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When you start thinking of FIRST as a robotic building contest you have left the pavement and you are in deep weeds. |
KenWittlief |
Daniel Brim |
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In the end engineering is what happens between your ears, not what you build with your hands, not what a machine spits out.
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KenWittlief |
Beth Sweet |
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each year the chairmans award is given to the team the judges think deserve it the most, for that year. How can it be any other way? |
KenWittlief |
Billfred |
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Knowledge is power. Know whats coming and you can be ready for it when it happens. |
KenWittlief |
Daniel Brim |
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FIRST is not a destination, its not the reward, its the slingshot that will launch you from where you are, to where you can be. |
KenWittlief |
Josh Hambright |
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Look past the robot. Look past your team. Science and technolgy are studies worth devoting your life too. |
KenWittlief |
shyra1353 |
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Problem with microprocessors: they do exactly what you tell them to do |
KenWittlief |
Billfred |
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Engineering is NOT manufacturing. .... It is good to be able to fabricate things with your own hands, but thats not what engineers do. |
KenWittlief |
ChrisH |
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... so I have to ask: ... Are you nuts? - I hope you are - as crazy as Dean :^) |
KenWittlief |
Stu Bloom |
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every year presents new challenges. What worked well last year might well be a clunker-bot this year. keep an open mind! |
KenWittlief |
Billfred |
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FIRST is not advanced shop class |
KenWittlief |
Karthik |
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OK, I have officially been dragged into the 21st century (screaming and kicking the whole way). |
KenWittlief |
Billfred |
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You play your best, the refs do their best, and at the end of the day we are FIRST, collectively. |
KenWittlief |
Alan Anderson |
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know what else would be great? with each new + rep point you get 10 airline miles on your Visa or MasterCard |
KenWittlief |
Conor Ryan |
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I think the answer you will get will be the same we have been saying since post #2 on page 1. |
KenWittlief |
Ian Curtis |
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the hardest task this year is the same as every other year: getting the engineers out of the crate so you can close it up and the FedEx guy can haul it away! |
KenWittlief |
Billfred |
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Tank tracks are one of those things that keep showing up on FIRST robots, in ways that I dont understand. |
KenWittlief |
Ian Curtis |
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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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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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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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HEY! a robot that occupies 4 dimensional space is against the rules! |
KenWittlief |
Barry Bonzack |
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[this is rapidly turning into a 'how many engineers does it take....' contest :^) ] |
KenWittlief |
EricH |
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darn design trade-offs! the game design committee does this to us every year! |
KenWittlief |
Billfred |
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being surgically altered to have two right hands is a big commitment, but if you wanna drive, and drive well ..... ! |
KenWittlief |
Billfred |
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You dont get paid based on your IQ, or how many things you have memorized, or what you can invent on your feet. You get paid for results. |
KenWittlief |
phrontist |
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studies have shown that postive feedback works better. Driver should get a shock until he obtains target lock, then it stops.
Performance incentive :^) |
KenWittlief |
kjhobin |
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The engineer mentors ARE part of the team, equals with the students in every aspect |
KenWittlief |
MattB703 |
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FIRST competitions are a microcosm of real world engineering projects. |
KenWittlief |
Cody Carey |
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Real projects have good and bad aspects, problems that must be dealt with, and lots of things that dont make any sense from your side of the fence. |
KenWittlief |
Cody Carey |
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May the road accelerate in the +Z direction, and the wind always be from -Y (modernized Irish blessing). |
KenWittlief |
Jaine Perotti |
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Breath in. Breath out. We still love you - its ok! :^) |
KenWittlief |
Michelle Celio |
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IYou might get it all changed over and discover your robot has trouble moving from a dead stop, can no longer turn without playing morse code on the breakers... |
KenWittlief |
Matt Krass |
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Imagine your crate going over Niagara Falls => pack it accordingly (esp if you are attending the Toronto Regional :^) |
KenWittlief |
John Gutmann |
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Now its up to us to show that what we shout from the high places is also true down on the street. |
KenWittlief |
RogerR |
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To quote Dylan, "When you aint got nothing, you got nothing to lose". |
KenWittlief |
Billfred |
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this has Bugs Bunny/Road Runner physics written all over it! |
KenWittlief |
Billfred |
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Engineering is a career of continuous learning, acquiring new skills, and growth. |
KenWittlief |
Billfred |
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Ive always wondered about this - if DK has an alter ego, like Clark Kent and Superman |
KenWittlief |
nehalita |
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We all know that with mechanical systems, once all the noise has leaked out, the system quits (therefore quiet running mechanical systems last much longer :^) |
KenWittlief |
Cuog |
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You cannot change people, you can only change yourself. |
KenWittlief |
JVN |
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Feelings are like the laws of physics: if some one feels offended or alienated, then they are offended or alienated - it doesnt matter why you dropped a hammer, if it falls on someones head they will be hurt. You cant expect it to not hurt, because you did not intend to hurt them. |
KenWittlief |
Richard Wallace |
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The most successful FIRST sponsor would be the one that put the most HS students into science and engineering programs at colleges and universities.
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KenWittlief |
Koko Ed |
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Computers have a nasty habit of doing exactly what you tell them to do instead of what you want them to do. |
KenWittlief |
Imajie |
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Hey that was easy, we settled the argument on CD in one post! :^) |
KenWittlief |
Hallry |
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WATER GAME! Always a water game... |
kendra21093 |
Hallry |
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On the other hand, if the tires were marked "NOT FOR FRISBEE SHOOTER USE" I'd be worried. |
Ken Streeter |
Whippet |
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Its not the event that matters - its the preparation for the event that matters! |
Ken Patton |
Steve W |
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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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I remember going to Houston in 1998 and seeing a bot that could move sideways. Talk about inspiring... |
Ken Patton |
Karthik |
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If I run into some of your team's student coaches/drivers on the field of battle someday, I still might ask 'em what they're doing after high school. :) |
Ken Patton |
Lil' Lavery |
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