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Also, If I am not mistaken, the name indicates that your robot is female :P They're all female... like cars, ships, and airplanes. |
JVN |
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FIRST isn't about building robots. I know. But I also know that Inspiration comes in a lot of flavors and I, for one, believe it is a lot easier to inspire my kids when we set "playing after lunch on Saturday" as a worthy team goal. |
Joe Johnson |
EricLeifermann |
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Dean's probably sitting in his chair saying "Dance puppets, dance!" |
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Teams are overconfident every year. Honest evaluation of your capabilities with regard to your design strategy is a skill few teams have. |
Chris is me |
EricLeifermann |
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I'm missing JVN's build log this year ! |
lynca |
EricLeifermann |
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I think this thread needs a reminder that there's no h in mecanum. ;) |
Lil' Lavery |
EricLeifermann |
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How about "Lebron"? Wait, no, you'll be dooming yourselves to failure the last 30 seconds of every match. |
Travis Hoffman |
EricLeifermann |
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I can't help but notice during the building sequence, there were a whole lot of student hands working on that robot.
Just sayin'. |
Taylor |
EricLeifermann |
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Such reasonableness will not be tolerated! This is teh interwebz! |
pfreivald |
EricLeifermann |
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To my surprise, purple painted air tanks were illegal last year.
AB |
Andy Baker |
EricLeifermann |
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I would love access to the crystal ball granting you the insight into these changes. |
sdcantrell56 |
EricLeifermann |
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Students... be sure to drill air holes in the crate though. Maybe toss in some cheetos for the programmers. |
Andrew Schreiber |
EricLeifermann |
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-Best FIRST Robot: One that Makes it to Competition |
Conor Ryan |
EricH |
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Now if you'll excuse me, I need to develop the edible transistor. |
sciguy125 |
EricH |
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[this is rapidly turning into a 'how many engineers does it take....' contest :^) ] |
KenWittlief |
EricH |
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It's not a proper FIRST season if you don't have a robo-diet before ship date! |
Mr MOE |
EricH |
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...if most of the money comes from sponsors, I have a bit of a problem letting them [the students] charge off a cliff with it. |
TimCraig |
EricH |
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I think I have a warning label saved somewhere on my computer that says "Warning: All photos taken with this camera may be photoshopped" but I keep forgetting to put it on my camera. |
MissInformation |
EricH |
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I think its great that some teams are 100% student built; but I would also hope that 100% of their students are mentor advised. |
=Martin=Taylor= |
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You really can't have a bad year. The only way you can is to come out of it and not learn anything. |
Dan Petrovic |
EricH |
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I live for the offseason...that is, when i'm not living for the actual season. |
Libby K |
EricH |
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There is something to be learned (sometimes hard to find) from everyone you meet. |
wireties |
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And that's why we all need to consider reserving a "No! Bad robot!" button for the robocoach. :yikes: |
vhcook |
EricH |
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All the robots win, because we built them and they work. ;) |
synth3tk |
EricH |
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You can't stop trying to look for other ways to do things, or that really defeats the whole purpose of inovation. |
AmoryG |
EricH |
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It's a good things we're engineers who regularly squeeze out 'miracles' with a severely limited budget, eh? I think that's an important aspect that we as mentors need to show the students from time to time, and this year is a perfect opportunity. |
JesseK |
EricH |
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BTW - using any Lavery clue to figure anything out could be equally impossible. |
Raul |
EricH |
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you don't need a fancy workshop to build a good robot, just determined people. |
pacoliketaco |
EricH |
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Its always good to read the rules yourself rather than listen to "word of mouth" rules. |
Killraine |
EricH |
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Overall I really like the idea, and don't be surprised if I borrow some of these ideas for a future robot. |
Greg Needel |
EricH |
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Glue it, screw it, bolt it, rivet it, weld it. If the design is flawed it will fail. |
Gdeaver |
EricH |
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A FIRST adage:
You can make an Offensive robot play defense more effectively, than you can make a Defensive robot play offense. |
Enigma's puzzle |
EricH |
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The mediocre do the minimum, then exclaim how easy it is.
The exceptional never stop to gloat... they're too busy figuring out new ways to make it even better... |
Mr. Lim |
EricH |
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RTM does not stop after competition. |
rtfgnow |
EricH |
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Why silence the rude ones and naysayers when you could have the students learn to deal with them? |
JackG |
EricH |
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We are reluctant to deprive you of the experience of learning how to do your own research. |
Alan Anderson |
EricH |
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Coaxial swerve modules with a suspension and differential aren't normal. But on Winnovation they are. |
Andrew Schreiber |
EricH |
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Seriously, I figured we had until january before we started lawyering things again. |
JamesBrown |
EricH |
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You will "generously donate" your game pieces into your opponent's goal. |
johnr |
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Its great for us as mentors to see students teaching other students and a robot being built from scratch without us. Maybe someday they won't need us at all!!! |
DR3381 |
EricH |
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There is no such thing as "un-GP." |
Tetraman |
EricH |
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Give a group of engineers the choice of three options, and they'll pick choice number seven. |
Taylor |
EricH |
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We've done all the speculation we can do (some of us with less knowledge than others); let's rest our minds and keyboards and wait. |
Astrokid248 |
EricH |
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Simply. Minimize. Reduce. It's a good engineering rule, and an even better management one. |
Tom Line |
EricH |
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So your gearbox failed, and your first course of action was to post about it CD?
This is an interesting failure recovery plan. :) |
JVN |
EricH |
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Just a note, there are 2,534 teams registered and competing in FRC this year. That means that there are 2,533 teams being run in a manner entirely different than your own. |
Jay Trzaskos |
EricH |
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It definitely looked like a penalty, but in FRC if it looks like a penalty and smells like a penalty, well, unfortunately it might not be. |
Basel A |
EricH |
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Eh, typical FIRST team, take something awesome and make it even better. |
rsisk |
EricH |
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If your logo is your team number in a font 4" tall in 1/2" stroke, colored/outlined in white, then yes.
Otherwise, no. |
cadandcookies |
EricH |
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first post and the FRC "well what is a stick" comes in. Toothpick, does it need to be round, does a carbon fiber chain of Buckie balls count as a stick. CD posters are sooooo predictable. |
Foster |
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