Forum: General Forum
12-05-2016, 11:59
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Replies: 46
Views: 9,155
Re: Greatest Robot Bumpers?
Team 23's bumpers in 2012 were made out of classic car seat upholstery, done by a professional car restorer as a donation to the team, IIRC. ...
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Forum: General Forum
04-05-2016, 18:33
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Replies: 45
Views: 5,222
Re: Lesson Learned 2016 - The Positive
Many of the above, and additionally I really think they did a great job with the protected shot from the outer works, because it made teams have a tradeoff between long protected shots (which need to...
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Forum: General Forum
27-04-2016, 13:13
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Replies: 41
Views: 14,747
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Forum: CD Forum Support
26-04-2016, 08:17
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,147
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Forum: CD Forum Support
26-04-2016, 07:31
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,147
Get rid of post delay after reporting?
I find myself reporting a fair amount of spam posts (as do many others), but it's really annoying to have to wait 47 more seconds to then post the "reported" reply to the post so others know it's...
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Forum: General Forum
25-04-2016, 10:11
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Replies: 64
Views: 6,779
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Forum: General Forum
24-04-2016, 19:32
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Replies: 40
Views: 8,558
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Forum: General Forum
22-04-2016, 20:47
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Replies: 40
Views: 8,558
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Forum: General Forum
19-04-2016, 06:36
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,326
Re: First ever 70 point auto
I think it is worth discussing the conundrum the opponent's to this alliance had for defense picking. After the 70 pt auto, the next match had all of the b and d choices stacked up against the low...
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Forum: General Forum
16-04-2016, 00:08
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,464
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Forum: General Forum
12-04-2016, 09:46
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,972
Re: 175, 176, & 177
These are all numbers from the "Sort Alphabetically" era, so they must all be UTC sponsored teams (at that time) (I did not look them up before guessing this). Also, many of the UTC teams are from...
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Forum: General Forum
11-04-2016, 21:56
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Replies: 62
Views: 6,647
Re: Did you make a second robot? [POLL]
Count us among teams that build two non-identical robots. the first one had a few dimension and construction issues, and we've built 3-4 complete shooter assemblies by now between pre-bag and various...
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Forum: General Forum
11-04-2016, 13:03
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Replies: 41
Views: 14,747
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Forum: District Events
11-04-2016, 12:05
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,902
Re: [NE FIRST] District Championship
I've got a hotel room in the Hilton next to the XL center that has a spare bed for Thursday and Friday nights, if any (male) mentor still needs a spot and wants to go halvsies ($123 gets you both...
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Forum: Electrical
10-04-2016, 23:23
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,707
Re: Talon SR vs Talon SRX vs New Victor vs Spark
It's worth considering the srx for the can bus wiring. It can also be used with raw pwm, so it's the best all around in my opinion. Great encoder integration too.
The spark is a great low cost way...
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Forum: General Forum
10-04-2016, 21:54
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,946
Re: Bumper Material Poll
I've inspected teams that have had ... questionable ... bumper material. The second flimsiest I've seen is actual bedsheets. I'm not sure what the flimsiest ones were, but they'd tear if you looked...
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Forum: Scouting
10-04-2016, 21:48
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,085
Re: Scouting at World Championship
We used slack. Drive coach (me) and backup drive coach (for when I'm inspecting) are both on it, as well, as student strategy lead, and student scouting lead.
IMHO, most of the scouting data is for...
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Forum: Java
10-04-2016, 21:32
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Replies: 11
Views: 618
Re: Limit Switch Programming
To fit this into my earlier recommendation about collecting the inputs and outputs at the edges of the code, be sure your limit switch has a meaningful name and that "true" and "false" make sense....
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Forum: Java
10-04-2016, 15:41
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Replies: 11
Views: 618
Re: Limit Switch Programming
grain of salt needed - i'm a C# programmer, not java, so you may need to tweak syntax. I teach my students concepts and pseudo-code, and they have to translate it to reality.
if (intakeMotorForward...
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Forum: Java
10-04-2016, 10:14
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Replies: 11
Views: 618
Re: Limit Switch Programming
public void teleopPeriodic() {
if (stick.getRawButton(1) && !limitSwitch ) {
motor1.set(0.5);
}
else if (stick.getRawButton(2)) {
motor1.set(-0.5);
}
else {
motor1.set(0.0);
...
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Forum: Java
10-04-2016, 08:02
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Replies: 11
Views: 618
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Forum: Programming
09-04-2016, 22:31
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,398
Re: Eclipse Sucks.
what part of it don't you like? My students hated it until they learned the bits where a good editor can really save you time (like jumping to definitions, and such)
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Forum: General Forum
09-04-2016, 22:26
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Replies: 68
Views: 12,125
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Forum: General Forum
09-04-2016, 21:58
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Replies: 68
Views: 12,125
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Forum: General Forum
09-04-2016, 21:52
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Replies: 68
Views: 12,125
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