January 6th, 2018 Kickoff Agenda
6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Official Resources Page
QUIZ
6:00 – 7:30 AM
Team breakfast in the Priory
7:30 – 8:30 AM
Kickoff broadcast in the Theater
8:30 – 10:30 AM
Field and facilities open, explore field, interact with other teams
10:30 AM
All Team 3309 members regroup in the classroom
(15 min) Introduction to kick off
Mr. Smith/Jon: Explain the purpose and goals of kick off
Walk through agenda
Brief team on WiFi. Servite students: use Servite network
Brief team on where to locate resources on website/Google Drive
(10 min) Watch Game Animation again
Game animation
(5 min) Quiz/Reading Introduction
Silent read of Google-docified manual
Take notes. Leave comments on Google Doc.
2 quiz attempts. Close book. Results page will show correct/incorrect answers.
Focus on general rules and game mechanics. Don’t worry about detailed robot rules or jargon.
(60 min) Reading + Quiz
Manual Link
Quiz Link
Questions and Clarifications spreadsheet – add questions here while reading
Bonus question
The Red Alliance has OWNERSHIP of the Red SWITCH and the SCALE and
The Blue Alliance has OWNERSHIP of the Blue SWITCH
There are 20 seconds left on the clock
5 seconds later the Blue Alliance gains OWNERSHIP of the Red Alliance SWITCH and activates the FORCE POWER UP with 2 POWER CUBES
2 seconds later the Red Aliance activates the BOOST POWER UP with 3 POWER CUBES
How many points did each alliance score in that last 20 seconds not counting PARKING, CLIMBING, or VAULT points?
(15 min) Clarify most missed questions on quiz
(60 min) Group rules read
This is interactive – shout out questions, or clarifications for the group
Pre-assign section leaders prior to reading. TODO identify sections
Go through these pages in the manual as a group
(45 min) Lunch
(10 min) Explanation of Robot Actions/Tasks
(45 min) [Groups] Outline Robot Actions/Tasks
Link to template
File -> Make a copy, put in 3309 Shared Folder / 2018 Season / Kickoff
(25 min) Present/consolidate
(10 min) Explanation of Time-Based Scoring analysis
(45 min) [Groups] Time-Based Analysis: Individual Robot
Link to template
File -> Make a copy, put in 3309 Shared Folder / 2018 Season / Kickoff
(25 min) Present/consolidate
(10 min) [Full team] Generate list of robot concepts
On whiteboard: generate robot concepts. What they will do, not How.
(5 min) Assign robot types for each group’s alliance
(45 min) [Groups] Time-Based Analysis: Alliances
Random robot concepts
Use same spreadsheet from above
(25 min) Present/consolidate
(45 min) Dinner
(10 min) Explanation of Demand/Prefer/Wish
(45 min) [Groups] Demand, Prefer, Wish
Link to template
File -> Make a copy, put in 3309 Shared Folder / 2018 Season / Kickoff
(25 min) Present/consolidate