Forum: Off-Season Events
10-11-2012, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 11,097
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Forum: Off-Season Events
10-10-2012, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 11,097
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Forum: 3D Animation and Competition
10-04-2012, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,815
Re: What's up with the safety animation?
FIRST Posted the Safety Animation Contest rules!
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/safety-video-and-manual
Theme: "Make event safety a top priority"
Length: 40 seconds or less, including...
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Forum: 3D Animation and Competition
10-04-2012, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,752
Re: Blender 2.63 animation
Eric,
This is not the best forum for Blender questions. Most of the members here use Autodesk software, because Autodesk sponsors the animation contest. You might want to try...
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Forum: 3D Animation and Competition
10-04-2012, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,061
Re: Rules/guidelines?
There's no guarantee the 2013 rules will be similar, but here are the 2012 rules:
http://students.autodesk.com/ama/orig/FINALAutodesk_FRC_Contest_Rules_Jan2012.pdf
Key points are:
You must use...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-26-2012, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 8,068
Re: 2012 Palmetto Regional
A real "Cinderella story" at Palmetto was rookie team 4261, the Raptors (Academic Magnet H.S., Charleston, SC). Like all rookie teams they were delighted just to have a working robot at Palmetto....
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-19-2012, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 8,068
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Forum: 3D Animation and Competition
03-13-2012, 07:07 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 9,969
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Forum: Technical Discussion
03-12-2012, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,741
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-07-2012, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 9,078
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-06-2012, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 9,078
Re: 2012 Orlando Regional!
We (Team 3489) RSVP'd but the email bounced back as undeliverable. What is the correct email address?
How many are you expecting at the Bacon Bash?
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Forum: National Instruments LabVIEW and Data Acquisition
02-26-2012, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 896
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Forum: National Instruments LabVIEW and Data Acquisition
02-25-2012, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 896
Re: All our motors are weak (low voltage)
Our electrical mentor used to do wiring on the Space Shuttle, so I think he's made sure the kids did a good job wiring our robot.
We're not as confident in our programming skills though. We'll try...
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Forum: National Instruments LabVIEW and Data Acquisition
02-24-2012, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 896
All our motors are weak (low voltage)
We have quite a few motors on our robot and they all have the same problem. We noticed they seemed weak, so we put a multimeter on them. They're cycling 5-7-9 volts, never getting to the full 12....
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Forum: Kit & Additional Hardware
02-08-2012, 10:31 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,086
Re: Long Belt Supply Stores?
All FRC teams can order a limited quantity of free belts and sprockets direct from Gates.
My question (only for teams who have done this) is how long did it take to get them?
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Forum: Kit & Additional Hardware
02-06-2012, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,086
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Forum: Robot Showcase
01-25-2012, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,359
Re: Team 1458 Ball Collection Final Prototype
Good job!
How are you going to feed the balls into your launcher only when you want to launch? This is an interesting problem because the lower balls will try to push the top ball in.
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Forum: 3D Animation and Competition
01-18-2012, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,640
Re: Problems Activating 3ds Max
Yes, I'm familiar with the registration process. I'm trying to figure out why we don't see the serial number and product key after the website tells us it will display them.
I suppose it's some...
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Forum: 3D Animation and Competition
01-18-2012, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,640
Problems Activating 3ds Max
I'm a mentor on Team 3489. For the past week we've been struggling to install and activate 5 licenses of 3ds Max.
When we try to download the software it say something like "You will now be issues a...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
01-17-2012, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 395
A couple Basketball Robot videos
I was searching Youtube for "Basketball Robot" & stumbled upon these cool videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4D43MynblE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KxjVlaLBmk
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Forum: Pneumatics
01-16-2012, 09:34 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,058
Re: One way valves
This is the pneumatic symbol for a flow control valve.
Picture your solenoid valve above it and your cylinder below it. Air flows in freely through the check valve on the right, but when the...
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Forum: Motors
01-16-2012, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 17,287
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Forum: SolidWorks
01-16-2012, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,286
Re: KoP files for 2012?
What about referencing the Kit of Parts checklist (http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/uploadedFiles/Robotics_Programs/FRC/Game_and_Season__Info/2012_Assets/KickoffKitChecklistRev_A.pdf)? ...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-16-2012, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,518
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-16-2012, 07:48 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,167
Re: Lazy Susan Power
I like the machined lazy susan bearing, as opposed to the cheap stamped ones.
You could use a timing belt for the drive mechanism. With a small drive sprocket and large turret sprocket you would...
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