Forum: General Forum
26-12-2016, 13:57
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Views: 1,803
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Forum: General Forum
25-12-2016, 02:51
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Replies: 7
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Forum: General Forum
24-12-2016, 14:49
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,803
Which other teams is your team most similar to?
There are lots of papers ranking teams based on their on-field performance, but teams could also be compared based on the kind of awards that they win. So for every team I've made a ranking of the...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
24-12-2016, 01:40
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,846
Re: paper: FRC Elo 2008-2016
I was one of the six, but then it didn't seem to get fixed when I re-downloaded it. I'm also having no luck with LibreOffice.
The other parts of the spreadsheet are interesting to look at though. ...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
24-12-2016, 00:54
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,846
Re: paper: FRC Elo 2008-2016
I don't know if this will make you feel any better, but I opened it with Excel and it didn't work and brought up a VB debugging window. :p
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Forum: General Forum
22-12-2016, 02:08
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Replies: 79
Views: 8,326
Re: Inter-District Play in 2017
To expand on this a bit, by my calculation that would have been enough to put four different teams above where the point cutoff for the Indiana district championship was last year. That's ~7% of the...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
21-12-2016, 22:25
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Replies: 1
Views: 353
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Forum: Programming
19-12-2016, 22:30
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,030
Re: Seeking advice for rookie programming
Yeah, I think every Java fan I've ever talked to has insisted that the language is pass by value but the fact that for objects you can only ever have mutable references to them means that all the...
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Forum: Programming
19-12-2016, 22:15
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,030
Re: Seeking advice for rookie programming
Actually, I do end up in other teams pits from time to time when they have code issues. I suppose that how willing other teams are to help may depend on your region. PNW (where I am) tends to be...
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Forum: General Forum
14-12-2016, 20:11
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Replies: 92
Views: 12,895
Re: [FRC Blog] FIRST Choice 2017
Let me first start by saying that my team is very happy with the results and with the process for FIRST Choice this year.
Ok, now that that's out of the way let's do some analysis:
Too...
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Forum: Pneumatics
14-12-2016, 00:50
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,587
Re: Andymark 1.1 Compressor Data
Doing a quick bit of statistical analysis: Each of the three options is significantly different from the other two, with p<.01. (Using ANOVA)
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Forum: Regional Competitions
30-11-2016, 22:58
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Replies: 317
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Re: Registration 2017
Has there been any word on why the Israel district isn't getting its teams registered? What possible advantage could this have? It seems like all the events are in place since there seems to be an...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
30-11-2016, 01:43
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Replies: 10
Views: 982
Re: Non-marking wheels
We've built some kiwis with Vex omnis. They did mark the floor. Basically they'd leave tracks whenever wheels were skidding. On one of the robots was built with 4" wheels and enough torque to spin...
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Forum: General Forum
29-11-2016, 01:17
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,208
Re: PNW introducing new funding model
I agree that this problem with districts is mostly hypothetical. At the moment the cutoff for champs is lenient enough that most teams who would do well at the championship do get in. If slots were...
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Forum: General Forum
28-11-2016, 15:37
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,208
Re: PNW introducing new funding model
You realize that teams still have the option to go play elsewhere, right?
Not only are teams not prohibitted from going to out of district events but it actually does happen in practice. A PNW team...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
17-11-2016, 21:23
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,377
Re: Drivetrain Sprocket
First, why 4 wheels? 6 or 8 would be what most people expect on that type of drivetrain.
Now, to answer your question, #35 would be the safe choice, you may be able to get away with #25 but it...
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Forum: Rumor Mill
03-11-2016, 03:23
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,619
Re: Cookie cutter game design
Amusingly, what one of your example teams, 5803, did is consistent with that strategy: They skipped high goals in favor of low goals and a good climber.
I think it's fair to call out rookies as...
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Forum: General Forum
02-11-2016, 03:36
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Replies: 72
Views: 6,892
Re: Phone Policy
We don't have a cell phone policy. It might have something to do with the fact that we tend to meet places with remarkably bad cell coverage. It's so bad that if people need to make a call they...
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Forum: District Events
29-10-2016, 19:43
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Replies: 6
Views: 516
Re: PNW 2017 Home events
Home events are assigned to teams by the district. The only practical consequence of a home event assignment is that for the initial registration teams have the option to either sign up for their...
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Forum: District Events
27-10-2016, 02:30
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Replies: 6
Views: 516
Re: PNW 2017 Home events
You're right, the set of teams assigned to Auburn as their 2017 home that didn't earn points there last year is very competitive bunch.
Is there a rule against doing a 4th district event? This is...
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Forum: District Events
27-10-2016, 00:42
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Replies: 6
Views: 516
Re: PNW 2017 Home events
Looking at teams that didn't earn points in 2016 at what will be their 2017 home was meant to be a proxy for whether or not they went there last year.
I'm not sure that I understand your comment...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
16-10-2016, 13:17
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Replies: 9
Views: 839
Re: FEA on Gearbox Plates
I can think of a couple more things missing, I'm not sure that they should be called minor:
1) Mounting of the gearbox
2) Force from the wheel in directions other than vertical.
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Forum: General Forum
14-10-2016, 02:56
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Replies: 50
Views: 6,242
Re: [FRC Blog] Control System Update
Perfection is less about effort or skill than it is about having a clear and limited goals. If this is a sign that the WPIlib authors are looking to reduce scope then I'm happy because it means that...
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Forum: General Forum
02-10-2016, 22:16
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,412
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Forum: General Forum
01-10-2016, 20:29
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Replies: 46
Views: 4,013
Re: Volunter Verification
That's good to know because I know I've been going through some sort of thing with FIRST, gotten to the question where they've asked my SSN and decided I'm not doing this and just closed the page.
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