After last tuesday, I suddenly became a major key player, because I am now their electrical and Wiring Expert. I have been Given the task to hook up 2! of these systems, not counting the wires to the motors, the servos, sensors, Vectors, Fuse safety system, battery supply and potentiometers.
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I Get to hook up My own team (494) and Team 70's Robot, not to mention that it has to be PERFECT and neat, or else we could have problems. Woo Hoo!
Attachment: Labeling of each part, plus how many. There will be definite changes by January 10.
I'll bet everyone is the most imortant part of your robotics team. There are many roads to Atlanta, only a few of which involve moving some triangles, rings, or squares around a field. Your team's notebooks and construction reports can get you invited, as can helping another team (whether FTC, FLL, or another FRC team.) Teamwork and professionalism are vital. And unless you're from a wealthy school, the people who write grants and coordinate fundreaisers are pretty important too. (If you qualify, Atlanta costs an additional $5K plus each member's expenses.)
And if another team's head electrician says 'Krumlink taught me...' it WILL come back to you and your team.
You FIRST robotics kids with all of your money...my school never had the initiative to do anything like FIRST, or the money. Our operating budget for five robots per year was under $700. Quite a lot of fun though; re-purposed parts can be interesting to say the least.
Reminds me of the old joke about who was the most vital part of a human body..... after a protracted debate (and a brief stoppage) the "waste disposal system" won the argument.
That's some pretty expensive gear, just that stuff in the first photo is $1146.71 and that's only the electronics... http://www.ifirobotics.com/rc.shtml
And it's Microchip powered
Holy ****, My team has a budget of $1800, Is it the skills Canada competition? (Edit nvm your in the states, that would explain the astounding amount of money you guys get )
Yea I wanted to have what your doing but I am the only one on my team that can do the overall mechanical stuff.
Dont forget without everyone else you will have nothing to control
I just joined a team this year as a mentor. My highschool was too arts oriented, so they didnt do anything cool like FRC. I'm not sure what exactly they won, but I guess they are really good. It's team 291. I'm gonna be in charge of the programming group, so it should be pretty fun.