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Your primary job is not to build the most technically advanced robot, but build the best possible team. |
PayneTrain |
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a robot can always be your girl. xcept for the fact you need to share |
greencactus3 |
karinka13 |
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yesterday we completed our bot mechanically and let me tell you.... i was jumping up and down like a 12 year old girl going to a boy-band concert |
Leav |
karinka13 |
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If you're sore over the vigorous defense teams play, get over it. It happens and will continue to, as the majority of people hope. |
AmyPrib |
Karthik |
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Its not really a robotics competition. The robots are merely vehicles used to make society a better place, and to inspire the youth of the world to help one another, and to become more united.
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Amanda M |
Karthik |
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Really let's not remove the best part of the games and that is the human interaction with the robots. Humans are much more adaptable and interesting when it come to problem solving. |
Steve W |
Karthik |
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Teams that TRY to win and TRY to do their best end up having students that learn more, learn the value of hard work, and are inspired by the process. |
Chris Hibner |
Karthik |
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...the future of FIRST is very bright with all the great students and mentors coming out of the program, staying involved, and contributing their ideas and energy. |
Jason Morrella |
Karthik |
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In the professional world, spelling mistakes, grammatical shortcuts, leet-speek, and misused verbiage are not interpreted as signs of cute, efficient communications. They are indicators of illiteracy, inefficiency, unprofessional behavior, and sloppy work habits. |
dlavery |
Karthik |
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People were learning left and right. 14-year olds knew what a pitch diameter is... cool stuff.
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Andy Baker |
Karthik |
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Well i guess the only thing left for me to do is tip my hat and call Karthik, Chris Hibner, EricH and Bill Gold my daddy. |
JackN |
Karthik |
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Plugging your own design when people are recognizing others, especially when you are such a seasoned member of the forums just doesn't cut it anymore. |
J Flex 188 |
Karthik |
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What is it about inefficient design and operation that either pushes the envelope or deserves to be awarded? |
Madison |
Karthik |
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Give me more tools; I’ll use the ones that are most useful for the job.
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Natchez |
Karthik |
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We also indirectly benefit from those rookie teams having well-built and working drivebases. It helps raise the level of performance across the board, making for a better competitive environment.
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Alan Anderson |
Karthik |
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I think a lifetime of learning properly and then teaching others and inspiring the youth is more important to myself at least than being on the news for a couple seconds during a voice over.
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Elgin Clock |
Karthik |
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Keep in mind that words can be harsh and people do not forget what is said against them. Please, for your teammates sake, keep your egos in check and try to use some tact and consideration.
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Andy Baker |
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Now, most of the replies are very tactful when they are questioning a teams' design... but some are simply stupid. Keep your heads.
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Andy Baker |
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I believe with every fiber of my being that Engineering is an Art. It is a beautiful, wonderful, delightful art. |
Joe Johnson |
Karthik |
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There are laws of physics, useful rules of thumb, and cold hard economics that come into play to be sure but at it's core Engineering is Art. For these artists, there is no substute for the sound engineering judgement.
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Joe Johnson |
Karthik |
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There is almost always more than one solution to any engineering problem. One part of elegant design is picking the one that makes the most sense for a particular design problem, even if that means "breaking" some normally established "rules". |
Jeff Pahl |
Karthik |
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FIRST is difficult and it is challenging, but you aren’t necessarily required to go off and build an 8 motor drivetrain and 4 motor / 8 pneumatic piston arm mechanism for the heck of it when a 2 motor non-shifting drivetrain and 2 motor arm does just as good a job. |
Bill Gold |
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What I’m trying to say is that you should not necessarily be looking to build the next “cool” thing, unless that’s your team’s goal and you’ve got the resources to finish it by ship date. |
Bill Gold |
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The teams who have the best chance at success are the ones who know where they can save time and money on machining by using or using part of some premade equivalent.
