FRC 2009: "Lunacy"
A new year, a new build season. This sums up how robotics is going so far (Week 1 just completed, Weeks 2-6 remaining).
Edit: My official title: Whatever the Team Needs Most. (I've done research, design, team organization, finding sponsors, PR, and construction so far. And all I really wanted to do from the beginning was programming). Though to be honest, most of the key team members share that title with me to some degree.
Key Terms and Phrases
Proof of concept: I saw a post on Chief Delphi that said it should work. Prototype: I saw a video of it on youtube.
Contingency plan for working with wood: Drill More Holes. Contingency plan for working with aluminum: File/Bore the Hole Larger
Team Meetings: 3:30-7:30 M-Th, ~10:00-5:00 Sun.
Team size: Full of middle-schoolers. Functional team size: ~10 members. Core team size: Nate, Ryan, Max, Richard, myself.
2009 Concept: 4WD with loading ramp and ball turret.
Workplace: Hebrew classroom, the great outdoors, wooden shed with a tarp.
Tablesaw: Sucks balls (at best 1/8" precision, if you remember to position your material one blade's width away from the actual cutting line)
Claim to fame: Pre-qualified by lottery for the Nationals in Atlanta, Georgia this April
Plans: Overly Ambitious. Current access to machine shops: none. Current status: desperate. Timeline: By Sunday...
Edit: My official title: Whatever the Team Needs Most. (I've done research, design, team organization, finding sponsors, PR, and construction so far. And all I really wanted to do from the beginning was programming). Though to be honest, most of the key team members share that title with me to some degree.
Key Terms and Phrases
Proof of concept: I saw a post on Chief Delphi that said it should work. Prototype: I saw a video of it on youtube.
Contingency plan for working with wood: Drill More Holes. Contingency plan for working with aluminum: File/Bore the Hole Larger
Team Meetings: 3:30-7:30 M-Th, ~10:00-5:00 Sun.
Team size: Full of middle-schoolers. Functional team size: ~10 members. Core team size: Nate, Ryan, Max, Richard, myself.
2009 Concept: 4WD with loading ramp and ball turret.
Workplace: Hebrew classroom, the great outdoors, wooden shed with a tarp.
Tablesaw: Sucks balls (at best 1/8" precision, if you remember to position your material one blade's width away from the actual cutting line)
Claim to fame: Pre-qualified by lottery for the Nationals in Atlanta, Georgia this April
Plans: Overly Ambitious. Current access to machine shops: none. Current status: desperate. Timeline: By Sunday...