Forum: General Forum
11-19-2015, 01:52 PM
|
|
Replies: 158
Views: 17,020
Re: Mythical Six Week Build Season
Except you can already keep building after 6 weeks if you want to! Current "stop build day" is only a stop build day if you are unwilling (or financially/logistically unable) to continue working on...
|
|
Forum: General Forum
11-19-2015, 12:46 AM
|
|
Replies: 158
Views: 17,020
Re: Mythical Six Week Build Season
I just want to point out (again, as is annual tradition) that those who go "tools down" on "stop build day" are already making a choice. Don't pretend that you're not.
The only barriers to...
|
|
Forum: General Forum
11-18-2015, 11:59 PM
|
|
Replies: 158
Views: 17,020
Re: Mythical Six Week Build Season
...and because the scoring mechanic underlying both minibot racing and can grabbing was a winner-take-all, asymptotic race to the bottom.
|
|
Forum: General Forum
11-18-2015, 10:24 AM
|
|
Replies: 89
Views: 11,232
|
|
Forum: Technical Discussion
11-14-2015, 12:16 AM
|
|
Replies: 37
Views: 6,788
Re: Designing a "belt + roller" conveyor for balls
When 341 made extensive use of polyurethane flat belting in 2012 (and 2013), we used exclusively 1.25" OD, 1.12" ID aluminum round tubing from Online Metals for our rollers. 10 seconds on the lathe...
|
|
Forum: General Forum
11-11-2015, 11:23 AM
|
|
Replies: 170
Views: 23,661
Re: FRC Blog - Get Ready to Make FIRST Choices
Every time I feel compelled to complain about the size of the kit of parts now versus in the past, I remember that the incredible growth in the quality, diversity, affordability, and availability of...
|
|
Forum: General Forum
11-09-2015, 12:20 AM
|
|
Replies: 47
Views: 9,658
|
|
Forum: General Forum
11-05-2015, 11:46 AM
|
|
Replies: 152
Views: 26,859
Re: FRC Blog - Something New - Team 'Standards'
I could not care less what the theme of the game is. A popular sport, excavating moon rocks, medieval times, waste management, or no theme at all...it's all the same to me.
What I do care about is...
|
|
Forum: Regional Competitions
11-04-2015, 12:02 PM
|
|
Replies: 358
Views: 73,382
Re: Registration 2016
It would also be interesting to look at these stats aggregated for each of the district areas.
I find it very interesting that Michigan continues to see 20% year-over-year growth while MAR and NE...
|
|
Forum: Technical Discussion
11-04-2015, 10:49 AM
|
|
Replies: 19
Views: 4,111
|
|
Forum: C/C++
10-31-2015, 05:49 PM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 1,158
Re: Kiwi Drive and Integrating PID Loops
Answer for first part:
The code you have looks reasonable for a "standard" kiwi drive. Let's look at another way to derive the solution.
For each wheel, determine the angle of the vector formed by...
|
|
Forum: General Forum
10-29-2015, 05:57 PM
|
|
Replies: 6
Views: 1,048
Re: Source for
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JHKTDMA/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=1944687742&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B007OXK1AK&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=009Z3R0KHHY7GH02RQBW
3M...
|
|
Forum: Extra Discussion
10-29-2015, 01:53 PM
|
|
Replies: 44
Views: 10,241
|
|
Forum: General Forum
10-29-2015, 01:41 PM
|
|
Replies: 131
Views: 21,934
Re: FRC Blog - 2016 Motor Controllers
Banebots 775s have always matched the advertised specs for us (modulo case shorting issues in 2011).
Banebots 550s have always provided substantially less torque than advertised for us.
|
|
Forum: General Forum
10-20-2015, 11:35 AM
|
|
Replies: 26
Views: 7,133
Re: Best Looking Gearbox
Local teams are inspired by (or in some cases flat out copy) aspects of design and methodology from highly successful teams in their area. There is also a different game culture in different areas...
|
|
Forum: General Forum
10-16-2015, 05:32 PM
|
|
Replies: 380
Views: 90,059
|
|
Forum: General Forum
10-15-2015, 12:39 PM
|
|
Replies: 380
Views: 90,059
|
|
Forum: General Forum
10-12-2015, 10:01 PM
|
|
Replies: 11
Views: 2,237
|
|
Forum: General Forum
10-08-2015, 02:07 PM
|
|
Replies: 39
Views: 5,541
|
|
Forum: Regional Competitions
10-08-2015, 10:42 AM
|
|
Replies: 358
Views: 73,382
Re: Registration 2016
Taking it a step further, have the field available to teams for unbagging windows during the week or on weekends when there is no official event.
This is a luxury enjoyed by every other high school...
|
|
Forum: Robotics Education and Curriculum
10-05-2015, 10:55 AM
|
|
Replies: 45
Views: 7,474
Re: "A" in Robotics = Lower GPA?
I'd be wary to trust my academic and professional future in the hands of any college that does not recalculate GPA to normalize different scoring systems.
|
|
Forum: General Forum
10-02-2015, 11:22 AM
|
|
Replies: 193
Views: 20,461
|
|
Forum: Regional Competitions
09-30-2015, 02:19 PM
|
|
Replies: 358
Views: 73,382
Re: Registration 2016
It is amazing that already China has the third highest number of registered teams (granted, Israel still has many more yet to show up, but still...)
I wonder how long it will be until China...
|
|
Forum: General Forum
09-29-2015, 02:50 PM
|
|
Replies: 15
Views: 2,609
|
The only constant in FRC is change. Learning to adapt to change in competition is the best way to prepare for change in real life. - Jessica Boucher [more] 
