Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of ControlSystemsMentoring

Timestamp:

May 4, 2016, 10:35:58 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

benjialbert

Comment:

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ControlSystemsMentoring

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 Control Systems and Mechanical are the two largest sub-teams and each should have at least 3-4 regular full-time mentors and several part-time mentors.  Full-time mentors must know Java well.  At least one of the mentors must be well versed in embedded systems and digital interfacing to help students understand the sensors they will use and how to connect them to the control computer.  In the past, Arduino and Raspberry Pi microcontrollers have also been used for auxiliary sensor processing such as processing data from 9-degrees-of-freedom (9DOF) sensors or to perform machine vision.
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+'''Mentoring Rules'''
+* Safety always comes first:  
+   * When students are working with power tools or powered robots, they '''must''' wear safety glasses.  
+   * Powered robots and mechanisms are powerful and can cause injuries; before enabling a robot, students should alert everyone around it by loudly stating "Enabling" and making sure others are not at risk.
+   * A mentor should not be alone with a student; there should always be other mentors (or at least other students) present.
+   * Mentor communications with students outside of meetings (e.g. via email) should copy another mentor.
+* Robotics should be fun and educational
 
 '''Robot Software Development''': 
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       * Machine vision (using [http://opencv.org/ OpenCV])
   
+* Some team cultural notes:
+    * The Rules of Robotics
+        1) Never believe the students
+        2) Never believe the mentors
+        3) It's your code (not the compiler/WPILib/etc.)