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[DPRG] Thank everyone who has ever planned, organized, ran,
or took the time to think about the DPRG Competitions
Subject: [DPRG] Thank everyone who has ever planned, organized, ran,
or took the time to think about the DPRG Competitions
From: Huff, Brian L
bhuff at uta.edu
Date: Sun Jun 17 12:25:18 CDT 2007
This is my first e-mail to the DPRG List.
First I want to thank DPRG for putting on the competitions. I have participated in about four DPRG sponsored events that required me and my students to build and run one of our devices. Without the push of those competitions our robots would have just sat in our labs. My students would keep saying, "Sure the robot can do that, leave me alone to work on my algorithm." In reality, our systems can't accomplish the simplist of tasks precisely, repeatably and reliably.
I know the competitions are a big hastle to set up and run. I greatly appreciate the time and effort that others have invested. I am a little hesident to express my opinions about the competition but here it goes.
- I like the big course because my tank can actually fit on the course. The big course was too big for our hexipod but almost any course is too big for our hexipod.
- I really like the move to the outdoor courses. Dave Anderson, a.k.a dpa, has done a great job of promoting these activities. We planned, but failed to get a vehicle ready for the recent "Long-Haul" competition. My son and I did show up however but left after about an hour.
I am sorry I can not be more insiteful, I son wants to go out and play. Whatever you do. Please keep the competitions. Again, thank everone for taking the effort to make them work.
Brian Huff
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