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I like anything that is designed to bounce for up to 10 minutes. Expecially if it lands right side up :) |
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In my opinion, the hardest part of the competition is not that actual manufacture of the robot, but the design process. It is the enginners that go through the design process all the time that will have the edge in this competition, not the best machinist. |
Wetzel |
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Lawyers find loopholes. Engineers find solutions. For which would you rather be known? |
dlavery |
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when I was a ball setter at PARC one year (6th grade?). As soon as I saw what High school students could do with thier own two hands and how they mingled with industry, I knew, at that moment, it was for me. |
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Don't over analyze every possibility. Studying a problem too much doesn't help any more than not studying it enough. |
dlavery |
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FIRST does not follow patterns. |
Mike Soukup |
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Unless your HS students have earned BSEE and BSME degreees already, how can they lead or run an engineering team? |
KenWittlief |
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The only thing a team needs to survive is people who want it to survive. |
Ryan Foley |
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On these forums, there are so many people that we see working all of the time to try to help teams out, and just overall good people. To everyone who does that, thanks. |
miketwalker |
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... as teammates we often get too into the craze of competition and forget that this wouldn't happen without so many dedicated people. |
miketwalker |
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I know the world needs more engineers, but FIRST isn't all about engineers and robots... that's why it's so great. |
Ryan Dognaux |
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When we design these systems ask " would I want my Mom (or daughter) standing next to this thing when it goes off? |
Mike Betts |
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Words mean what words mean. If your robot is sitting on the ball, then by definition it is not hanging from the bar. NO 50 point bonus. |
dlavery |
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it is not as hard as it looks, but thats prolly cause we havent tried to build it yet... |
robolemur1236 |
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When fun is outlawed, only outlaws will have fun. |
Gadget470 |
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This isn't just a robot competition, it's not robots driving robots. It's people driving robots, and teams of people who have put a lot into making the robots work. |
Gadget470 |
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Hack saws are for hack work, the kind we don't do. |
sanddrag |
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You are joining the greatest family in the world, FIRST, because we all strive to practice GP. |
Ken Loyd |
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Everyone needs to start working with what they are given, and start appreciating FIRST, not complaining about what they think FIRST is doing wrong. |
Marygrace |
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You can either suck up a lot of oxygen, or you can contribute to our communal knowledge. The choice is yours. |
dlavery |
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Most of all, I long to give others a chance to experience what I did with FIRST, to give people from my home town that opportunity, because FIRST really is that once in a lifetime opportunity that so many people dont get a chance to be a part of. It shouldnt be that way. |
Jacqui Sutton |
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Ok, I am geting flustered since I can't perform trigonometric functions with the tools FIRST provides. |
jweric |
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I guess we're going amish this year. |
Jon Anderson |
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Why drink Pepsi when you can drink Pepsi and program? |
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You lame pig farmer! I'm not talking about a bunch of dudes sitting around eating their packed lunches that Mommy made. |
Paul Copioli |
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Teamwork, dedication and friendship have a lot of play in all factors of life, including a robot contest. |
tenthirtythree |
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I think we sometimes forget that FIRST is not just about building robots. Its purpose is to educate and inspire young people in the field of science and technology. |
amanda |
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Yes, a big part of FIRST is learning from others. But a just as important part of FIRST is learning from discovery. |
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Holy cow! Five years in FIRST and it only gets better!
Skyway has supplied wheels to FIRST for ten years.
Ten years ago Dean called Ken for wheels. Ken said yes.
Man, we love helping you guys and gals get good wheels. ;)
Bart at Skywaywheels.com |
SkywayWheels |
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FIRST doesnt care about the weather, and we still need a working robot. |
Mike Heinowski |
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"FIRST, molding the future of America by inspiring children in the fields of science and technology....and eliminating playground dodgeball forever." |
Andy Grady |
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I think these new rules are making the message coming from FIRST perfectly clear - engineering is about what happens between your ears, not what comes out of your deep pockets. |
KenWittlief |
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We are not here to build robots, or to win a contest, or to travel to cool places or to bring home trophies. we are here to see what a career in engineering and science is like; anything else that happens along the way is frosting on the cake |
KenWittlief |
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And the only person who could really save my butt, Brandon Martus... is sitting across the table from me. Laughing. |
Amanda Morrison |
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There are 10 types of people in the world: those that understand binary and those that do not. |
Stephen P |
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MORAL: Always wear safety glasses when you're putting on your safety glasses. ;) |
Joel Glidden |
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I don't understand why it should matter if your robot is 100% student built, 100% engineer built or somewhere in between. As long as you are Inspired (I word again) FIRST is getting its point and primary goal across. |
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FIRST is inspiration. No matter how you do it, you learn something. Stop being silly. Stop making accusations. Go build robots. Now. |
Aignam |
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To me, every robot is a moving mechanical art form, a sculpture made of aluminum, motors and gears, and I think that soon we will be seeing those art forms involved in some of the most fantastic robotic "dances" that any of us have ever seen |
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One last thing, if a mechanical part fails on you, sometimes you can get a little bit of noise back into it by yelling at it, kicking it, or pounding on it with your fist. This might put enough back into it so it will work for a few more minutes. |
KenWittlief |
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Robots aside, how we handle these situations, communicate with one another, resolve differences and potential conflict, and overcome obstacles defines us all as people. Remember the big picture and have fun. |
Rich Kressly |
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"Heres a band aid to keep your blood off the robot." |
littleelectron |
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I think all we need now is Jenny Craig for Robots. |
ErichKeane |
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After all, bitterness takes all the fun out of wiring. |
Venkatesh |
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We like playing with power tools, stripping wire, or just stripping for alliance partners... |
Amanda Morrison |
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You see the learning experience doesn't stop during construction. It goes on to competition or to everyone who looks at a picture on delphi, who studies the bot and says I like how they did this or I woulda changed this a bit. |
Dan Richardson |
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There are no easy answers... only complicated and never ending questions. |
Shawn60 |
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anything that craves Mountain Dew is definitely intelligent enough to be dangerous. |
IMDWalrus |
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We treat productive freshmen the same way as everyone else. As for excesively ambitous new people, we have one rule:what happens in the hotel, stays in the hotel... ;) |
Crop-Circles |
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FIRST rocks, thats for sure. |
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