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|'''Eat Pizza''' | |'''Eat Pizza''' | ||
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− | * We ate cookies and everybody enjoyed the cookies. | + | * We ate cookies and everybody enjoyed the cookies. Some of us ate pizza while others brought a lunch. Water was provided also with the lunch. |
* There were 12 boxes of Pizza and half were pepperoni and half were cheese. | * There were 12 boxes of Pizza and half were pepperoni and half were cheese. | ||
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|'''Meet other Teams''' | |'''Meet other Teams''' | ||
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* The team got to talk to a bunch of different people from different teams, and some of the team talked with the girls from the Firebird team about some ideas and some of the other robotics teams. | * The team got to talk to a bunch of different people from different teams, and some of the team talked with the girls from the Firebird team about some ideas and some of the other robotics teams. | ||
* We got to go to the field and play with the balls, thinking of a strategy to make the ball go into the center goal to get a max. of 60 points. | * We got to go to the field and play with the balls, thinking of a strategy to make the ball go into the center goal to get a max. of 60 points. | ||
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* we got to meet the other teams and see how hard or easy our competition is. we also got to become friendly with other teams | * we got to meet the other teams and see how hard or easy our competition is. we also got to become friendly with other teams | ||
* we got to meet and hang out with the other competing teams in the competition. Josh knew some of the people from the other team. there were about 10 teams in the cafeteria at once. | * we got to meet and hang out with the other competing teams in the competition. Josh knew some of the people from the other team. there were about 10 teams in the cafeteria at once. | ||
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* we watched a video about the rules and one of the refs explained them. | * we watched a video about the rules and one of the refs explained them. | ||
* Sadly, some rules ruled out our ideas. | * Sadly, some rules ruled out our ideas. | ||
+ | * We read the rules of the FTC Manual which took us one hour. The game was also displayed in the manual. | ||
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|'''Brainstorm / Prioritize / Strategize''':D | |'''Brainstorm / Prioritize / Strategize''':D | ||
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− | * we strategized for 2 hours and | + | * we strategized for 2 hours and came up with a strategy. We learned that game strategy is key this year in order to succeed |
− | * we thought of strategies for the autonomous period, tele-op and started the end game strategy. | + | * we thought of strategies for the autonomous period, tele-op and started the end game strategy. We also made several experiments on how many balls would fit in a rolling tube. |
− | * The team started autonomous strategizing and thats when Eric helped out and wrote done what the team was strategizing. The team decided to score the center goal balls in | + | * The team started autonomous strategizing and thats when Eric helped out and wrote done what the team was strategizing. The team decided to score the center goal balls in autonomous and focus on getting the rolling goals and the robot parked or lifted on to the ramp. |
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*brain storm we started our brain storming in the FRC room watch was very hot. When the meeting in our room ended we rushed in and conintuned our brain storm. | *brain storm we started our brain storming in the FRC room watch was very hot. When the meeting in our room ended we rushed in and conintuned our brain storm. | ||
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* We thought shooting the balls would be really unreliable, so we are leaning towards making a mechanism that can reliably dump balls into the tubes. | * We thought shooting the balls would be really unreliable, so we are leaning towards making a mechanism that can reliably dump balls into the tubes. | ||
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Revision as of 23:47, 8 September 2014
Competition Season Meeting
Meeting Date | Meeting Time | Location | Attendees |
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Saturday,September 6, 2014 | 10:30am-5pm | TCHS Brandywine | Trevor, Brad, CJ, Morgan, Nick, Amal, Eric, Josh, Justin, Braden, Laura. |
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Attend the Game Reveal |
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Eat Pizza |
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Meet other Teams |
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Learn the Rules |
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Brainstorm / Prioritize / Strategize:D |
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Recorded by: Amal | Date: | Journal Editor: | Date: |
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