Difference between revisions of "FTC 7314 Engineering Notebook 2014-09-06"
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* Josh thought the game was very interesting and had a lot of interesting scoring mechanisms. The game also used several elements that he really did not understand. | * Josh thought the game was very interesting and had a lot of interesting scoring mechanisms. The game also used several elements that he really did not understand. | ||
* the robot had to throw or drop balls into tubes to score points. It also had to push the tubes into marked zones. I have never done this before and i think it's cool. | * the robot had to throw or drop balls into tubes to score points. It also had to push the tubes into marked zones. I have never done this before and i think it's cool. | ||
− | * The Team got awesome new shirts and learned about the game, which Brad thinks looks very interesting and he thinks it looks like it will be very fun | + | * The Team got awesome new shirts and learned about the game, which Brad thinks looks very interesting and he thinks it looks like it will be very fun. |
+ | * We saw people from Pittsburgh having a discussion of the schedule in the TCHS Cafeteria. | ||
+ | * We saw a video of the game reveal that showed the instructions of the game and how to score points, lose points, and keep the same amount of points. | ||
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|'''Eat Pizza''' | |'''Eat Pizza''' | ||
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− | * | + | * 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. |
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|'''Meet other Teams''' | |'''Meet other 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 | + | * 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. | ||
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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. | ||
+ | * There were teams that were in their senior year of high school. We must step up our game to do better than them. | ||
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* The team started autonamis 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 autonamis and focus on getting the rolling goals and the robot parked or lifted on to the ramp. | * The team started autonamis 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 autonamis 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. |
− | + | * 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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Revision as of 23:22, 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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- 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.
- We read the rules of the FTC Manual which took us one hour. The game was also displayed in the manual.
Recorded by: Amal | Date: | Journal Editor: | Date: |
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