tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179780774501734530.post1018246308313917054..comments2024-02-15T23:36:47.228-08:00Comments on Brandon’s Blurb: Tetramorph Avionics: My Experience Building a Lunar RoverAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663724731883749605noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179780774501734530.post-34205454232580192402015-01-18T20:17:49.488-08:002015-01-18T20:17:49.488-08:00Thank you for your helpful advice! I'm sorry i...Thank you for your helpful advice! I'm sorry if I'm being slow but what do EE and CS stand for (I'm not in college yet so I don't know any fancy acronyms yet)? Our robotics team has three subteams: the electrical team, the mechanical team, and the programming team. I do not yet have enough information to figure out which one of the three I like the most. Do you happen to know anything about the differences between these three teams as an experienced college sophomore? Or are they all the same?<br /><br />Also, I notice from your profile that you are a Bay Area intern and in your profile picture, you are standing in front of 1 Infinite Loop. Does this mean you are an intern at Apple (the one that makes Macbooks and iPhones and such)? If so, that's so cool! What's it like and what do you do? How much would you say that working on the Tetramorph has prepared you for life as an intern (presumably an engineering intern)?<br /><br />I'm sorry if I'm asking so many questions. I'm just so interested in robotics and STEM!Filma Kunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179780774501734530.post-86148293444214082042015-01-18T14:29:57.353-08:002015-01-18T14:29:57.353-08:00That's awesome to hear that you are getting in...That's awesome to hear that you are getting involved in robotics already in high school! Unfortunately, I never got involved in robotics in high school. I really wish I would have, though I was raised in a rural area where robotics was not as big.<br /><br />That being said, I had experience in embedded systems before taking this course, but it is really tailored towards any experience level. This project has a lot to offer for both people that are completely new to robotics and those that have been veterans for years. My avionics team had little, if any, robotics experience going into this, and we came out quite successful. Experience in FIRST Robotics would definitely help you out in a project like this; I know there are quite a few people on the team that have participated in it. It would definitely reduce any learning curve and allow you to contribute more.<br /><br />If you are interested in Carnegie Mellon, I highly recommend taking summer courses in EE or CS or taking part in a high school robotics program there. If you like robotics, CMU is the school for you! :-)<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663724731883749605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179780774501734530.post-9080002539308731372015-01-18T13:53:10.643-08:002015-01-18T13:53:10.643-08:00Wow! After reading your blog post, I could not be ...Wow! After reading your blog post, I could not be more excited to join my school robotics team! I am currently a sophomore at Eleanor Muskoque High School. I hope to someday apply to Carnegie Mellon University. Our school robotics team competes in the FIRST Robotics Competition and we take it very seriously. Our school was the FIRST Champion last year for our region. Did you participate in FIRST Robotics back in high school? Would you say that the experience you received from your FIRST experience has helped you build the Tetramorph? Or if not, do you believe that having FIRST experience is not important to college robotics and has not affected your current lunar rover project in a meaningful way (you learn how to build a fully functional robot from scratch in FIRST)?Filma Kunnoreply@blogger.com