Forum: General Forum
08-05-2013, 14:44
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Replies: 138
Views: 12,688
Re: How many Eagle Scouts :)
Eagle Scout Date: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
I was pretty active all throughout middle school and then FRC kinda swallowed me up for a lot of high school. It was only the summer after my senior...
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Forum: General Forum
07-05-2013, 23:58
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,282
Re: A new Eagle Scout
As a fellow Eagle Scout myself, I would like to wish Brendan congratulations!
It takes a lot of determination and effort to finish up the process but once you do, it's oh so worth it. To tie...
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Forum: General Forum
30-04-2013, 17:32
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Replies: 57
Views: 8,566
Re: Best Drive Train
What about fan-bots?
On a more serious note, I have seen very very very few years where a good 6 WD dropped center drive won't do well in a game. It's easy to do, a lot of people have done it, and...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
27-04-2013, 21:21
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Replies: 31
Views: 6,097
Re: How to make your robot withstand the beating
Kinda unrelated but avoid metal shavings getting into your electronics at all costs! This has cost many teams matches.
Bumpers with their 3/4" plywood turn out to be very strong so if you can have a...
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Forum: General Forum
15-04-2013, 12:40
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,176
Re: Shorts?
I haven't seen anyone faulted for wearing shorts at a competition. I would just make sure that they went below your knees so that when you do kneel down, they are protected from whatever's on the...
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Forum: General Forum
21-03-2013, 12:40
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Replies: 102
Views: 23,695
Re: Al's Annual Inspection Thread 2013
To address people's concerns about bumper legality during matches,
During eliminations, we had at least the lead robot inspector behind the field with the volunteers ready to re-inspect any robots...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
21-03-2013, 12:21
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Replies: 46
Views: 13,755
Re: pic: High Score in FRC Ultimate Ascent
From what I experienced as a volunteer doing Field Reset at Pittsburgh was this:
FIRST found out the sensors were a bit wonky in week 1 and week 2 so they started having some field reset people and...
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Forum: General Forum
19-03-2013, 17:05
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,273
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Forum: General Forum
05-01-2013, 11:08
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,697
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Forum: Championship Event
01-05-2012, 00:44
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Replies: 107
Views: 17,832
Re: Terrible Volunteer Experience
I too had an encounter with this lady. Myself and one of the students both had gotten chewed out for simply forgetting our safety glasses in the pits. Furthermore, she also lectured the student for...
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Forum: General Forum
08-01-2012, 18:37
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Replies: 57
Views: 7,543
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Forum: Extra Discussion
19-07-2011, 17:49
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,388
Re: pic: Are you ready for IRI?
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that mean it exceeds the starting configuration dimensions?
Maybe they have a way for it to unfold or something at the start of the match!
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Forum: Team Organization
20-05-2011, 03:34
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,843
Re: Voting on Officers
On our selection committee we invite:
- Graduating Officers (seniors)
- Any mentor
- Alumni
- Officers who aren't applying for a higher up position
To attend and voice their opinion. The system...
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Forum: Announcements
15-05-2011, 23:24
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Replies: 64
Views: 17,346
Re: CNN Special Featuring FIRST, Sunday 5/15
If this was on facebook, I would "like" this haha.
At this point, any exposure on a national level for FIRST is good exposure. Sure there are some things that could be done better but the way CNN...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
15-05-2011, 19:22
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,591
Re: Minibot Ramp
Someone correct me if I"m wrong but I'm pretty sure teams such as 254, 973, 368 and 233 had minibots going up ramps before they even touched the pole. Here's a video of what the OP is asking about:...
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Forum: General Forum
10-05-2011, 03:18
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,909
Re: Defective GTX 480 from Regional... any ideas?
Every team at a regional that wins the Autodesk Excellence in Design Award gets one (we got one at Seattle Cascade) but we also got one at Silicon Valley (i don't remember for what), so we have...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
07-05-2011, 15:38
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,273
Re: pic: FRC 3320 having a Spaghetti Dinner
Oh eating without utensils... but we are engineers! aren't we supposed to use the stuff we have around us to solve problems? Maybe use white-board markers as chopsticks? (Only half joking...)
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Forum: Regional Competitions
18-04-2011, 23:36
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,867
Re: How far does your team drive?
Over the last 3 years:
Davis/Sacramento Regional: 2.5 hour drive
Silicon Valley Regional: 20 minute drive
San Diego Regional: 10 hour drive (but we flew so it doesn't count haha)
Seattle Cascade...
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Forum: General Forum
17-04-2011, 14:46
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Replies: 171
Views: 26,720
Re: College Acceptances
I got into Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, U. of Michigan, UCLA, RPI, USC, and Case Western.
Unfortunately I'm still deciding between Berkeley, Michigan, and CMU but I shall be visiting Michigan next...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
27-03-2011, 15:31
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Replies: 50
Views: 6,679
Re: High torque that can be purchased.
Our Banebots started doing the same thing so as soon as Fisher Price gearboxes got in stock in AndyMark, we jumped on the opportunity:
Basically we got this:...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
14-03-2011, 02:21
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,327
2011 Seattle Regional
Hey teams,
I was quite surprised that no thread on the 2011 Seattle Regional existed, seeing as there are going to be more than 100 teams competing in the two fields at the regional.
3 days away...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
26-02-2011, 03:33
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Replies: 10
Views: 910
Re: Starting With Ubertubes
Our claw works the same way but just from simple testing, we were able to kind of just jam it in the claw. See if you can do that.
Otherwise, try having it on the ground, touching your robot. When...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
13-02-2011, 03:23
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Replies: 9
Views: 587
Re: Plaction Wheel?
Generally we just buy them with the tread on and then rivet it on some more (cause their staples are notoriously weak).
If you don't get them like that, you're going to have to buy tread from...
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Forum: Kit & Additional Hardware
29-01-2011, 17:55
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Replies: 1
Views: 291
Pressure of Game Pieces
Hey guys,
Does anyone happen to know what pressure FIRST plans to inflate the game pieces (circle, triangle, and square) to? We're trying to figure out what geometry our claw should have and while...
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Forum: General Forum
20-01-2011, 00:15
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,750
Re: New Team in India?
Hey guys,
So I too tried starting a robotics program at a middle school in Pune, India and the kids seemed really interested. The big problem is lack of funding and lack of resources. The teachers...
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