[FRC Blog] Kit of Parts Survey = Prizes!

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Posted on the FRC Blog, 6/23/2017: Kit of Parts Survey = Prizes! | FIRST

Kit of Parts Survey = Prizes!
*Written by the Kit Of Parts Team.
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Here’s your chance to help us improve your experience with the *FIRST *Robotics Competition Kit of Parts! The Kit of Parts survey is open now, and will be available until Friday, July 21. We ask that no more than one student and one mentor from each team complete the survey, so teams choosing to respond will be more fairly represented. Tell us what you think, so we can get better!

To encourage even more teams to participate, we are offering 10 great prizes to 10 lucky winners! Each winner will receive ONE of the following prizes:

Level One Prizes (3 Lucky respondents who complete EVERY question of the first part of the survey will win ONE of the following):
2 Spark Motor Controllers
1 Box of FIRST STEAMWORKS Fuel
1 roll of VHB Tape

Level Two Prizes (7 Lucky respondents who complete EVERY question of the entire survey will win ONE of the following):
1 RoboRio
1 PDP
1 Kinect
5 FIRST STEAMWORKS Gears
1 Netbook

Please follow this link to provide your feedback!

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I really want another box of fuel… 300 fuel isn’t enough.

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Given how much AndyMark has been trying to get rid of fuel lately, I’m surprised FIRST didn’t help them out and offer a box to everyone that participated :stuck_out_tongue:

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All fuelishness aside, I think it’s a great way to thank people for their opinion.

OBTW, as hinted in the blog post, the survey has a question around 52% or so where it lets you quit without answering a “round 2” of questions, so don’t despair if you realize that progress bar hasn’t moved along as fast as you’d hoped. I kept going, of course! Round 2 basically is how useful/good you felt each individual item was (with “did not use” as an option), presented in bunches of about 10-30 items.

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Level two prizes seems better than one?

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More answers. There’s two parts, level 1 only requires the first part.

Also, Level 2 in FIRST is 20 points, Level 1 is only 10. (Ultimate Ascent reference–the Pyramid’s climbing levels.)

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But I would prefer 2 Sparks to 5 Steamworks gears…or even to the Kinect (we still have the 2012 one unopened in the box) :rolleyes:

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Heck, I’d take them over the PDP since my team already has 2 PDPs and a PDB, so we won’t need any more.

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No doubt they are saving them to implement my idea for next year’s game.

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If you have all the power distribution you need, you obviously need more power! :stuck_out_tongue:

We have four sets of the control system core components, and our team of 20 students used them all during build season – prototyping/improvements 'bot, competition 'bot, practice 'bot, and programmer’s test platform. If we had five, I’m pretty sure that last one wouldn’t stay on last year’s robot or the air cannon through build season. If given a choice, I’d probably pick a 5th RoboRIO, with a 5th PDP being second choice.