The BEST Robotics Competition is a fairly new program to be implemented in full at High School. It started last year and has been a source of both exasperation and mirth to the competitors. There are many different aspects of the competition, and the most important of these are the robot and the program. The robot is the main focus of our program for reasons of manpower and time constraints. The robot is subdivided out into many groups and assignments. The base team had to build a lightweight design that could support the arm, attach the wheels, and be able to push around the balls. The arm team had to design an arm that could grab and hold the volleyballs (CO2). We were successful in the building of a robot that could move all of …show more content…
Without the program nothing would happen. The best robot in the world would cease to function without the program. Even the simplest and most unassuming program is still incredibly powerful. The programming world seemed complicated and forbidding for the longest time before Aiden and John helped me learn. They did not seem to have much idea of the process either, but we worked through it and discovered how to work it by the example of the default program. We celebrated every small success and discovery, and we worked through all of the difficulties. We discovered that the brain must be disconnected from the battery while the program is loading. The IR sensor was a large source of problems to me while I was programming. The team was encouraging me to get it programmed whilst I could not test it. I was under intense pressure during the competition to get the program working and I was thought to be unsuccessful. This was then proven to be an incorrect theory when the Home School Association had tested theirs and the field was proven to be broken and wired wrong. The troubleshooting process was long and difficult to try and remap the controller driving. I had tried for weeks to attempt this but in the end I decided that the end result was not worth the …show more content…
It accomplishes this by proposing a problem with all restrictions to all of the teams, thus forcing them to go through the engineering processes of brainstorming, pitching, prototyping, and production. The brainstorming process was heavily taught by Mrs.Sedwick, but was, simply put, altogether ignored. This may not have been a very good idea on our part, but in the end we built a robot that accomplished the task. The pitching of ideas was incorporated as we pitched the ideas to our team members and when the instructor was directly involved to her. The instructor also helped by playing the role of boss and owner of the team; She controlled the actual production and processes used by the team during the entire process. The team is built of gifted and highly talented individuals and all of them use extremely different lines of thought and logic connections, so that explaining ideas becomes difficult at the least. Prototyping is almost the same as production with the small difference being that the prototypes are of higher quality than the actual production because often they are built to prove a point and if then proven used as the final product. Thus the BEST program is
Both authors from “La Vida Robot” by Joshua Davis and Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson share a similar perspective on what makes a strong and successful team. Davis’s perspective is working as a team with different strengths and weaknesses make the perfect and successful team and Isaacson’s perspective is working as a team with different strengths and weaknesses make the perfect and successful team.
Second, a science fair was held and only two were competing. One was George Melvil’s The Flying Machine: A System of Low-Resistance Pulleys, and Whit Austin’s Laser Cannon with Tracker. George’s project wasn’t even given a peep from the judges and that when he was trying to get their attention, Susan Singer-Wright, chair of the county commission, said to him that the fair already had a winner.
We all have had individual ideas that we used to support each one of us. We proceeded with the project with an open mind and made every effort to go according to what was discussed before embarking on the task. It could be said that the reason we were successful was that we followed all the sequences as discussed, especially the last one. It was apparent that we were all committed to the success of the team, we were able to motivate each other by engaging all the team members to aim to achieve at the highest level. We all followed open communication to follow the processes in
I didn't think anything of it at first, but after a few meetings, I was sold. The environment, the people, and the fact that I get to build a 120lb robot was awesome! I put my heart and soul into it for two years. My first year, I was voted the MVP of the team and learned skills that no other club could offer. That first year was dedicated to learning to use many machines in a work environment. I learned how to use a CNC, an Epilog Helix Laser Engraver, basically every saw that we owned, and I also gained experience with many hand tools in the shop.
When people hear the term “FIRST Robotics” or hear anything related to robotics, they automatically assume that it has something to do with robots destroying each other or nerds sitting in the corner eating pizza and building small robots; I used to be one of those people who thought that before joining FIRST Robotics. In all honesty, I was very reluctant on becoming a part of FIRST Robotics in the first place because I did not know if I would fit in or even enjoy it for that matter. However, thanks to two special people I gave FIRST Robotics a shot, and I’m thankful that I did because I wouldn’t be the person that I am today. FIRST Robotics has greatly impacted my high school experience by teaching me life skills that I can’t learn in the classroom, forming new bonds and
Domestic violence (DV) is a pattern of behavior used to establish power and control over another person through fear and intimidation, often including the threat or use of violence. Domestic violence can include physical, emotional, psychological, financial, and/or sexual abuse. Abusers may use pressure, fear, intimidation, separation, and other behaviors to gain and retain power over their victims.
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Focus shall be on utilizing pre-production tools while developing the prototypes. Actual material, wherever possible, shall be used in the development of prototypes rather than having substituted parts. Make the prototypes as closer as possible to actual outputs.
Passing is perhaps one of the most important components of the sport. A game would be impossible without the assistance of passing and team work. To successfully carryout a pass, many factors have to be taken into account. In order to begin a pass, first a player must exert a force on the basketball. Once the ball leaves the hands of the player, it becomes a projectile. A projectile is acted upon by two independent forces: the x and y components. The x component is the force exerted on the ball by the player while the y component is pulled by the force of gravity, -9.8m/s². As a result of the independent components, the ball will travel in a downward parabolic path, or trajectory. Since the ball travels a downward path, the player throws the ball towards a target located a little higher than where the player wishes the ball would go in order to compensate for the downward path. Another factor that affects the successfulnes...
Sato, T., R. Mizoguchi, Y. Tomita and T. Uchiyama. 2009. Overview of the Academic Roadmap of Robotics Technology. Advanced Robotics 23(11): 1429-1439. EBSCOhost http://web.ebscohost.com (accessed January 21, 2011).
This research task requires that, through participation in skill learning and game play during the volleyball unit we have been required to observe and analyse the characteristics of skilled performers; receive feedback on weaknesses in technique and develop and participate in training activities that could correct these weaknesses.
Volleyball is a sport that includes many elements from physics. Next time you are playing or watching your friend or family member play volleyball think about the elements in physics involved. Without gravity,work velocity, acceleration, work,and the Newton's 3 laws of motion, volleyball wouldn’t be the same. In this paper I will explain how you can use work, velocity, gravity and acceleration along with newton's three laws of motion
Hence, at this stage it is to explore and experiments with models, dummies and storyboards so that we can portray a glimpse of how the design will look like in reality, not to mention this method also can be used to convey ideas so that they can be understood in this context.
At the final week of Innovation & Enterprise I EE3031 module, I finally learned the process of conceptualizing and designing a product which involves technology. Leadership, teamwork and communication should be part of education as it not only enhances interpersonal skills but real life skills. In addition, presenting to an audience was key to gaining interest for a new development product.