Forum: Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 12:58 PM
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Forum: Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 12:23 PM
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30+ MPH Robot Possible?
A friend (who is a falconer! How cool is that? :yikes: ) recently asked me to design for him a remote controlled robot that could pull a half pound "rabbit" (actually a ball of fuzz that looks and...
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Forum: General Forum
12-31-2016, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 40
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Re: Robot in 3 Days 2017
I am also thankful to Ri3D teams. It's always a great place to get inspiration and ideas. I think everyone knows to always take Ri3D robots' strategies with a grain of salt, but they are nevertheless...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
12-29-2016, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,183
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Forum: General Forum
12-29-2016, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 15
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Re: Practice Robot?
Last year was our first time building a second robot. We had about 15 students and we met 6 days a week (Monday-Saturday). We also met the last two Sundays of build season. We had adequate machinery:...
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Forum: General Forum
11-21-2016, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,946
Re: Priority Lists
We got a bunch of those one year. We ended up cutting off the coupling and using them as shaft collars. They worked great!
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Forum: General Forum
11-01-2016, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 451
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Forum: Off-Season Events
11-01-2016, 02:50 PM
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Replies: 72
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Re: 2016 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus
Here is a link to some videos one of our mentors took of elims. They are only of 5406, 639, and 291 though. It doesn't show much of the other half of the field.
https://youtu.be/CRgTxlyN3QM
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Forum: Programming
10-31-2016, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,637
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Forum: Programming
10-31-2016, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,637
Re: Gyro vs. Encoders for Driving Straight
I can't say much about using gyros to stay straight, I know we tried to use them before, but there was too much drift to be useful, However I was not personally involved in that so I'm not sure.
On...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
10-31-2016, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 10,035
Re: 2016 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus
291 had an awesome time also!!! Thank you to all of the volunteers and organizers for making it all possible. Thank you to 5406 and 639 for choosing us to be on your alliance! It was a great finals....
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Forum: Extra Discussion
10-09-2016, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,107
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Forum: General Forum
10-05-2016, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 23
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Forum: Extra Discussion
06-25-2016, 09:39 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,094
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Forum: General Forum
05-18-2016, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 8,416
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Forum: General Forum
02-29-2016, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 11,703
Re: #25 Chain
#35 Chain is definitely not overkill! CIA has used chain drives in the past and #35 is the way to go, especially if you get in a pusing contest with a defending robot. Also, how big are your...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
02-26-2016, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 290
Views: 63,082
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Forum: General Forum
02-04-2016, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,163
Re: How to decide frame perimeter on Rhino Treads?
You will want to make sure your frame angles up in the front along with the rhino treads in order to take full advantage of the clearance the treads give you. We are also using rhino treads this year...
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Forum: Motors
02-03-2016, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,780
Re: Denso Window Motor
We will be driving plate sprockets using the bolt circle. They will be taking heavy load. We are going to be getting about 400 oz-in of torque out of the motor and we are supporting them on the...
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Forum: Motors
02-02-2016, 11:33 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,780
Re: Denso Window Motor
We were also very disappointed in the new kop window motors. We also just tossed them back into the tote. We are using the old type window motors on our robot this year, but we need more of those...
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Forum: General Forum
11-23-2015, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,208
Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
After I didn't understand one of the puns by a mentor:
Mentor 1: It's because she's so short! All of the jokes just go right over her head!
After about 10 minutes of not getting any of Mentor 1's...
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