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My_Username	New to Robot Ramble [RRC]	Posted: 07-04-06 17:03:11

Member Location: Joined: 4th Jul 06 IP: Hidden	Hello everyone! I am new to this whole robot ramble/robotics thing. I have a bit of experience when it comes to the baiscs, for example i won a gold medal at nationals in Robo-Billiards back im Middle School. So I'm not 100% novice. I wanted some tips from you guys, are there any books/sites you guys can suggest regarding robots/circuits and such? I'll take as much advice as i can get. Thanks in advance!
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skullcracker3k	Re: New to Robot Ramble [RRC]	Posted: 07-04-06 20:08:47

Senior Member Location: Clinton Twp. MI Joined: 28th Feb 05 IP: Hidden	i'll 1st ask where you live, that why i can give you store tips on buying stuff. 2nd, is ask your school about previous robots built. use parts from it. 3rd, is i reccomend hard wiring controls, just because its easier to fix. While ground level radios, as in REAL radio controls, work just fine in competition, they take a long time to calibrate to make everything work good.
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bugboy	Re: New to Robot Ramble [RRC]	Posted: 07-05-06 15:57:30

Member Location: Joined: 21st Feb 03 IP: Hidden	I recommend you buy Vex Robotics Kit if you don't have prior experience in building a robot from scratch. They're just about as powerful as a handbuilt bot and more affordable.

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Re: New to Robot Ramble [RRC]

Posted: 07-05-06 17:52:13

I Wear Designer Genes

Location: Brighton MI
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Quote:

Originally posted by My_Username

i won a gold medal at nationals in Robo-Billiards back im Middle School. So I'm not 100% novice.

How about you help us, instead of us helping you. Us being 99.9% of the people working on robot ramble.
But basically, it's robotics, and you need to just put random crap in a box. That's all you have to know.

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Michigan Science Olympiad State Tournament '07
Designer Genes
Disease Detective
Experimental Design
Food Science
Forensics
Five Star Science

State Medals:
2003 Life Science Process Lab: Runner-up
2003 Experimental Design: 5th Place
2004 Robot Ramble: 3rd Place
2005 Designer Genes: 5th Place
2006 Chem Lab: 4th Place

Little Brother (why I can't gloat about what's above):
2006 Storm the Castle State Champ
(he never lets me live it down. This year it's personal. But at least I have a trebuchet in my basement that can hit a 10cm circle from 40 meters away.

My_Username	Re: New to Robot Ramble [RRC]	Posted: 07-05-06 19:36:05

Member Location: Joined: 4th Jul 06 IP: Hidden	Thanks for the replies guys ^^ <3

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