| Post |
Quote |
Username  |
Added By |
 |
Learning by failure is quite common. |
Gdeaver |
s_forbes |
|
Glue it, screw it, bolt it, rivet it, weld it. If the design is flawed it will fail. |
Gdeaver |
EricH |
|
I hate mini-bots. |
Gdeaver |
davepowers |
|
I've be addicted for 15 years. Tried to quit but failed. |
Gdeaver |
maxnz |
|
"Why use a CNC when you can get it done with wood, duct tape, and zipties!" |
gcgeobuff |
ctt956 |
|
And I have to say, those days where you are just beating yourself, and smacking your head against the wall, and you just wish the robot would catch fire so you could go home, make the top of the mountain that much sweeter. |
Gboehm |
synth3tk |
|
The driver must have a relationship with the robot, the driver should talk to the robot, speak soft encouraging words to it. Pet names are also a good idea. If the driver does not love the robot, how can the driver learn to trust the robot. |
Gboehm |
synth3tk |
|
PS: When/if it gets to be too easy to build a machine that can accomplish a recent/typical FRC game, then I suspect it will be time for someone to unveil a harder game. |
gblake |
Daniel_LaFleur |
|
Mentors are the guardrails:
Show the students how to do what they need to do, Step back and let the students do what they need to do, Nudge them back on course when they need a nudge, Insist, when necessary, that no one tries to juggle the chainsaws |
gblake |
rsisk |
|
Ok, so you are going to use a robot to hold all of those rivets together? |
gblake |
Alan Anderson |
|
Congratulations! You have been successful! You got what you wished for! Now get to work. |
gblake |
dlavery |
|
You have the rest of your life to play video games. Time at an FRC tournament is precious. Use it wisely. |
gblake |
rsisk |
|
The best revenge is living well. |
gblake |
Chris is me |
|
Are they Robots? Of course they aren't robots; they are obviously and unambiguously robots. |
gblake |
RoboDesigners |
|
FIRST is more than FRC. |
gblake |
Whippet |
|
When more STEM teams exist outside schools than in them, that will be one indication that a true cultural change has occurred. |
gblake |
Kevin Leonard |
|
Avoid the impulse to shoot from the hip, and find out the full picture before deciding where you stand. |
gblake |
MechEng83 |
|
While those ideals might exist in black and white perfection; in the real world, with very rare exception, they can only be implemented as compromises in shades of gray. |
gblake |
evanperryg |
|
If that due diligence shows that a real need for action exists, *then* grab the pitchforks, and light the torches. |
gblake |
Collin Fultz |
|
Don't be too distracted by the shiny robots, and the games they play. Enjoy them, but keep your eyes on the real prize(s). |
gblake |
Whippet |
|
Regardless of whether the max allowed weight is 10 pounds or 1,000 pounds, everyone is going to need at least one ounce more. |
gblake |
Billfred |
|
Go with a Big Block. The torque is awesome and you cant beat the sound of a built Big Block with a high lift cam and some open headers. A blower would be a nice addition as well.
Good luck getting past the inspector. |
GBK |
gracie. |
|
Lexan $20....
Stock Aluminum $30....
Having a OI that is heavier than the robot PRICELESS.... |
GBIT |
vhcook |
|
Hmmm, the Michelangelo method of robot building. Just cut away anything that doesn't look like a robot. |
GaryVoshol |
Jessica Boucher |
|
Yes, an expanded FIRST will look far different than it does today. |
GaryVoshol |
Ian Curtis |
|
You know what they say, the mind is the second thing to go and I can't remember the first. |
GaryVoshol |
whlspacedude |
|
Maybe if we build a giant wooden badger. |
GaryVoshol |
lukevanoort |
|
You know you've been involved with robotics too long when you see a remote-controlled traffic barrel coming up behind people and honking - and it doens't faze you. |
GaryVoshol |
Qbranch |
|
One wouldn't want to keep the red herring in hand, that gets kind of stinky. |
GaryVoshol |
Anna B. |
|
We don't have to reinvent the wheel every year. (We have AndyMark to do that for us.) |
GaryVoshol |
Anna B. |
|
Would all you teams please stop! My chin will be bruised for weeks from dropping on the floor so much. |
GaryVoshol |
Billfred |
|
I firmly believe that - those [GDC] committee members I have met, even briefly, certainly have a passion for what they are doing and want to give teams and students the best possible experiences. |
GaryVoshol |
BandChick |
|
Driving and using the cell phone and taking a picture with it. Where is your Safety Captain? |
GaryVoshol |
Molten |
|
If everyone else in the world is an idiot, you may need to recalibrate your idiotness scale. |
GaryVoshol |
Molten |
|
FIRST already has 494 Martians, plus 70 more. |
GaryVoshol |
Billfred |
|
I would suggest spending a few more hours digesting the manual before you finalize your designs. You seem to have missed a few key rules. |
GaryVoshol |
MrForbes |
|
Sometimes when complaining poverty, we don't recognize the riches we have. |
GaryVoshol |
Molten |
|
This should go without saying, but for some reason it always needs saying. |
GaryVoshol |
Taylor |
|
Code doesn't break. It reacts exactly the same time every time. When something new happens that never happened before, it's because the mechanicals, electricals or drivers gave the code some new stimulus that wasn't tested before. |
GaryVoshol |
Matt Krass |
|
One wondered why they couldn't practice in the gym that day - because the robotics team had it reserved was the answer. "Oh, we have a robotics team?"
Sigh. This is a team with a low number. They've been around for at least a dozen years. There's still a lot more culture-changing to do. |
GaryVoshol |
pwnageNick |
|
If full body suits can be made to fit properly, why do we have so many robots with saggy bumper covers? |
GaryVoshol |
rsisk |
|
People will only work toward common goals when they are part of the goal-setting process. |
GaryVoshol |
Joe G. |
|
As my daughter said, you used to shut up your robot and send it away from home. Now you just suffocate it. |
GaryVoshol |
rsisk |
|
This year's rules != last year's rules. |
GaryVoshol |
DeformedFedora |
|
I don't know, there's quite a few teams that apply to travel to some random HS gym in Indiana every summer. |
GaryVoshol |
cgmv123 |
|
The GDC giveth, the GDC taketh away. Blessed be the name of the GDC. |
GaryVoshol |
Switzer96 |
|
[I]'Twas the night before ship day,
And all through the shop,
Not a creature was stirring,
Not even[/I]
-- Naah, they'll never believe that. |
GaryVoshol |
eli2410 |
|
Your robot weight goes up after you release the balloons. Re-inspection! |
GaryVoshol |
CalTran |
|
"We used to shut the robot up in a box and send it away from home. Now we just suffocate it." |
GaryVoshol |
Cothron Theiss |
|
They had a well made scouting form on the bottom was a check box with nothing next to it, when asked what the box was for they said.
"Oh thats the jerk box"
Since then one of our team goals is "Stay out of the jerk box" |
Gary Stearns |
Lil' Lavery |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 13:44.
FIRST is a pretty decent microcosm of real life,
those who work hard, accomplish more
decent lesson to learn, and FIRST is allowing us to learn it. - Aren_Hill [more] 
