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It's always nice to have the outside party take a look at your code because one of two things can happen: 1. They write it better. 2. They find your stupid mistake. |
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Astronouth7303 |
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...on occasion, just smile and nod in appreciation. |
dubious elise |
Venkatesh |
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We do have a good time.
Mr. Bill |
Bill Beatty |
Jay Trzaskos |
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Robotics is better than Football. Robotics > Football !!! |
Arkorobotics |
Michelle Celio |
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Looks great! Love that Indiana engineering!! |
Mr.D |
Billfred |
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If you need more complicated control... make it more complicated yourself. ;) |
Ryan M. |
Billfred |
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I am surprised at the relative conservative capability you described on our 2006 machine. As for the 2007 machine, in anticipation of an aquatic game, we have completed a robot that "walks on water" and are well along with one that can "part the sea". |
Bill Beatty |
Billfred |
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I've learned never to say never when it comes to FIRST teams. |
Karthik |
Ian Curtis |
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Robotics = my anti drug. |
Queen_of_Mascot |
Koko Ed |
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I know what "finished" means, and I know what "robot" means, but what is this "finished robot" of which you speak? |
Rick TYler |
Billfred |
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I know what "finished" means, and I know what "robot" means, but what is this "finished robot" of which you speak? |
Rick TYler |
Alex Burman |
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The 2006 FRC Manual: Read it. Learn it. Know it. |
dlavery |
Jessica Boucher |
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I haven't been negative about any FIRST game yet, but scaling and cleaning fish in 2009 that were used in 2008 is going to stink. Literally. :P
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Billfred |
Michelle Celio |
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What? No Poof balls as pillows? Phfff. Amateur. :p |
artdutra04 |
Billfred |
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To me, FIRST is about having students realize that there IS an answer to the age old high school question: "when are we ever going to use this crap?" |
Chris Hibner |
Cory |
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In the 2010 game, FRC and FVC robots will be working together to cut Dave's hair, mow his lawn, and serve him dinner. ;) |
Rich Kressly |
Shu Song |
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Only Dave knows [if the 2010 game is designed already], and he aint tellin' but he'll happily feed you lots of red herrings. |
Koko Ed |
Jessica Boucher |
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I was not looking at this as a backdoor to asking Brandon to do it (when I have impossible/unreasonable tasks I want done, I ask him straight out ;-) |
Joe Johnson |
Billfred |
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It's just another design constraint that needs to be dealt with. |
Dave Scheck |
Jessica Boucher |
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.. just don't try to sell/trade your freshmen or something silly like that. :) |
Brandon Martus |
Ian Curtis |
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A robot that can't move isn't a robot. It's just furniture. |
John Neun |
JVN |
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Woodie once said he wanted to make our brains hurt. And I *don't* think he was talking about getting beaned by 198 grams of foam.... |
Ken Patton |
Billfred |
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FIRST has a 365 day season (366 on leap years)... |
Adam Richards |
Jessica Boucher |
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This exercise in thanking the hand that teaches you brought to you by the Unsung FIRST Heroes Award. Have you thanked your mentor lately? |
Amanda Morrison |
Billfred |
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[this is rapidly turning into a 'how many engineers does it take....' contest :^) ] |
KenWittlief |
EricH |
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Even though others have had success, I will be honest, this method sort of creeps me out. |
Joe Johnson |
Billfred |
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Engineering fundamentally comes down to problem solving, and if the students can't get excited and inspired by the problem solving process because someone has spoon fed them a solution, then nobody wins.
Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime. |
kevinw |
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But plywood is so awesome on robots...... But I guess shiny usually always wins out huh? |
Jon K. |
Jessica Boucher |
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HEY! a robot that occupies 4 dimensional space is against the rules! |
KenWittlief |
Barry Bonzack |
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Welcome to FIRST, the place where you can be competitive in a team. Here people can learn more in one year of FIRST than in four years of high school. |
dude__hi |
Hallry |
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It is better to err on the side of caution than to put yourself in a position to have a referee or judge make a call against you. Build smart! |
Sean Schuff |
Billfred |
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Actually, FIRST Is hoping the reverse, that your bot will be "Ball damage proof" |
Rombus |
Billfred |
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*POP!* I suppose I'll have to change my hair style to the John V-Neun now. |
Billfred |
Amanda Morrison |
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A Guru teaching batteries at Exide: "Do not draw your power from up here, by your terminals. You must reach down deep into your plates and pull the energy from your entire being! You must prove yourself worthy to be FIRST power cells!" |
KenWittlief |
Rick TYler |
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...before we ship the robot, they have to make me understand how it works. |
Beth Sweet |
dlavery |
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I wish my biology class was this exciting. |
MissInformation |
Billfred |
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Ultrasonic sensors will allow you to do fundamentally the same thing that the bump sensors do...so you can slow down and smoothly stop your robot just before it reaches the end wall, instead of running into it at full speed and then figuring out "ohh! there is a wall there!" |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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See, the boyfriend/girlfriend IS the robot. :D |
sanddrag |
Brandon_L |
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Mark McLeod, one of the resident experts on compiler weirdness |
Kevin Watson |
Matt Krass |
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What can you do? The more time you waste here speculating the less time you have to work on the robot. Go! Build Robots! Now! |
Jessica Boucher |
Billfred |
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Wait hold the phone. Do you mean its physically possible to not spend time on robotics during the season?!!! Too much.......for brain......to compute!...goes against.....beliefs........aaaaarrrrrrghhhhhh!!!
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BuddyB309 |
JBotAlan |
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You could mount a small Black Hole on the top of your bot, and park it in front of the center goal - that would work...just keep your human player away from the event horizon. |
KenWittlief |
Koko Ed |
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AND we had to walk uphill both ways to get to our shops!
And we liked it that way! |
Andy A. |
JBotAlan |
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...because "someone on ChiefDelphi said so," doesn't fly when your robot can't pass inspection. |
Madison |
Beth Sweet |
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FIRST is not a "buy it and build it kit robot" competition. |
sanddrag |
dlavery |
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Be thankful for what you have, not frustrated with it because it doesn't exactly suit your needs. |
sanddrag |
dlavery |
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Let's not complain when we are getting magnificent items in the kit that teams just a few years ago could only wish for. |
sanddrag |
Karthik |
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I don't want a carbon copy of your wheels.. I want to improve upon your design. |
Tom Bottiglieri |
Ryan Foley |
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the golden rule of robotics for the 21st century: Do unto robots as you would have them do unto you |
KenWittlief |
Barry Bonzack |
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JVN, Captain Mechanical Engineer, Mr. "Software is evil", has supported the CMU camera. I'm speechless. What's next? Copioli designing in imperial? |
Karthik |
Shu Song |
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