Rookie Resources
Team RUSH has been helping out FIRST teams through our weekly rookie conference calls, our FRC mentor camp, and our Toolkit For Success.
Weekly Rookie Conference Calls - Team RUSH with Team 2337 - Enginerds are co-hosting weekly conference calls, Tuesdays, 4-5 pm.
2014 Rookie Conference Call Notes (for a complete version of all the calls, go to the Toolkit and download Chapter 10: Rookie Resources - this is the chapter from the compiled list of all the calls, including the Robot Tools from 2013):
- 2014 Conference call #1 - Week 1 Let the Games Begin
- 2014 Conference call #2 - Week 2 Get the Kit-Bot Assembled
2014 Newsletters Please read our newsletters for ideas on how to promote your team and thank your sponsors!
2013 Rookie Conference Call Notes (for a complete version of all the calls, go to the Toolkit and download Chapter 10: Rookie Resources - this is the chapter from the compiled list of all the calls, including the Robot Tools from 2012):
- Conference call #9 - Week 6 Testing and Validation - HOME STRETCH!
- Conference call #8 - Week 5 Fabrication, Assembly and Competition Readiness!
- Conference call #7 - Week 4 Fabrication, Assembly and BUMPERS!
- Conference call #6 - Week 3 Assembly and Programming - ROBOT Speak to ME!
- Conference call #5 - Week 2 Design and Development
- Conference call #4 - Let the Games Begin!
- Conference call #3 - Pre-Kickoff
- Conference call #2 - Last minute to do lists
- Conference call #1 - What to do before the season starts
- Rookie's Basic Robot Tools
LabVIEW tutorials : Two students from Team RUSH compiled their programming learning into the following 3 documents. They were created to help you get your LabVIEW programmers started! Happy reading and good luck!
- LabView Intro - Demonstrates variable types and loops
- LabVIEW Robot - Demonstrates how to control motors, read from joysticks and to get the robot moving!
- LabVIEW Common Problems and Solutions - Handy workbook for debugging robot problems. Includes how to format the c-RIO wireless bridge and camera.
2013 Weekly Newsleters : Rookies - to get an idea of what we do, we have included our weekly newsletters for your downloading pleasure! Read and enjoy!
2012 Rookie Conference Call Notes
- Conference call #8
- Conference call #7
- Conference call #6
- Conference call #5
- Conference call #4
- Conference call #3
- Conference call #2
- Conference call #1
- Rookie's Basic Robot Tools
2011 Rookie Conference Call Notes:
- Conference call #12, March 8, 2011
- Conference call #11, March 1, 2011
- Conference call #10, February 23, 2011
- Conference call #9, February 15, 2011
- Conference call #8, February 8, 2011
- Conference call #7, February 1, 2011
- Conference call #6, January 25, 2011
- Conference call #5, January 18, 2011
- Conference call #4, January 11, 2011
- Helpful documents from Gail Alpert on Sponsorship
- Conference call #3, January 4, 2011
- Conference call #2, December 21, 2010
- Conference call #1, December 14, 2010
If you are a new team, we wish you luck! Our greatest words of advice to you are:
Fail faster
Plan, plan, plan
Start small ... work your way up
Fail faster - learn more
Continue planning
Continue failing, continue learning more, but now focus and execute!