Forum: Televised Robotics
07-01-2016, 01:55 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 5,623
Re: BattleBots Season 2
Can't believe Ghost Raptor got the wild card over Disco Inferno. Ghost Raptor fared about as well as a plastic lawn chair in its fight.
Oh well... Awesome episode anyway.
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Forum: Technical Discussion
06-28-2016, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,557
Re: Corded vs Cordless Power Tools
We have a mix of Milwaukee M18 and M12 tools. While the M18 tools are great, unless we are doing tons of drilling most of the time we prefer to use the smaller M12 tools which still have tons of...
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Forum: General Forum
06-26-2016, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,349
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Forum: General Forum
06-22-2016, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 20,731
Re: Ontario Moving to District Model in 2017
You can compete at Waterloo, Ryerson, Durham College, Hershey Center (District Champs) with only a school bus driving back and forth. We almost always do that. According to FIRST Canada there is also...
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Forum: General Forum
06-22-2016, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 20,731
Re: Ontario Moving to District Model in 2017
Remember that Karthiks numbers are in CAD. If we were still in the regional system the TDSB would have to pay out 6400 CAD to each team for registration. The additional cost is only 1100 CAD...
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Forum: Electrical
06-22-2016, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 5,277
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Forum: Technical Discussion
06-21-2016, 10:39 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,250
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Forum: District Events
06-17-2016, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,036
Re: districts 2017
I remember being told by team members and friends that districts would be next year in 2012 :D
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Forum: General Forum
06-15-2016, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 20,731
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Forum: Electrical
06-15-2016, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 5,277
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Forum: General Forum
06-13-2016, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 20,731
Re: Ontario Moving to District Model in 2017
Yup, In the GTA at least if your school has more than one gymnasium or a pool it is considered to be a huge school. Most public schools aren't setup to handle a sports event attended by more than a...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
06-10-2016, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 3,765
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Forum: Technical Discussion
06-04-2016, 12:51 AM
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Replies: 93
Views: 7,677
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Forum: FIRST In the News...
06-03-2016, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,389
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Forum: Awards
06-02-2016, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,622
Re: Rockwell Innovation in Control
We won it in 2015 for optimized autostacking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMu9CGIcsZM). We had two IR sensors, one two slow down the intakes once the robot had grabbed the totes to prevent bounce...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
06-02-2016, 01:33 AM
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Replies: 93
Views: 7,677
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Forum: General Forum
06-01-2016, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,511
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Forum: General Forum
05-25-2016, 12:28 AM
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Replies: 93
Views: 11,703
Re: #25 Chain
6 CIM 2 speed 8" pneumatics 6WD Versa WCD with 25H chain on 18T sprockets. Zero issues.
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Forum: Technical Discussion
05-24-2016, 12:11 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 3,117
Re: Integrating Encoder Into Gearbox
We just ream a .25 hole and use some retaining compound to permanently attach our encoders to the hex shaft. The wires were then zip tied down without any slop preventing the encoder from rotating. ...
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Forum: Team Organization
05-23-2016, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,604
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Forum: Chit-Chat
05-23-2016, 12:28 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,510
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Forum: General Forum
05-22-2016, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 5,116
Re: Need a good table top scrolling CNC!
I've found that I get a bit better surface finish with conventional milling over climb on a router. Deflection during conventional milling tends to be parallel to the cut rather than perpendicular...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
05-21-2016, 11:14 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,881
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Forum: Extra Discussion
05-21-2016, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,881
Re: pic: $14 1000ppr, 16384-position encoder
I'm excited for this and have been thinking of doing something like it myself for a while now. With the Canadian dollar grayhills are $75 each which is way to much to justify over a CTRE encoder but...
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Forum: General Forum
05-21-2016, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 769
There are plasma cutters that can hold a high...
There are plasma cutters that can hold a high enough tolerance but they are far far more expensive than a good cnc router. 177 is the only team I know that regularly uses a plasma cutter but they go...
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This is the first (and, if this stuff keeps up, last) time FIRST has allowed high-speed projectiles in years. Please use some common sense, people. - Madison [more] 
