Welcome to the first annual Minnesota Mock Kick-Off! Presented by: Tweet to our Include these Hash Tags: #omgrobots #mnmoko

Team Warm-up At each table is – A box of pencils – A piece of paper Teams have 5 minutes to: – Create a team name – Draw a logo – Write all your names and FRC team number on the back of the paper

GOFIRST FIRST Alumni Organization at the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities Mentors FRC Teams Volunteers at FRC Events Hosts FRC Events Participate in collegiate robots competitions

What is a Mock Kick-Off? Kicks off an old FRC game – New teams members learn what Kick-Off is – Veteran team members go over design process GOFIRST Mock Kick Off (MoKo) – Fast-paced 4 hour event – Focuses on team building and design processes

The Game FRC Triple Play January 7 th, 2012

Game Video 1w January 7 th, 2012 Hand out Game Manual!

Game Field January 7 th, 2012

Game Rules 3pt / tetra on top of goal 1pt / tetra on the bottom of the goal 10pts for three in a row at the end of time 10pts for all three ‘bots in the home zone at the end of time Max number of points you can score and still lose? January 7 th, 2012

Requirements/Needs Things the robot MUST do! Rank your list Black Box Robots Be super specific This defines the robot’s function and says nothing about the “HOW” January 9 th, 2012

Requirements/Needs Things the robot MUST do! 1.First must be able to build 2.Pass Inspection Check the rules each year! 3.Move January 9 th, 2012

Objectives/WANTS Things the robot WANTS to do! Black Box Robots Rank your list Be super specific This defines the robot’s function and says nothing about the “HOW” January 9 th, 2012

The LIST 1.Your team must be able to build it 2.Pass Inspection 3.Move 4.Thing 5.Thing 6.Thing 7.Thing Requirements Objectives January 10 th, 2012

Trade-ables Things that pull in opposite directions Speed Vs Torque (Pushing Power) Weight Vs Complexity High reach Vs low center of gravity January 10 th, 2012

Historical Research Inseason – Chief Delphi- – Blue Alliance- – Search the Internet- – Scouting Data- For Today Look in the Encyclopedia Robotica for ideas January 11 th, 2012

Historical Research January 12 th, 2012

LUNCH! OM NOM NOM – Jimmy Johns Subs – Soda and Water From about 11:45-12:15 – Discuss design ideas over lunch!

Team Bonding Activity HIGH FIVE BUDDIES! – We expect to see this at all the MN regionals!

Conceptualization Start Thinking of Robot Designs! – All designs must meet the Requirements and Objectives we listed before – Start with the chassis and work up – DO NOT GET EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED – Can’t say “Because I want to” or “Because another team did it” January 12 th, 2012

Conceptualization Refine 3-4 Ideas Down Select January 13 th, 2012

Conceptualization Refine 2-3 Ideas Prototype (Confidence Gathering) – If needed Down Select January 14 th, 2012

Work with the table next to you to review your designs – Look for possible flaws – Did they meet their requirements? Go through their list number by number – How did the team meet each one? – Why did they make those choices? Critical Design Review

BUILD Welcome to your final design! BUILD IT! You have 36 days January 16 th, 2012

You have 29 days! January 21 st, 2012 BUILD

SNOW DAY!!! LOSE A BUILD DAY! January 23 rd, 2012 BUILD

GAME UPDATE REVIEW DESIGN February 1 st, 2012 BUILD

PARTS DON’T SHIP ON TIME February 11 th, 2012 BUILD

Pre-Ship Regional 2/18/2012 February 18 th, 2012 BUILD

DAY BEFORE SHIP!! February 20 th, 2012 BUILD

ROBOT SHIPS! February 21 st, 2012 BUILD

Einstein Finals Match 1 – Svw Einstein Finals Match 2 – UvIc Competition Season

GOFIRST will be putting on 3 additional Workshops from 2:30-3:30pm – Marketing Workshop Room 118 – Team Spirit Workshop Room 114 – Iterative Design Work Shop Room 330 Now What?

Post Kick- Off (PoKo) – After 2012 Kick Off Understand the 2012 FRC Game Review the Design Process Start making R/O List – Coffman Union- Great Hall After Kick Off until 3:30pm Sign up for more Info Now What?

QUESTIONS!? Otherwise: – Take a Break – Check out other teams robots! – Decide on Workshop to Attend Workshops start from 2:30-3:30pm – Marketing Workshop Room 118 – Team Spirit Workshop Room 114 – Iterative Design Work Shop Room 330 Now What?

Contact Info Facebook: /group/gofirst Linkedin: /groups/GOFIRST-Group-Organization-FIRST Youtube: /umngofirst

Thank You To: The speakers who are leading the rooms (3) The GOFIRST Volunteers (21) The teams that are attending (21) Kevin Parsons for printing 1,120 pages The UofM- College of Science and Engineering – For letting us print 1,120 pages