Go and compete! You will learn a lot. What regional? If Norfolk, come find me the WAFFLEBOTS, and I will make time to go over some things. What we learn is more important than what we win. Mike Brown On Oct 25, 2011 10:09 AM, "Brian Hardy" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I saw this response to Rajesh's book question and now I have doubts about > competing this year. > > We are a division I completely rookie team - we've had our robot kit a > couple week longer than Rajesh, but that's about it. The team is getting > into the project and has just started building a robot, but neither is > approaching presentable as rapidly as would be necessary to do terribly well > (the project has had to take a radical turn, as they'd chosen a food and > factor that don't often combine in a way that causes contamination - both > have issues, just not with each-other - They COULD have a robot in time, but > only if everything they try works the first time - Did I mention they and I > are complete rookies? I'm not holding my breath). > > So, we're registered for a local tournament (on 11/12), should we take > whatever we have at that point, or go as spectators? (If spectators, some > guidance on how to cancel would also be most helpful). > > > > And, thanks to all of you who take the time to answers all these newbie > posts - I've found them all to be most respectful and extremely informative. > > Brian > > On Oct 23, 2011, at 10:11 PM, B Bergenstock wrote: > > Do you mean that you *just* started your team and are registered for a > local tournament? Because competition is just 2 to 3 weeks away, and that's > a pretty tall order. But good luck to you and your team. > If it were me and I had just started, I would not enter into this > year's competition, but hold an after school program starting in January > every other week, teaching them programming and then enter next fall's > tournament. Definitely go to this year's event, even as a spectator, > because being at the competition teaches you a lot. > As for books to teach lego to your team,. I highly recommend Educate > NXT > http://www.educatenxt.com/ > It's the best value for your money and time. Carnegie Mellon also has an > excellent series called Robotic Engineering. They started a free online > class equivalent but I can't seem to find that link right now; Maybe > someone else has that link. > Regards, > Brandy > . > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Rajesh Shah <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> We are new FLL team recently registered with parents as coach and mentor. >> We >> are all new to LEGO Mindstroms NXT Constructions and Programming. >> >> >> I was a thinking a good book will be a nice way to get a jump start for >> our team. >> I see a bunch of books available in Amazon. Any suggestion ? >> >> http://www.amazon.com/gp/search? >> ie=UTF8&keywords=LEGO%20MINDSTORMS%20NXT&tag=nxtprogramsco- >> 20&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325#/ref=nb_sb_noss? >> url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field- >> keywords=LEGO+MINDSTORMS+NXT&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3ALEGO+MINDST >> ORMS+NXT >> >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Rajesh Shah >> >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit >> https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or >> leave the list". >> >> -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via >> VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit >> https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to >> subscribe. >> > > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave > the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. > > > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave > the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.