Forum: Regional Competitions
01-22-2016, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 290
Views: 63,083
Re: Palmetto Regional Week 0.5
Do we know yet if teams will be able to do pit setup on the Wednesday night during load in? Or will we have to wait until the Thursday like previous years?
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Forum: Programming
01-22-2016, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 759
Re: GRIP Co-processor bandwidth usage
It sounds like op is asking if sending information from their co-processor will take up bandwidth to the same extent sending your video stream to the driver station would. We all know that sending a ...
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Forum: General Forum
01-20-2016, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,359
Re: FIRST Vendors - extra BOULDERS
Using last years game as reference is exactly why we decided to opt for this. The totes we got in the kit last year compared to the ones we had a local company make (to save time on shipping and...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-19-2016, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 853
Re: Alternative to DART actuators?
A hydro works linear actuator (model 8489098) is what we are looking at using this year. After opening it up the motor supplied it almost identical to a bag in sizing. The bolt holes are slightly...
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Forum: General Forum
01-19-2016, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,359
Re: FIRST Vendors - extra BOULDERS
2386 opted for this and received 1 extra ball. We were extremely disappointed with this. We gave up 180 points in first choice this year to receive a ball that is worth 50 points in first choice...
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Forum: Programming
01-18-2016, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,888
Re: Co processor Question
How would you go about communicating with this? There is no ethernet port on it, only Bluetooth and wifi both of which are illegal to use in competition.
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-17-2016, 11:27 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,147
Re: NavX MXP Accuracy
When you say reletive to the field, are you referring to heading, your xy coordinates, or both? If it is just your heading I would think you'd be ok, however if you're trying to us the navX to track...
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Forum: General Forum
01-15-2016, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 4,834
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Forum: General Forum
01-15-2016, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 839
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Forum: Programming
01-13-2016, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 10,085
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Forum: General Forum
01-12-2016, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,646
Re: Immobile 200+ pts solo robot concept
The biggest issue I see now (assuming you follow along with the suggestions/updates throughout the thread) is that you would still be susceptible to defense. What stops another team from coming and...
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Forum: General Forum
01-12-2016, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,646
Re: Immobile 200+ pts solo robot concept
In order to get around G21, you might be able to have a robot that sits in the courtyard and has an intake hovering over the outputs of the human player station. Now you would just have to find a way...
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Forum: General Forum
01-12-2016, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,646
Re: Immobile 200+ pts solo robot concept
How would you solve against G21?
All your opponent would have to do is touch you while trying to get a ball from their human player station and you would get a technical foul.
You can only have...
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Forum: Programming
01-09-2016, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,925
GRIP/Labview compatibility?
Does anyone know if GRIP is compatible with Labview? Here (https://github.com/WPIRoboticsProjects/GRIP/wiki/Running-GRIP-from-an-FRC-program) it show it being able to run on the roborio while using...
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Forum: Programming
01-08-2016, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 10,085
Re: We are going to Want a GRIP fourm
Seconded. Absolutely love the simplicity of the program thus far and am certain that a sub forum for either solely GRIP, or a general one for vision processing would be of great use to many teams.
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Forum: Robot Showcase
01-05-2016, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,459
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Forum: Extra Discussion
12-21-2015, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,713
Re: pic: SPARK
Does anyone know if these will be made available to international teams? Specifically Canada? I went on amazon and their only offering shipping to the states at the moment.
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Forum: General Forum
12-16-2015, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 170
Views: 32,441
Re: New AndyMark products 2016
If you hadn't seen it yet, some new products have been released. A whole slew of new wheels, and also some slick bumper material.
http://www.andymark.com/New-Products-s/189.htm
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Forum: General Forum
12-15-2015, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 170
Views: 32,441
Re: New AndyMark products 2016
Those plates on that (presuming) chassis look huge (1/4"?) If andymark is designing a Kop chassis so heavy, could this be the year our weight limit is increased? Or perhaps the game relies so heavily...
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Forum: General Forum
12-10-2015, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 125
Views: 23,518
Re: VEXpro 2016
Just strap a fan onto another 775 directly behind it. :D :p
Also, when can we expect the new 775's to be in stock?
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Forum: CAD
12-10-2015, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 693
HTD 5mm Tooth profile
I am currently trying to cad a tooth profile for an HTD 5mm belt and am not having much success. My goal is to be able to take this profile and make a custom pulley on our CNC with a ballnose cutter....
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Forum: General Forum
12-06-2015, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,679
Re: Microsoft HoloLens: FIRST Robotics Simulator
I wasn"t trying to imply that it was overpriced. I actually agree that the price is relatively reasonable. I was more trying to get at the fact that this would not be a viable option for many teams...
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Forum: General Forum
12-06-2015, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,679
Re: Microsoft HoloLens: FIRST Robotics Simulator
Given speculation of what the price will be at launch time ($500+) is this really a viable option for teams? You would need at least 2 to make it really useful. 2 drivers (add in a coach and HP if...
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Forum: General Forum
12-06-2015, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,679
Re: Microsoft HoloLens: FIRST Robotics Simulator
Not sure what exactly dlavery referring to in his post, however in 2012 every field came equipped with 2 Microsoft Kinects. Also every team that year had one donated to them in the KOP. On top of...
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Forum: Inventor
12-03-2015, 11:22 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,385
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