Making a robot to help around my farm

[Vanadium 50]

A few things.

You say this is for the MIT Think Challenge. Ok, in that case:

(1) Your English has to improve substantially to have a shot. Use sentences. Check spelling. Use actual words and not non-words like "gonna".

(2) Read the proposal materials. Looks at the examples. Look at the past winners. Are your messages here anywhere near their level of quality? You have a lot of work to do.

Frankly, you should have already done this. Applications are due in three weeks, and you don't even have an idea yet. I can assure you that the successful proposals are all written by now, even if they are not finalized and submitted.

(3) Have some humility. You know nothing about modern farming is done, but think you can do it better. This will not impress the committee, at least not favorably. This actually works against you - if you come across as a know-it-all, why devote mentoring resources to help you? You already know it all.

(5) "probabay 6000 mm battery pak" does not help you case. That's a unit of length, and not batter capacity. If you mean 6000 mAh, that's much, much less than a planter uses. If you had done your homework, you would have learned 10 gallons of diesel per hour is about what these machines use - small to medium-sized. Your batter won't power this for longer than a tiny fraction of a second.

Please do your homework.

 

[DaveC426913]

... the point is that its a mit think challenge...

So this is for a school challenge at MIT?

Wait, what?? I totally missed that niggling detail! (because: grammar)

Talk about burying the lead...

 

[berkeman]

Wait, what?? I totally missed that niggling detail! (because: grammar)

Talk about burying the lead...

Yeah, it looks like that's where the OP's $1000 budget limitation came from (it's in the guidelines)...

https://think.mit.edu/static_files/THINK_Program_Guidelines_2020_21.pdf

 

[nduka-san]

A few things.

You say this is for the MIT Think Challenge. Ok, in that case:

(1) Your English has to improve substantially to have a shot. Use sentences. Check spelling. Use actual words and not non-words like "gonna".

(2) Read the proposal materials. Looks at the examples. Look at the past winners. Are your messages here anywhere near their level of quality? You have a lot of work to do.

Frankly, you should have already done this. Applications are due in three weeks, and you don't even have an idea yet. I can assure you that the successful proposals are all written by now, even if they are not finalized and submitted.

(3) Have some humility. You know nothing about modern farming is done, but think you can do it better. This will not impress the committee, at least not favorably. This actually works against you - if you come across as a know-it-all, why devote mentoring resources to help you? You already know it all.

(5) "probabay 6000 mm battery pak" does not help you case. That's a unit of length, and not batter capacity. If you mean 6000 mAh, that's much, much less than a planter uses. If you had done your homework, you would have learned 10 gallons of diesel per hour is about what these machines use - small to medium-sized. Your batter won't power this for longer than a tiny fraction of a second.

Please do your homework.

1 I am typin shorthand on phone but i you are correct i would have to type faster better enlish for this
2 i already have an idea 2 this is an extra idea
3 I am sorry for bein so cocky
4 doesn't exist
5 i mean 6000 mah but ill probabaly but the battery is just to store the solar panel its charers durin the niht as lon as it can plant the seeds of a small arde doesn't really matter to me tbh

 

[dlgoff]

Your robot will be top heavy.

And will get stuck in the mud.

 

[Vanadium 50]

I totally missed that niggling detail! (because: grammar)

Oh, you can't fool me. There was no grammar there!

i mean 6000 mah but ill probabaly but the battery is just to store the solar panel its charers durin the niht

Please calculate how long you can operate even a hedge trimmer with that battery. Because I am a nice guy, I'll make it multiple choice:
A. One minute
B. Two minutes.
C. Three minutes.
D. Four minutes.
E. Five minutes.

 

[nduka-san]

Oh, you can't fool me. There was no grammar there!

true true sorry for the bad grammar

Please calculate how long you can operate even a hedge trimmer with that battery. Because I am a nice guy, I'll make it multiple choice:
A. One minute
B. Two minutes.
C. Three minutes.
D. Four minutes.
E. Five minutes.

multiple choice question 1 :A
should i do a 6 volt battery

 

[phinds]

should i do a 6 volt battery

Really? Do you not understand that it is irrelevant how much VOLTAGE alone the battery can supply? You COULD have a 6V battery that is capable of providing one milliamp-hour. Where would that leave you?

 

[russ_watters]

1 I am typin shorthand on phone but i you are correct i would have to type faster better enlish for this

Ok, everyone is having their fun batting you around a bit, but the message isn't sinking in. Here it is: in order to be taken seriously, you have to act serious. There is nothing - and I mean absolutely nothing - serious about your approach here. The tryping is just the tip of the iceberg. So for your next thread:
1. Clearly define your problem, goals and constraints.
2. Do your own research.
3. Type in correct English.

This is not a request: forum rules require it. Thread locked.
[This post was typed on a cell phone.]