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Mentors can either hide the experience of failure or support the right of a student in gaining that experience. |
dcbrown |
DonRotolo |
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Students dream up the ideas for bots, it is than up to the mentors and engineers to make these dreams a reality. |
dddriveman |
Bharat Nain |
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I saw a big opening in the bees section and asked if we could sit for this match and was told we were welcome to sit there. Your team made space for about 15 of my team members that came with me. |
Debbie |
JaneYoung |
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It's not about taking risks, but more about identifying them (which is the hardest part) and reducing them. |
Deke |
Kevin Leonard |
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I, as a programmer, always strive to have the entire robot operate with as little driver input as possible. Those pesky humans.... |
dellagd |
Kevin Selavko |
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Weird. On a forum where people talk about robots, we have a robot trying to talk to people. |
dellagd |
Whippet |
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I hate to do say it with these words but...We're all in this together. |
dellagd |
DeformedFedora |
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Woah woah, what about fingers? The programmers have to use something to type with? |
dellagd |
synth3tk |
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Just that the robot battery wont catch fire if you drop it the wrong way. Those LiPos pack quite a punch. |
dellagd |
Whippet |
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...when you hear a kid say "oink oink" and you say in your head "BOOM!" |
delsaner |
wendymom |
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Oh the wonders that happen in Michigan competitions... ;) |
delsaner |
Hallry |
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How many robotics kids does it take to turn on a light? |
demosthenes2k8 |
NorviewsVeteran |
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DO NOT THROW THINGS AT THE PROGRAMMER! |
demosthenes2k8 |
The Megan 2207 |
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"So we have an arm, and the pot on it tells how high we are...
...and then we know how high we want to be...
...and if we're not high enough we go higher."
(I have to leave the room, we're all laughing too much.) |
demosthenes2k8 |
bam-bam |
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"Congratulations to our FIRST team coming back from the championships in St. Louis." (We all applaud) "Remember, if you're not FIRST, you're last!" - Our pilot on the second plane back home. |
demosthenes2k8 |
Nick Bouressa |
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99.9999% of the FIRSTers are really nice |
Denman |
Billfred |
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only here would you find someone calling a motor cute.... |
Denman |
Billfred |
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I'm pretty sure most teams would be OK with being somewhere between Division by Zero and Cheesy Poofs! ;) |
Dennis Jenks |
Andy Baker |
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I almost forgot the biggest advantage of all!
Three times as many people get to hear me and Karthik sing at 2 am!
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Derek Bessette |
Beth Sweet |
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At championship, as we do at every regional, we'll be counting every point scored (or lost) by each robot. Nothing beats numbers. |
Derek Bessette |
Billfred |
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Plot twist: I'm actually Dean Kamen, and I've seen so many water game suggestions that we're now considering it.
:deadhorse: |
Derpancakes |
JYang |
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Last year we saved a ton of money by using a good bit of square tubing for the frame of our robot, square tubing is a lot cheaper then C channel. We get to use so much raw material that the cost should go down in certain places. |
Derrick Maust |
adengler |
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Karthik is afraid of the day he can't agasabapathy. |
DesignComp |
Billfred |
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Actually, I forsee two [buttons]: Fire and "Thats the opponents target, you dumb robot" |
devicenull |
Billfred |
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Where before there was boredom and lack of understanding, suddenly I saw why competitions would be fun. Not to sound corny or anything, but it brought a side out of me that I used to never show people in public. I danced, cheered, screamed, and had a blast. |
DevilChild |
Jaine Perotti |
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when answering a question you throw out other teams names (thunder chickens and killer bees)...and a distinguished guest raises his hand and asks if he heard right when I said thunder chickens and asks for an explanation of what a thunder chicken is. |
Devon27 |
JaneYoung |
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This is an open forum and it is a privilege to post here, if you don't agree with the rules then just don't post here. |
dez250 |
Meredith Rice |
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Spell Check is your friend! |
dez250 |
Sakura141 |
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The manual can be compared to a textbook in school. If you choose not to use your textbook, you are asking to fail classes. |
dez250 |
Conor Ryan |
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Don't you just wish life had a redo button? |
DHarris |
dlavery |
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Much of what you do in the "real world" has no rules. You have to look yourself in the mirror and make them up as you live; knowing that what you do WILL come back to haunt you sooner or later. |
dhitchco |
dlavery |
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Just like any good hardware or software product, "insert foot before putting mouth in gear"..... |
dhitchco |
Billfred |
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I understand that Dean Kaymen has now invented a super "sniffer" that can scout-out anyone within hearing distance that is remotely-involved with FIRST. |
dhitchco |
Alex Burman |
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... hey which end of the robot faces the wall anyways? Oops.... :rolleyes: |
dhitchco |
Stu Bloom |
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Developing new "classes" of super-competition would totally defeat the concepts of info-sharing, partnerships, alliances, etc and create an elitist society within FIRST.
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dhitchco |
Karthik |
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Sounds more like competition for Kentucky Fried Chicken - "I'll have the 3-piece dinner, a Winglet and two thighs..." |
Dick Linn |
Akash Rastogi |
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I guess everyone cant play real defense, like actually pushing the other robot instead of ramming it with the intent to destroy.
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Dillon Compton |
Karthik |
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Remember, GP doesnt just need to apply to FIRST; if we all apply in our lives as a whole, the world will be a better place. |
Dillon Compton |
Jessica Boucher |
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This whole experience, the entirety of what FIRST represents and promotes, is about inspiring individuals to make something more of themselves and creating a better world; when you consider this, our individual victories seem meaningless. |
Dillon Compton |
Rick TYler |
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The point of FRC (in my opinions) is to teach the kids that might have no skills, new skills. |
dirtbikerxz |
trezelle2 |
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Duct tape can fix everything except relationships with other people. |
dixonij |
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A clean pit is a happy pit, a clean pit is a controlled pit, a clean pit is a safe pit. |
DjAlamose |
Koko Ed |
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You can either spend lots of energy complaining about it and whining or you can try to figure out how to make a positive experience from the whole thing. |
dlavery |
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Count on the English teacher to be the one to actually understand the wording of the rules! |
dlavery |
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Don't underestimate the ability of a highly skilled technician with simple tools (and don't overestimate the ability of an unskilled fool with exotic tools!). |
dlavery |
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Stop being LAWYERS and start being ENGINEERS! |
dlavery |
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I'm currently working on design for a bin made out of concrete that will not break for next year's competition... :D |
dlavery |
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Why is it OK to be "elitist" when we select people to be on a team to hit rocks with sticks, but not OK when we try to reach the special group of students that embody the intellectual capital that will define the future of this country? |
dlavery |
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But if FIRST followed a "truth in advertising" philosophy for the registration kits, they would contain six cannisters labeled: "Stress", "Anxiety", "Confusion", "Insomnia", "Dietary Inadequacy", "Unbalanced Priorities"
And a really big seventh one labeled "Fun" :) |
dlavery |
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FIRST teams are made of people - students and mentors. In my humble opinion, it doesn't make one iota of difference if the name of the sponsoring organization or the name of the school changes over time. |
dlavery |
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