Wednesday, 5/24/2000
Welcome prospective members! Feel free to look around the site to find out more about our team and joining. Make sure to look at the Chairman's Award, download photos from the past year, and visit the FIRST page.
Wednesday, 2/16/2000
Todd Pierce and Eric Kemp are the coaches. Neither the flight nor the pit crews have yet to be chosen. Meanwhile, the subteams continue to work in a frenzy. Also, keep track of your weight. If you'd like to see what each subteam has estimated at the moment, click here.
Tuesday, 2/15/2000
Everyone is working hard on their individual subsystems. Mobility base is mobile! (sort of)
Monday, 2/14/2000
Things look like they're falling in place now. Don't get discouraged and keep the interest level up. Reminder to all those working in the shop: don't get careless around the machinery, its dangerous. We know you've heard it all before, but this is just your friendly reminder.
Sunday, 2/13/2000
Start integrating everyone. Get your pieces done as soon as possible. Remember, we need to loose weight wherever possible.
Saturday, 2/12/2000
Teams are working together smoothly now. Keep up the good work, we're almost on the home strech.
Friday, 2/11/2000
Back to the grind again. Rather quiet in the shop, only about half the team showed up. There will be meetings every day until the robot is shipped. We played with the balls.
Thursday, 2/10/2000
Mail Chairman's Award and present copy to team/Dave. Look at Farrah's artwork & good luck to Jacob and the Jazz band.
Wednesday, 2/9/2000
Chairman's Award members finished their project today. Mail if possible. Team update #8 and (Huzzah!) Autodesk update is now out. Download them here.
Tuesday, 2/8/2000
Photograph for Animation team today at 7:45, thanks for showing up.
Monday, 2/7/2000
Reminder to the team, tomorrow at 7:45pm Animation team would like to take a team photograph for use in the animation. If you missed tonight's meeting, remember to talk to the Art director, Gleanne about t-shirt sizes.
Sunday, 2/6/2000
Subteams, keep a close watch on weight and attempt to lighten where possible. Send updates to the Integration team about your weight if/when changes occur.
Saturday, 2/5/2000
Reminder to everyone, please send Our Fearless Leader Jacob updates on everything possible: materials/parts lists, designs, schematics, schedule approximations, costs, weight calculations... ect.
Friday, 2/4/2000
Subteams are now picking up pace. Descriptive paragraphs are now being recieved from nearly all the subteams. Keep up the good work. Also, Update #7 is now out and you can pick it up here.
Thursday, 2/3/2000
Some subteams are still not sending in their descriptive paragraphs. Also, there is a new program at the Sharing FIRST site for the Animation team to participate in. All team members, please try to make it to the meetings by 6:00pm.
Tuesday, 2/1/2000
Money for the Florida trip was due today. Also, it is imperative that each subteam leader send in their updates to the list. Please remember to do so - the minitues page depends on the information you give.
Monday, 1/31/2000
Today's meeting was canceled due to yesterday's inclement weather. Subteams are still expected to have their designs ready for tomorrow. Subteam leaders have been asked to send a paragraph long status report to the list after each meeting. Money for the Florida trip is due tomorrow.
Sunday, 1/30/2000
The meeting for today has been canceled due to the weather and the fact that the custodians never showed up. There is still a meeting scheduled for tomorrow. Keep track of the status by calling the parent link number.
Saturday, 1/29/2000
Team Update #6 can be downloaded now. Click here to get it. Subteams must be ready to build by Tuesday. There is a meeting tomorrow at 1pm.
Tuesday, 1/25/2000
Team Update #5 is now available here. The welding lesson is being held tonight. All those interested, follow the directions provided by Dave to the list.
Monday, 1/24/2000
Teams remember to have your supplies list in by tomorrow night so
that orders may be sent out as soon as possible. Get those designs in soon too! Also, if you
are going to Florida, check to see if you are on Ms. Murtland's list. Engineers, remember to
send in your paragraphs to the Chairman's Award.
Saturday, 1/22/2000
Team Update #4 and the first Autodesk Update is now out and can
be picked up here. Another site of interest is the
Chief Delphi site. Make sure to visit their forums;
as Dave pointed out, they are a great place from which to learn. Subgroups make sure to have
your critical design reviews done by Monday. Those of you helping Nikki out with Chariman's,
please have your articles in by Monday evening. Also, directions to Jacob's house (main robotics
team) and Carol's house (animation and chairman's award) have been posted
here in case of snow.
Saturday, 1/15/2000
Another team update came out yesterday. Get it
here. Also a reminder that there will be a test of the rules
(updates included) this Tuesday at 6 PM in Mr. Johnson's room. Mr. Tripp is seeking responsible
people to help with paperwork and administration of the team. See him for further details.
Thursday, 1/13/2000
The final design evaluation
criteria is now up. The first rules update has been posted and can be found
here. As noted by Jacob, we have an extra day to ship
(February 22). Finally, documentation for the control system (which is not among the normal
documents) can be found here, along with schematics and other
control system related info.
Wednesday, 1/12/2000
Joe Parrish's StuBot notes
and the Concept Design Criteria (*no longer up*) from Monday's meeting are now up.
Monday, 1/10/2000
The site should be seeing more updates. If you haven't picked
them up already, get the rules for this years game from FIRST. Reminder: Test on rules will be given on Tuesday, 1/18!
Monday, September 20, 1999: Mr. Tripp help a planning meeting for the 2000 season in
the robotics lab at 7:00. Notes are avaliable. Also, the team e-mail
distribution list is now running, see the members page for more details.
Monday, June 14, 1999: We've had our first meeting of the 2000 robotics season! During
this meeting, we've cleaned up the shop and discussed ideas for the upcomming year. We will
continue to work on the shop and with ideas throughout the summer and keep reading your e-mail
and this site to keep posted!
