Forum: Robot Showcase
05-04-2016, 18:08
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Replies: 57
Views: 10,175
Re: Interesting/Cool Scaling Mechanism Designs
This blocker was built by 118 to add to a 3rd robot at champs. With 4039's help we installed it on their robot and passed supplemental inspection. It was planned for use in the division finals...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
25-02-2016, 15:50
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Replies: 82
Views: 27,531
The Robonauts 118 - 2016 Video
The Robonauts 2016:
https://youtu.be/sWHwDfpeYjo
Congrats to all teams for getting through this build season. We can't wait to play Stronghold and look forward to seeing all of your creations.
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Forum: Electrical
20-02-2016, 16:41
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,017
Re: WCP Spartan Sensor Board
We saw this exact problem. Traced it to some incorrectly wired sensors. Double check that none of your sensors are sending 5V to ground. We pulled sensor wires one by one till we found the problem.
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Forum: Technical Discussion
29-01-2016, 10:40
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,899
Re: Tapping into 3D Printed Parts
It's been mentioned a few times already but I'll reiterate that heat-set inserts are the way to go.
This is what we use:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#heat-inserts/=10w65lb
We've used self tapping...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
19-01-2016, 20:13
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,567
Re: Tank Swerve
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/12291
The godfathers of swerve, FRC47, did it in 2001. 4 wheel independent tank tread swerve modules. This, back when motor selection was nowhere close to...
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Forum: General Forum
16-03-2015, 17:05
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Replies: 230
Views: 41,261
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Forum: Regional Competitions
01-03-2015, 15:00
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Replies: 133
Views: 47,854
Re: 2015 Dallas Regional
The Robonauts would like to thank everyone at the Dallas regional for a great weekend. We're very glad we made our first trip up here and now wonder why it took us so long.
This was obviously a...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
19-02-2015, 02:24
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Replies: 56
Views: 23,919
The Robonauts 118 - 2015 Video
The Robonauts 2015:
http://youtu.be/C-fA0YxxvnU
We're excited for competition season after another challenging build. Congratulations to all teams and we'll see you in Dallas, Sacramento, and Lone...
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Forum: Chairman's Award
18-04-2014, 10:16
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Replies: 1
Views: 727
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Forum: Robot Showcase
19-02-2014, 05:14
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Replies: 111
Views: 34,505
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Forum: Robot Showcase
12-05-2013, 21:50
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Replies: 259
Views: 73,501
Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
Taking the climber off prior to our first regional was 100% not due to weight. It was instead due to the fact that it just wasn't good enough. Good enough for us was a 10-15 second climb. This was...
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Forum: General Forum
11-03-2013, 14:33
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Replies: 106
Views: 26,853
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Forum: Robot Showcase
22-02-2013, 01:15
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Replies: 259
Views: 73,501
The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
The Robonauts robot for the 2013 competition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DojyJ9bZ4fk&feature=youtu.be
Congratulations to all teams on getting through the last six weeks of the most challenging...
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Forum: General Forum
24-09-2012, 15:05
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Replies: 164
Views: 25,743
Re: Which Regionals/Districts?
The Robonauts are going to be very excited to play with some west coast teams during week 6 at Silicon Valley.
If registration works out, we're also planning on Lone Star during week 2 and Bayou...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
20-09-2012, 11:47
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,443
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Forum: Robot Showcase
05-08-2012, 16:48
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Replies: 105
Views: 40,001
Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2012 Video
Here's some short clips from testing during week 6.
http://youtu.be/0plwV3lCZE4
The power take off driving mechanism wasn't 100% ready for ship, so we modified the end effector to a simpler design...
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Forum: General Forum
18-07-2012, 12:35
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Replies: 328
Views: 104,887
Re: [FRC Blog] Einstein Report Released
We did not change any code before Einstein. As Greg states, this was likely an issue that was with us all season. While we know the gyro reporting bad data was the start of our error chain, we’re not...
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Forum: General Forum
03-03-2012, 00:32
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Replies: 65
Views: 14,119
Ruling on Robonauts Balance
As we posted yesterday in the Alamo thread, the GDC made a decision regarding our bridge balancing mechanism. We wanted to provide a little more of the details that were provided to us. A picture of...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
02-03-2012, 11:41
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Replies: 197
Views: 35,236
Re: Alamo 2012
The Robonauts were informed this morning our mechanism would be penalized if used. We did not attempt to hang in our first match, nor will we for the remainder of this tournament. 2936 balanced the...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
23-02-2012, 11:42
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Replies: 105
Views: 40,001
Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2012 Video
FIRST Community, we, the Robonauts, went out on a ledge this year by designing a feature on Endeavour that some thought might not be doable and even more thought might not be legal. As for the...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
23-02-2012, 01:26
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Replies: 105
Views: 40,001
The Robonauts 118 - 2012 Video
The Robonauts mostly complete robot for this year's competition.
http://vimeo.com/37293255
Congrats to all the teams on getting through another challenging six weeks. Good luck and see you at...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
25-02-2011, 11:38
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,449
Re: Poll: Human Players
I wouldn't call it a miracle, but it's not exactly frequent either. He's done it 3 or 4 times and we've got two on video.
The goal isn't to score the tubes, in fact we'd rather the robot score 'em...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
23-02-2011, 06:32
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Replies: 70
Views: 18,796
The Robonauts 118 - 2011 Video
The Robonauts video... better late than never :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lRtC8wBUa0
Congrats to everyone on getting through ship day and good luck at competition!
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Forum: Extra Discussion
23-02-2010, 21:36
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,903
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Forum: Robot Showcase
06-02-2010, 01:48
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Replies: 37
Views: 6,817
The Robonauts '10 - Video
Our mid-season video for the year. Good luck to everyone in these final couple of weeks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqVVCRmXdiE
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