Forum: General Forum
04-19-2016, 10:50 AM
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Views: 14,743
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Forum: Extra Discussion
10-16-2015, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,302
Re: pic: booooooots
But wait, there's more! The "F" in FIRST is two upside down, the "T" in FIRST could be one or two more, back to back. The base of the "T" and "L" in Stronghold are two more. Yet two more inverted...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
10-08-2015, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,681
Re: pic: Off-Season Custom Wheel
What keeps the tread on the wheel? Commercial wheels have a lip that captures the tread when two halves are brought together. (No bad feature for molded wheels, but requires lot more machining...
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Forum: General Forum
04-27-2015, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 143
Views: 29,452
Re: 900's Championship Cheesecaking Chronicles
I have known 900/Zebracorns since they were founded when I mentored a different rookie team 'across town'. From the very beginning, they have understood FIRST's core values and have always been...
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Forum: General Forum
04-27-2015, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 143
Views: 29,452
Re: 900's Championship Cheesecaking Chronicles
Marshal, Austin and the rest of the Zebracorns,
Thanks so much for the post and explaining to the community the effort your team put into your original robot as well as the insanity you went through...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
04-20-2015, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,260
Re: Shop Development
ShopBot can cut aluminum. Don't know if they advertise the fact, but tech support will tell you as much. Our students have been programming most of our robot parts on one for the last three years...
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Forum: Championship Event
04-19-2015, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 23,588
Re: Newton Division 2015
Like many other teams 587 will be upgrading our robot at championships. We've been testing a two bin grabber on our practice bot and it looks very encouraging. Can't wait to see it on the field. ...
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Forum: Championship Event
04-15-2015, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 115
Views: 23,588
Re: Newton Division 2015
587 is happy to be joining the fun and to be one of two teams representing NC in the Newton Division division. We can do land fill and are adding bin burglars for Champs.
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-06-2015, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,140
Re: #25 Chain Drive System Questions
1) There are calculators available on-line for simple chain configurations. i.e. between two sprockets. If those sprockets are the same size, you only need to space the axels in 1/4" increments for...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
12-06-2014, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 8,508
Re: New Talon vs New Victor
Has FIRST officially said either of these new speed controllers would be allowed in 2015? Last I heard they were evaluating both models to make sure they had acceptable performance and safety. That...
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Forum: General Forum
01-08-2012, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,790
Re: Bridge building help!!
I have an issue with the low cost version of the bridge as supplied by FIRST. I have already contacted them about it ans supposedly the information was forward to their engineering team.
The main...
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Forum: Programming
01-08-2012, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,537
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Forum: General Forum
01-08-2012, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,899
Re: Hoops
It's not a simple plastic hoop. What FIRST has specified is a steel regulation basket ball rim. That said, you should find it cheaper at Amazon, ~$31.
The question I have is whether or not the...
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Forum: Motors
01-11-2011, 12:33 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,248
Re: How fast r u gonna go?
It is important to remember that humans do need to control the robot and that they can be made to go too fast to control effectively.
However, it is not quite fair to say that AndyMark SuperShifters...
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Forum: General Forum
01-11-2011, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 408
Re: Labview is missing
I am a mechanical guy so I could be wrong on this. Normally I don't speculate, but no one else has chimed in.
It is my understanding that when you re-image your computer, you lose anything that was...
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Forum: Motors
01-11-2011, 12:18 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,248
Re: Don Don Don
Bruce, I find it better to think about how fast the robot SHOULD go than trying to target a specific speed and working out the gear ratio. What is often not mentioned is the fact that all drive...
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Forum: General Forum
01-07-2011, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 4,508
Re: Kickoff Weather
In NC they are calling for just flurries. Of course two days ago they were saying it would be sunny and 'mild'. Please only be flurries! Better yet, go back to sunny and mid-40's.
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Forum: General Forum
12-06-2010, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,926
Re: For Sale: Mint Condition FRC cRIO controller
I too am interested in a control system so we build a training platform to use with rookie teams (only 17 in our state this year!).
However, there this one discussion point that has not been...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
12-05-2010, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,301
Re: New team help
You are asking for a lot of information. There are literally volumes of content here on CD as well as other sites such as wpi, andymark, canadafirst.
I've put together a couple of presentations...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
12-05-2010, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,453
Re: How do you build telescopes/forklifts?
We've tried the 80/20 extrusion and Delrin sliders as well, but did not like the binding. That is why we went with draw slides.
With the extrusion/slider set up you typically need two sliders on...
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Forum: SolidWorks
12-05-2010, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,257
Re: Solid Works Trouble
Contact SolidWorks directly. Tell them you are on a FIRST team and would prefer to use their software over Inventor. They would probably hook you...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
12-03-2010, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,453
Re: How do you build telescopes/forklifts?
Others have addressed cable/chain routing so I will not. Besides when my team did it we used something close to 22 ft of chain for an 8 ft lift. (Not at all efficient routing.)
What I will bring...
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Forum: General Forum
11-03-2010, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 8,881
Re: Universal Robotic Gripper
This thread was started to discuss the merit of a 'universal' gripper. It is shown gripping the fine rim of glassware which historically has been a challenge for classic and anthropomorphic...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
10-31-2010, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,639
Re: Mecanum. What's Best
Well said. The challenge is to try to get as close as possible to the same normal force on each wheel. If your CoG is skewed to the front, move the rear wheels forward some.
From my experience,...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
10-27-2010, 08:51 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,049
Re: Anyone teams for some aloha?
I would LOVE to go to Hawaii. Would want to stay a month which conflicts with our local regional. :)
For east cost teams, their are two issues: Time required to travel (9+ hours each way) and...
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WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU THROW AWAY THE QUADRATIC FORMULA?? - Katie_UPS [more] 
