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Most of our old robots have been scrapped for parts. Our Chairman submissions are still read every year by the whole team. |
N7UJJ |
David Brinza |
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Manual labor experience with engineering training is a powerful combination. |
N7UJJ |
JaneYoung |
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Now I watch students walk through the halls together as Robotics members. |
MysterE |
JaneYoung |
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Being called coach for the first time by some of my team. My dad was a football player and when I told him that story he teared up a bit. Me? A Coach? |
MysterE |
JaneYoung |
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I am always torn between running a family and running a team... I guess the difficulty is in supporting the team as a whole before the individual...or alongside the individual. |
MysterE |
CalTran |
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Originality in Sponsorship can get you a lot of places. |
MysterE |
Joe G. |
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Minus the one time when our Autonomous mode actually reversed, ran into the robot behind us, and lodged them into the rear wall |
MysterE |
Gregor |
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While the Banners initiate the outreach, eventually, the outreach becomes the Banner. |
MysterE |
synth3tk |
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How are we as mentors and coaches presenting ourselves? We we are is who they will emulate. It is the nature of coaching, the nature of leading. |
MysterE |
Carolyn_Grace |
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Every year I develop new connections and greater friendships with FIRSTers - and every year I am surprised to find just how many amazing people there are here. |
MysterE |
Taylor |
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Stand strong mentors. You never know who you have become a brother, sister, father, or mother to. |
MysterE |
Coach Norm |
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It is not your banners that make you nor the trophies that line your walls. It is the willingness to be brave in the face of defeat and compassionate in the winds of victory that create you. |
MysterE |
techtiger1 |
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FIRST is NOT just about robotics. It is about the growth of leaders - of Gracious Professionals... |
MysterE |
Carolyn_Grace |
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After all, when any student is isolated because of a difference - because of race, gender, social beliefs, or ideological concepts - we all lose. |
MysterE |
Ozuru |
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And people laugh at me when I suggest 14" wheels. |
Munchskull |
Whippet |
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Really, flight? That is going to feed the rumor mill... |
Munchskull |
ctt956 |
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Now, what we really need is a big spotlight in the sky that shoots out the letters "CD" so Brandon knows to come running to the server cave ...
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mtrawls |
Beth Sweet |
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.....just don't hurt the programmer =) |
mtaman02 |
Billfred |
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You all have ample time to get your sleep in from the final day of nationals to the friday before kickoff. There should be no reason why anyone will need sleep for the next 6 weeks and then some. You all have had enough of sleep or hibernation, now its time to wake up and do some work =). |
mtaman02 |
Noah Kleinberg |
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Angry Teams will not get the field going any quicker trust me on that! |
mtaman02 |
petek |
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FIRST itself is simply a mechanism, not the real goal. |
msd |
SL8 |
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Both might accomplish the same "function" or "results" (perhaps a lift of some kind), but there are clear differences in simplicity, in cost, in maintainability, extensibility, and several other "ilities" -- which are a staple of engineering evaluation criteria. |
msd |
Herodotus |
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Making even just one person feel safe and included in FIRST is how we know that we have succeeded. |
Mr_Moko |
Basel A |
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The best way to win an award is to not try to win an award. |
MrTechCenter |
Whippet |
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I don't like to tempt the gods of inspection on items like this. |
MrRoboSteve |
tjf |
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Publishing your code and designs = good. |
MrRoboSteve |
ctt956 |
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FIRST provides evidence that many of us are optimists. |
mrnoble |
pfreivald |
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You will find we are more talkative in about 5 1/2 weeks. ;) |
mrnoble |
cadandcookies |
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Lose a year of bumper making and everyone's a rookie again. |
mrnoble |
EricH |
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The culture has shifted, people. You can act shocked and complain, and likely lose the attention of the students you want to reach through FRC and other activities, or you can shift with it, and make FRC relatable and relevant to a bunch of good kids with foul mouths. |
mrnoble |
Edxu |
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I implore you to not spend your mental energy on preparing your argument for the inspectors. We all have better things to be thinking about and working on. |
mrnoble |
ATannahill |
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Yes, this year's championships could be decided by cheesecake. |
MrJohnston |
GreyingJay |
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Be kind to you mentors. They are exhausted and you need them. |
MrJohnston |
Collin Fultz |
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FIRST involves school, parents, family etc etc....at least it does at our house! |
MrForbes |
yodameister |
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Let gravity be your friend. |
MrForbes |
yodameister |
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Right now, it drives around....hopefully tomorrow it will do a LOT more! |
MrForbes |
whytheheckme |
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The code won't compile if you violate the rules of the programming language...but English is more robust, it seems to work pretty well no matter how we engineering nerds mangle it! |
MrForbes |
Jeff Rodriguez |
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Then there's the electronics, pneumatics, and all that stuff on top that will magically make the ball score billions of points. That will add up to a lot of weight. |
MrForbes |
Billfred |
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The neat thing about regionals, is that they ARE big robot parties! |
MrForbes |
Alan Anderson |
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The function of that part is to keep one student occupied playing with it during the entire build season. It doesn't have to be the same student all the time, they can take turns. |
MrForbes |
Blue_Mist |
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We'll defintely be working on both the balancing 2 wheel robot, the 6 legged robot, and the wood chassis 8 wheel drive robot ideas this fall. |
MrForbes |
synth3tk |
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Please excuse his spelling/grammar, he's an engineering student. |
MrForbes |
Billfred |
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but eventually it seems that we realize that there's an I in FIRST, and the I stands for Inspiration, not for "me" |
MrForbes |
TheOtherGuy |
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If you're in Israel, it might be a long flight to the nearest Walmart |
MrForbes |
Beth Sweet |
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Add a little more grease if you aren't sure exactly how much you need. |
MrForbes |
Taylor |
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heh...do the math! |
MrForbes |
Billfred |
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they used the same random number generator we used for our autonomous drive code . . . (oops did I say that?) |
MrForbes |
JackG |
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We don't use fancy tools like that, but we might need some wood glue or something :) |
MrForbes |
dodar |
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As usual, I mistakenly look for a technical solution to a social problem. |
MrForbes |
dooey100 |
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You don't always get what you pay for, but you hardly ever get what you don't pay for. |
MrForbes |
jgannon |
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50 years from now, the FRC will still be waiting and hoping for a water game. That's my prediction. - TheBoulderite [more] 
