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Although it is tempting, try not to toot your own horn in this thread. While you may have an awesome bot, the real compliment should come from other teams. |
Andy Baker |
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I will follow FIRST's guidelines, as long as they conform with those of the English language. |
artdutra04 |
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Well, I know that I could crash the robot into a large object with even greater precision... but if you mean what could the kids do with it... yeah, they'd probably accomplish something creative and useful! |
dtengineering |
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Adult coaches are the "rock stars" of our program, and I know on Simbotics the kids really do look up to and aspire to be a great as these coaches. |
Karthik |
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Sometimes it is worth it to stop and read what you've written before posting. |
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Kit wheel? Someone probably has them. N-tooth IFI sprocket? You might get lucky. Part Made By A Local Company When You're Competing 800 Miles Away? Bring three. |
Billfred |
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Is it weird we think speed controllers are sexy? |
vivek16 |
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Whoooo, just got my wheels from AM! Sometimes it's cool to live in Indiana. |
IndySam |
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Some of your terminology is also a little confusing. Nothing that some massaging can't fix. |
JVN |
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I told myself I'd stay out of the obsession this year, but I couldn't resist... |
Grant Cox |
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The most important part of successfully solving the problem is to understand what the problem is. Elegance in engineering comes from "optimizing" your solution, not solving problems that don't really exist. Fulfill your requirements, meet your goals... |
JVN |
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"This is the year that everyone on CD is going to learn to spell."
"This is the year that everyone on CD will make a serious effort to write grammatically correct sentences."
"This is the year that everyone on CD will think BEFORE they post."
... nah. |
dlavery |
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The one thing that no one ever list in scouting but is one of the most important factors is reliability. I don't care if the robot scores a hundred balls a match if I can't count on you being out there for the next three because it's a fragile as china. |
Koko Ed |
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We're 30 pounds over LOL. I probably shouldn't be lol'ing, but it is 11:52PM, I just got home from a 15 hour build session, and I find the word 'potato' funny. |
ZakuAce |
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217 would never collaborate with 1114 because they are crazy and they talk funny. |
Paul Copioli |
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The top 3 debates you don't want to bring up in a group of nerds: Mac vs PC vs Linux, Best Programming Language, and Best CAD Program. |
EricH |
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Q&A is certainly a good route to take, but depending on how gray the topic in question is, CD is certainly a good place to ask the question. |
slijin |
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We've done that autonomous. After several years of refinement we decided to skip the information collection and just drive into the wall at the earliest opportunity. |
Greg Young |
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"Oh, the farmer and the cowhand can be friends, la la la..." |
Andy Baker |
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Learn to respect the opinions of others, even if they are the complete opposite of yours. |
Hallry |
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*sigh* Anything else we can do to get this thing to work? |
domoarigato |
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"I would love to change the world but no one will give me the source code" |
programmr |
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Why does kick off take so long to get here but ship date comes toooooooooo fast? |
Steve W |
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FIRST has given thousands of young people (like me) a head start in life because it teaches honesty, integrity, and an appreciation of other people's hard work. |
Gabe |
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This will be one of the nerdiest weekends in the history of the world. And I'm taking part in it! (yay!) |
Dan Petrovic |
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This is why I love this game. It's like high speed chess with flashing lights and lots of noise. |
Karthik |
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Johnny V-Neun. People just want to be his kind of cool... none of us really know why...
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Pamela |
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COMPETE like crazy for the 2 minutes you are on the field,
COOPERATE like crazy all the rest of the time.
When we play this way, we all win. |
Chris Fultz |
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The Championship is not always about bringing the robot...it's about learning, experiencing, and celebrating FIRST. |
Jessica Boucher |
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wow!! Andy Baker really is a pig farmer!! and all this time i thought that paul copioli was stereotyping! |
RogerR |
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The sign of a mature community is not that everyone is nice and happy but that differring opinions can be expressed.
-Joe Johnson
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archiver |
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In all seriousness, here's a thought for everyone: Don't worry about what you can't control. |
Rich Kressly |
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I'm not gonna reinvent the wheel cause I can already buy it :) |
Stephen Kowski |
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I'm glad to be on the same team as smart people. |
Andy Baker |
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I am a mechanical engineer.
I have known since I was about 12 that I wanted to make complicated mechanisms. |
Paul Copioli |
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Paul Copioli - A guy who is 13 years older than me, but acts about 13 years younger. |
Amanda Morrison |
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I am a geek. |
Andy Baker |
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Success in this game comes from a wealth of ideas and good engineering, not deep pockets. |
Karthik |
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A lack of knowledge is okay; a lack of initiative to learn more is not.
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Madison |
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I'm a programmer by training and inclination, so my mechanical ideas are sometimes rather, um, loosely constrained by physical reality. |
Alan Anderson |
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I know nothing. |
Erin Rapacki |
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I urge them to build the kitbot and repeateadly smash it into a concrete wall in order to sate their anger. It will soon wane when they manage to do more damage to the wall than to the kitbot. That is honestly the reason that we ended up using the kitframe this year. |
Andrew Blair |
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Sloppy thinking leads to sloppy designs...
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Joe Johnson |
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Ok maybe you cant stop them, but you can utilize that pretty flashing LED pretty darn well!
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Andy Grady |
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A robot that can't move isn't a robot. It's just furniture. |
John Neun |
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You cannot change people, you can only change yourself. |
KenWittlief |
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I never said there was anything wrong with the kit frame, simply that it was weak. |
Viper37 |
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There was no real separation between who did what. "we" did it all and it was fun. |
Team2339 |
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I don't resent or envy them for being strong teams; I hope we can continue to learn from them and someday join their ranks. |
dsmoker |
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The difference between a Tinkerer and an Engineer is that the Engineer will be able to tell you the results before you start. |
DonRotolo |
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