minutes. Expecially if it lands right side up :) |
GregT |
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More teams will want to join, peers who are not on the team will understand the program better, television will become interested in FIRST again, sponsors will be easier to get, cancer will be cured, the Israelis and Palestineians will live in harmony, and we will have world peace. |
Andy Baker |
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Bottom line: if it confuses my mom, it is bad for FIRST. |
Joe Johnson |
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Remember, the song is FIRST and the competition. We are the group. We dance to FIRST, we move because of it. |
Joe Matt |
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You can be extra safe or you can be competative - its your choice. |
Raul |
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FIRST is like we have traveled to the future, and we dont like what we saw when we got there. So we came back and now we are attempting to alter the future |
KenWittlief |
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Figure out where you have to start and what end result you want, from there, all you have to fill in is the middle. |
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