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We can sit here and engineer this all day but I think untill one of us gets off our chair and starts making it we'll never know if its possible. |
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Devin L. |
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See, building a really great robot is just a pseudo challenge for the concept of the whole FIRST program. It is just a phony way to bring people together to reach one common goal. |
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Ryan M. |
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The robots are the attracting force, the common interest that brings us all together |
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Jeff Waegelin |
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You think you are building robots, but you are really building yourselves. |
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Jeff Waegelin |
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Good drivers know the limits of their machines, but great drivers have machines with no limits. |
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greencactus3 |
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In any case, I'd like to remind everyone to practice gracious nonexpansionalism while in your pit. |
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Billfred |
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I'm not even going to bother...SEARCH! |
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Billfred |
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With three robots, I was expecting better scores but I guess more robots means more penalties, not more points. |
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Elgin Clock |
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If you don't like contact, your robot is not built well enough. |
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Billfred |
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Even better than any [book] is simply becoming an active member of the Chief Delphi forums. Where do you think I got everything I know? |
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Billfred |
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I have always liked to see people get recognized for what they do, not people doing something to get recognized. |
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Pat Fairbank |
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When it is so boring and slow on here in the summer it is funny how all of us just jump at something technical. |
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Bharat Nain |
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Go with what you know will work, and try a little less if you are feeling brave. That is my rule of thumb. |
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Arefin Bari |
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Every event that starts with "a little bit of fun" has the potential to end in disaster. Please think about all possible outcomes before you do anything stupid. |
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Billfred |
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I've ridden the real Segway many times and I think it is a truly remarkable machine and worth every cent (if you have enough cents to spend on it). |
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Billfred |
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I urge teams to look beyond what you are given in the kit of parts and strive for more |
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Billfred |
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For example an iron block is very simple and very robust. Strap a control system on it and it will meet the requirements of being a FIRST robot. However, it sure doesn't do very much, nor is it innovative. |
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lukevanoort |
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It's good to hear I'm not nuts. |
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Billfred |
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FIRST is not a "buy it and build it kit robot" competition. |
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dlavery |
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Be thankful for what you have, not frustrated with it because it doesn't exactly suit your needs. |
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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. |
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Karthik |
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Looks very well designed. Now where is the "export to reality" button in the CAD software? (I have been looking for it for weeks). |
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Billfred |
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You have accomplished and learned more in the past six weeks than...a majority of people in the country. Be proud of your machine. Don't kick it to the gutter. Stand behind it. Believe in it. Give it your all. Take pride in your robot. :) |
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Madison |
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There is no shame in playing the best match you can play. |
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Billfred |
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Instead of "Team XXXX graciously accepts" how about just a big "yeaaaahhhhh!" ? |
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RogerR |
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Does this need a "Do not try this at home" stamp? |
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nehalita |
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Do it the good ol' American way and throw money at the problem. In other words, get out of there and call a professional to take care of it.
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Rohith Surampudi |
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Let's let FIRST bring us together as a whole rather than separate us into parts eh? |
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Michelle Celio |
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This is real. This is hard. This, is FIRST. |
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Libby K |
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I guess it all just goes back to the fact that you need to finish your robot before it goes in the crate. |
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DonRotolo |
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FIRST prides itself on safety. It shouldn't be limited to only the pit area. |
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Astronouth7303 |
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Power tools don't hurt people. Poorly instructed people hurt themselves, using power tools. |
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Arefin Bari |
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Don't worry about where you will be. Just consider youself lucky for being where you have been. |
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Akash Rastogi |
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The problem is though, as long as the teams are allowed to work on their robots on Thursday, they will, and they'll never learn to finish it before the event. |
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Katie_UPS |
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Then as soon as we get the kit loaded into the back of my truck, we ferociously rip it open screaming "How many CIMs!?" |
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Ian Curtis |
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Does FIRST know about some rare inverted mushroom that I do not? |
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Taylor |
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Some companies cut costs (and cut corners to do so). Some work hard to build loyal customers. Which would you rather purchase from? |
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RoboDesigners |
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your time is better spent in the stands, watching what the robots actually do, as opposed to listening to the builders talk about what they're [I]supposed[/I] to do. |
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Taylor |
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Any adult can open a door. Some can give direction. A few can give leadership. These are the true mentors. This is where true success comes from. |
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Hallry |
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Make other plans. No mass-produced food at an arena is ever going to be good. |
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Karibou |
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Sorry, during my fluid mechanics lectures on drag I must have been designing a gearbox in my mind. FRC season will do that. |
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Karibou |
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I can see the 2013 Kickoff broadcast now: "Hello Teams. Welcome back. Gracious Professionalism. Here's some homework. Here's the animation. Here's what the actual field looks like. RTFM. Peace." |
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If my shop was snowed in and my unfinished robot was sitting in there, I'd dig it out with a plastic spoon or melt it out with a Bic lighter if I had to. Every hour counts. If there's a will, there's a way to make it happen. |
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Hallry |
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See, the boyfriend/girlfriend IS the robot. :D |
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Brandon_L |
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"How do we make our team be like your team?" That's the sort of question everyone should be asking of these so-called "elite" or "powerhouse" teams. |
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Ken Streeter |
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Give us the e-mail address of these folks to send them a barrage of support letters for your students? |
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DominickC |
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When you build a practice robot, you're literally buying time. |
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Jared Russell |
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A problematic dynamic and culture becomes apparent when failure persists for such a duration and reoccurs so frequently that students begin to accept it as the norm, and never learn the proper way to do things. |
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Ari423 |
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First thing I do after the kickoff broadcast is start typing in my credit card number... |
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the programmer |
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Here's some food for thought: Does your FRC program need the students, or do the students need your FRC program? |
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CalTran |
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