Forum: Chit-Chat
04-02-2016, 22:58
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Replies: 5
Views: 581
So... Duck vine.
Did anyone else see the video by FRCTeamsGlobal today? It was a vine of a bunch of rubber ducks, and how when they are squeezed together, they sound like screaming men.
Here is the...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
23-01-2016, 12:29
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Replies: 4
Views: 730
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
23-01-2016, 12:28
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Replies: 4
Views: 730
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
23-01-2016, 12:18
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Replies: 4
Views: 730
Where is the 20-second rule?
It says in the videos that, in the last 20 seconds of the game, robots can scale the tower and capture it. However, I can't find this specific value (20 seconds) anywhere in the manual. The closest I...
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Forum: General Forum
10-01-2016, 23:01
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,977
Re: Defense vs tower
Another point in favor of doing the defenses is that capturing a tower requires three bots. That means if some team on your alliance is disabled, too slow, not watching the clock, touching the carpet...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
10-01-2016, 22:39
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,015
Re: Stronghold rule confusion
I'm quoting from 3.1.3 in the manual:
"A DEFENSE is CROSSED by a ROBOT when that ROBOT
■ starts free of contact with the DEFENSE and completely in the NEUTRAL ZONE
■ traverses the...
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Forum: General Forum
04-09-2015, 20:05
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,795
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Forum: General Forum
04-09-2015, 17:32
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,795
Why isn't there a fundraising forum?
It seems to me that, of all the aspects of FIRST Robotics, fundraising is the one where advice from other groups would be the easiest to give, and the most helpful. A simple 'car washes don't work,...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
12-02-2015, 23:12
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,811
Re: Alliance Communication
We have a very similar board to that image, but its just a piece of wood with some colored pencil. We have 3d printed pieces, though. It's mostly been used for strategy planning, I didn't even think...
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Forum: General Forum
12-02-2015, 20:01
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,081
Re: Is your team planning on throwing litter?
We were lucky enough to have a football player/javelin thrower join our team just this year. He's been practicing and can get it pretty consistently around thirty feet. I definitely think that if you...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
12-02-2015, 19:07
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Replies: 2
Views: 790
When a Litter is Damaged
When a piece of litter is damaged, is there any punishment for the offending team? I saw that it's removed from play, but is there a card associated with that?
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
12-02-2015, 18:13
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,811
Alliance Communication
This year, it seems like alliance communication will be an important thing to get right. For one thing, how bots move in autonomous will have to take their partners' moves into consideration. A lot...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
05-02-2015, 20:31
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,315
What's your plan for Autonomous?
We have a very hopeful plan where we get our alliance mates to simply move to the autozone, then we'll stack the totes and put all three bins in the autozone in one 13-second sweep. It works fine in...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
14-02-2014, 19:20
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,911
Re: How do you grab the ball?
We have what boils down to a handheld vacuum cleaner attached to a huge suction cup on a metal arm. We added a stronger motor to the vacuum so that it can pick up the ball, which it takes a second or...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
01-02-2014, 17:49
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Replies: 47
Views: 6,517
Re: Defence on the High Goal?
Here's a basic, horizontal, larger than it will be version of our plan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0GUZ9lFZrk&feature=youtu.be
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
23-01-2014, 17:44
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Replies: 47
Views: 6,517
Re: Defence on the High Goal?
I like the rotating idea, but for our team, the main dilemma is how to get it up there without swinging out. In the case of a spinning plate, how would you go about that? (There's about a two foot...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
18-01-2014, 16:04
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Replies: 47
Views: 6,517
Defence on the High Goal?
The high goal is one of the most obvious ways to get more points. Assists, the truss, and other strategy aside, it would make sense to try to prevent the other team from reaching it. However, as you...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
14-01-2014, 19:25
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,619
Team 3218's Throwing Arm and Chassis
This year, we've decided to go with a circular throwing arm. With any luck, the end result will be something like this:
file:///I:/bot%20files/about%20to%20release%20catapult.png
After we had the...
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