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Bill Gold |
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But please, don't attempt to subvert the rules. It almost invariably becomes more trouble than it's worth. |
Billfred |
Karthik |
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We should all just be humble, courteous, and act like gentlemen (or ladies) on these forums, and not fill it with yakking about who's drive train is better. |
Veselin Kolev |
Karthik |
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FIRST is not advanced shop class |
KenWittlief |
Karthik |
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Please understand that teams run things differently for specific and very valid reasons. And, this is OK as long as the students are inspired.
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Alexander McGee |
Karthik |
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Is FIRST making it too easy?... yes they are making it easier than years past. But I would also say that does that matter? If students are still inspired to pursue more advanced designs and eventually a career in the technology sector we still have met our ultimate goal. |
MikeDubreuil |
Karthik |
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Skill in software engineering is all about algorithmic understanding and intuition. Implemenation is an important, but ultimately secondary, concern. Programming languages are more or less arbitrary.
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phrontist |
Karthik |
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FIRST has stated time and again that the program is not about teaching (they always refer to the I and R in FIRST) |
Dave Flowerday |
Karthik |
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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. |
sanddrag |
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A poor robot with good drivers playing on good strategy will whomp a good robot with poor drivers running on poor strategy any day. |
henryBsick |
Karthik |
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A well-working FIRST robot can be charismatic. People are attracted to it. Teams rally behind it. Little kids stare with wide eyes. Relatives say to their friends "look at what my niece helped invent". This is an awesome thing.
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Andy Baker |
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The amount of sense this rule makes is irrelevant. It is still the rule, and breaking this rule violates something that i'm sure all of you have heard of. Does gracious professionalism ring a bell?
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Kate00 |
Karthik |
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The rules are the rules, but if the rules get so ridiculous some of us may choose not to play anymore and that is the bigger shame.
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Paul Copioli |
Karthik |
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Are we really that close-minded that we have to insult other teams that deviate from what we percieve to be right? Giving an opinion and insulting someone are far from each other. |
Amanda Morrison |
Karthik |
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Just because a robot looks good and just because it is very well made does not mean that students were not involved in creating it. |
Ryan Dognaux |
Karthik |
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The students that I have known in FIRST over my 8 years of involvement have been far more inspired by the competition and some of the jaw dropping creations of "elite" teams than by anything that we made ourselves. |
MattB703 |
Karthik |
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I guess everyone cant play real defense, like actually pushing the other robot instead of ramming it with the intent to destroy.
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Dillon Compton |
Karthik |
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If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.
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rourke |
Karthik |
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What should the lesson of FIRST be? Work within your resources to build the most effective machine that you can--and, at the same time, work to increase those resources. |
Billfred |
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Removing too much of the challenge removes too much of the accomplishment when you solve the problem. Removing too much of the challenge removes too much of the innovation in the solutions... removing too much of the challenge removes too much of the fun.
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dlavery |
Karthik |
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Getting a swerve to drive predictably and effectively is arguably harder than designing and building it.
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Holtzman |
Karthik |
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Do whatever you must to survive within the rules, but please stay within the rules. |
Kevin Sevcik |
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Competition and inspiration go hand in hand. Those who inspire will be pushed to do it again and again by those who see this as a healthy competition. Those who are inspired will compete to be an inspiration to others. You can have your cake (competition) and eat it (inspire) too.
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Andy Baker |
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A lot of people forget this when posting, but your posts here on ChiefDelphi will more or less be here forever. Do you really want that post you just be made to be on the Internet forever?... Post wisely... |
artdutra04 |
Karthik |
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Developing new "classes" of super-competition would totally defeat the concepts of info-sharing, partnerships, alliances, etc and create an elitist society within FIRST.
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dhitchco |
Karthik |
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I just think that if we are going to have rules intended to level the playing field, they shouldn't hurt teams that put the effort in to go the extra mile. |
Dave Scheck |
Karthik |
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...SEARCH BEFORE YOU POST, and when you do post think twice before pressing the 'post' button. |
Brandon Martus |
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