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21-09-2012 16:13
MARS_James
Re: pic: Our new 25 IPads
I have to ask why do you have 25 IPads and where did they come from?
21-09-2012 17:21
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Originally Posted by MARS_James
I have to ask why do you have 25 IPads and where did they come from?
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21-09-2012 18:26
BrendanB
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Looks like a huge investment but considering such a high volume I'd assume they are using them for more than just scouting.
21-09-2012 18:57
akoscielski3
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You can get "Classroom sets" From apple. They are used for educational purposes. I'm guessing thats what these are for. I'm also guessing that these are owned by the school or school board, not the team?
21-09-2012 22:27
Mr. Lim
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As cool as iPads are, our team:
- designs our robot in SolidWorks
- sets toolpaths for our CNC Router in VisualMill
- programs in NetBeans
- images the cRIO with the FRC Utilities
- drives our robot with the Driver Station
- monitors our live telemetry with the SmartDashboard
- compiles and analyzes our scouting data in Excel
- writes our Chairman's materials in Word
- produces our marketing materials in Photoshop and Illustrator
Unfortunately for us, the iPad runs a grand total of 0 of our critical applications.
Every year someone brings up the idea of getting a few, and every year I try and convince them the money is better spent on far less sexy laptops and workstations.
Of course, this will be the year where the robot is controlled by finishing progressively harder levels of Angry Birds...
21-09-2012 23:15
Camren
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Originally Posted by Mr. Lim
As cool as iPads are, our team:
Unfortunately for us, the iPad runs a grand total of 0 of our critical applications. Every year someone brings up the idea of getting a few, and every year I try and convince them the money is better spent on far less sexy laptops and workstations. Of course, this will be the year where the robot is controlled by finishing progressively harder levels of Angry Birds... |
21-09-2012 23:33
Brandon Zalinsky
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Originally Posted by Camren
Solution turn your classmate into a tablet.
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21-09-2012 23:40
Gregor
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Originally Posted by Flak-Bait
Not to mention that most tablets, including iPads, don't have USB ports! Where will you plug in joysticks?
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21-09-2012 23:44
MrTechCenter
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Originally Posted by Flak-Bait
No, not at all. The classmate does not run CAD, or word, or any other applications for the most part. Also, "turn"? We're engineers, not magicians. It's not like you can just chop off the keyboard and call it a tablet. Not to mention that most tablets, including iPads, don't have USB ports! Where will you plug in joysticks?
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21-09-2012 23:50
dellagd
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Originally Posted by Flak-Bait
No, not at all. The classmate does not run CAD, or word, or any other applications for the most part. Also, "turn"? We're engineers, not magicians. It's not like you can just chop off the keyboard and call it a tablet. Not to mention that most tablets, including iPads, don't have USB ports! Where will you plug in joysticks?
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22-09-2012 00:09
Camren
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Originally Posted by Flak-Bait
No, not at all. The classmate does not run CAD, or word, or any other applications for the most part. Also, "turn"? We're engineers, not magicians. It's not like you can just chop off the keyboard and call it a tablet. Not to mention that most tablets, including iPads, don't have USB ports! Where will you plug in joysticks?
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22-09-2012 00:24
PAR_WIG1350
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Originally Posted by Camren
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22-09-2012 00:37
kdehaan42
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We received them as part of a large grant we got that included the IPads 25 new desktops and 6 laptops. We use them for scouting, making designs and just fun
22-09-2012 01:53
steelerborn
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Solidworks has an edrawings app, I could see how this would be super beneficial to the manufacturing side. They can pull up the bot on the ipad and be able to move it around to see areas that a drawing may conceal.
22-09-2012 02:13
Brandon Zalinsky
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Originally Posted by Camren
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Originally Posted by Gregor
Obviously via wireless electricity.
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22-09-2012 08:15
MARS_James
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Originally Posted by kdehaan42
We received them as part of a large grant we got that included the IPads 25 new desktops and 6 laptops. We use them for scouting, making designs and just fun
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22-09-2012 09:52
Camren
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Originally Posted by Flak-Bait
No, not at all. The classmate does not run CAD, or word, or any other applications for the most part. Also, "turn"? We're engineers, not magicians. It's not like you can just chop off the keyboard and call it a tablet. Not to mention that most tablets, including iPads, don't have USB ports! Where will you plug in joysticks?
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22-09-2012 11:16
Brandon Zalinsky
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Originally Posted by Camren
Also I have gotten our teams class mate to run open office. for the most part it can run programming software and you should think of the us be ports to be a benefit.
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22-09-2012 20:50
kdehaan42
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They where given to the robotics team and our project lead the way program.
29-09-2012 10:26
mplanchard
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This summer, I saw the SolidWorks edrawing app on an ipad incorporated into a college robot competition presentation board. The students cut out a hole in the back of the board. You could see the edrawings showing different parts of the assembly and cross sections. They used three ipads and positioned them at the top of the boards - so you could see in a crowd. Then one of the students talked to the judges one-on-one with an ipad in hand. It was a new form of communication - especially between the judges and the students. Marie
30-09-2012 22:33
Michael Hill
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Now...if FIRST would just lighten up the restrictions on wifi so they could be useful for live scouting...
Sure, you could sync them up when you go home for the evening, but not having live data really hampers the point of scouting.
30-09-2012 23:26
dellagd
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Originally Posted by Michael Hill
Now...if FIRST would just lighten up the restrictions on wifi so they could be useful for live scouting...
Sure, you could sync them up when you go home for the evening, but not having live data really hampers the point of scouting. |
01-10-2012 01:48
dcarr
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Not to hate on iPads...but we resorted to including a "no iPad" clause in our Handbook (which extends to no off-task use of computers or any electronic devices) at meetings because they don't really lend themselves well to any task that we need to accomplish (with the exception of scouting, which just happens twice a year). Our school has had a convertible tablet PC program for a while, but recently decided to switch to a hybrid laptop/iPad program which I believe to be a mistake.
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