2. FIRST Competition – “710”

3. Team Hammond’s Recipe for a Successful Robot Strategy and Design

4. Call me “Mr. Bill”

5. Oh No! Mr. Bill !

6. Three Things Needed to Win a Championship 1 - Pretty Good Robot 2 - Reliability 3 - Lots of Luck

7. Too many chefs spoil the broth. Many hands makes work light, but… chiefs chiefsrobot

8. #1 Establish one head or lead person.

9. Mr. Bill’s “Putaside”

10. #2 Become very familiar with the kit and other construction materials.  Know the kit thoroughly  Memorize additional hardware list  Absorb the small parts catalog  Make a motor specification table

11. #3 Build the goals and devices immediately.

12. #4 Learn the game and scoring Thoroughly!

13. #5 The three most important design features of a robot are: I.Drives II.Drives III.Drives

14. #6 Get a boilerplate chassis running Now!

15. #7 Look for “keys” to the game and designs to achieve them.

16. #8 Don’t get into a design rut.

18. #9 Start building as soon as possible.

19. #10 Try and keep a flexible design with “fallback” possibilities.

20. #11 Don’t underestimate the ability of the drivers, but look for simple, mechanical and electrical driver aids.

25. #12 Practice, Practice, Practice!

26. Autonomous Frosting Evaluate: Importance Capability Cost Decision

27. Go Indiana Teams!