The Name Game (aka North West has nothing on us)

Every year out team codes and coddles a fresh new robot. Like a small child, we teach it to move, play games, and interact with the world around it. And, like a baby, we are tasked with naming it. Whether you are a soon-to-be parent seeking naming advice from a top team or another frc team looking...

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The ACTUAL History of RC Dawson

Ok, I’m going to level with you, RC Dawson practices can go as long as 7 hours on the weekend days; so, to keep motivated, and amused, we must employ a certain element of satire to our roles on the team. This comedy comes in particularly handy on the RC Dawson team blog. Recently our most prolific,...

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The History of RC Dawson

Long ago at a school named Dawson two young men decided to buy a poorly-maintained van. Although the van was something you might find in breaking bad, it became the catalyst that started it all. RC Dawson was spray painted on the side of the van and little knew that this name spray painted onto a van with mediocre artistic ability would become the centerpiece of the greatest program known to Dawson....

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RC Dawson Gears Up New Team Members During Week One

Although veteran RC Dawson team members never seem to stop working on various robotics projects, the official season started last monday. There already has been a sizable increase in participation for RC Dawson. The program has become the fastest growing extracurricular at Dawson and the team is working to ensure the accommodation of everyones ideas. The growth of RC Dawson has been almost exponential....

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How to properly hit on people at robotics events!

From a guys perspective: Walking up to a girl at a robotics competition can have two outcomes…(maybe three, hopefully not though). The first outcome is you feel like a champ, score some digits and make it very evident to the rest of your team that you are in fact “the man”. If you achieve this...

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The Beauty of Tangible Goal Setting

We believe this is our year to do what no other RC Dawson team has done. This year is the first time that our team really implemented goal setting. Goal setting can make or break seasons. It can determine if a football team gets bulldozed or is the bulldozer. Goals provide incentive, but can also cause disappointment. In our team’s opinion it would be foolhardy to set unrealistic expectations...

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Meet RC Dawson's Team-Part 1

Sage Thomas He is the lead programmer for the RC Dawson team and could have written the book on coding for dummies. When he is not teaching the team and the robot how to do almost everything, he is busy creating a code to essentially solve the worlds problems. He is undisputedly the worlds best Llama...

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Recycle Rush Information and Explanation

Every year, at exactly 8:15, the fat cats at First Robotics release a file. This file is heavily encrypted and extremely important; it is the game rules. With each new season comes a new challenge. Every challenge is different, but they have many similarities. For example, they are a game conducted...

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Hello from RC Dawson!

Hello, and welcome to the RC Dawson Blog. RC Dawson is a robotics team in Lafayette Colorado; we are accosted with Alexander Dawson School. The Robotics season officially began yesterday, and we are hard at work. The game for this year was announced, and so our task began. We must build 2 different...

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