Forum: General Forum
22-04-2011, 21:17
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,900
Re: Minibot Strategy & Etiquette
It is really interesting. We last played in week 1 where we had a 5 second relaible mini bot. We will go to Saint Louis with a 1.1 second relaible mini bot. The issue is that no one has seen it! ...
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Forum: General Forum
22-04-2011, 20:38
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,900
Minibot Strategy & Etiquette
Hello CD,
I'm coaching again this year for the first time in 10 years. One thing I noticed is that teams really want to use what they built when they play on the field. At our week 1 regional we...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
22-03-2011, 18:16
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,656
Re: pic: FRC 51 - Wings of Fire Preship
Beautiful machine again this year Chris!
If slipage is an issue try routing your drive cords in an "X" shaped loop rather than an "O". This will get you a bit more wrap over the drive...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
08-03-2011, 19:57
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,495
Re: Manchester Regional "Photo Finish"
The best part was that in the first match that we played together and the last match we played against each other it was your mini-bot that made the difference!
You folks were great, it was a...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
07-03-2011, 20:40
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,495
Re: Manchester Regional "Photo Finish"
This truly was an exciting photo finish and just shows the quality and depth of teams at this event. Great job by all teams in the finals to make the last match this close and exciting!
~Rob
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Forum: Regional Competitions
07-03-2011, 20:38
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Replies: 126
Views: 19,043
Re: 2011 BAE Granite State Regional
What a great event! Team 131, CHAOS certainly had the time of our lives! Thnaks to everyone we had a chance to play with and special thanks to our elimination round partners teams 40 & 20! It was...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
09-02-2011, 19:23
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Replies: 126
Views: 19,043
Re: 2011 BAE Granite State Regional
I am very excited for the GSR this year. It will bt my 2nd year in a row attending with a new team!
Can't wait to see old friends and new faces!
Best of luck to all teams.
Rob
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Forum: General Forum
10-06-2010, 10:35
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,680
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Forum: General Forum
11-05-2010, 10:32
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Replies: 75
Views: 13,314
Re: Most Innovative Teams
Most of the responses here have focused on technical aspects of robots, but I am going to "shift gears" a bit.
From my standpoint teams 365 and 1902 have shown innovative methods of team...
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Forum: General Forum
19-04-2010, 21:51
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Replies: 86
Views: 17,948
Re: Dean Kamen, Manual Laborers, and You
Perhaps Dean needs to listen...
He could shorten his speech and not offend these people at the same time...all it takes is focus and a bit less talking and he could make everyone happy...
Rob
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Forum: Championship Event
19-04-2010, 16:22
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Replies: 131
Views: 16,402
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Forum: Championship Event
19-04-2010, 15:45
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Replies: 79
Views: 16,755
Re: Galileo 2010
Chris,
The honor was really ours. The oportunity to work with you was one of the hilights of our season.
We honestly had no clue if you would be able to replace the cRIO and reload your code in...
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Forum: Championship Event
06-04-2010, 13:05
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Replies: 81
Views: 8,491
Re: The Divisions...
Ok I am going to throw some ideas out there. I know that some of these may have some big problems, but hopefully they can get more ideas flowing!
1) What if instead of registering for Champs, you...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
30-03-2010, 19:16
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Replies: 25
Views: 12,751
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Forum: FRC Control System
24-03-2010, 10:11
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,632
Re: Small FMS timer bug
This is very interesting. I know that a problem similar to this existed in 2004 as I personally timed matches at the CT regional in Hartford that year.
The 2004 peoblem seems to have been a bit...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
23-03-2010, 10:41
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Replies: 97
Views: 23,502
Re: Team 217 - Thunderchickens
When I read through this thread it strikes me that this is not about an individual person upset about an individual team. To me this is more about something that is a part of the culture fo FIRST -...
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Forum: General Forum
18-03-2010, 10:30
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Replies: 105
Views: 9,297
Re: FIRST Rule Changes
Did anyone stop to consider that the gdc may have thought of this design/strategy while creating the game and purposly written the rules in a way that would allow it?
When reading over the rules...
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Forum: Championship Event
18-03-2010, 09:08
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Replies: 48
Views: 6,488
Re: FRC Qual Rounds on Thursday @ Championship
It seems that the inspection team was caught just as off guard by this as the competing teams. I would not count on being able to do inspections on Wednesday night. In the past we have been kicked...
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Forum: Scouting
12-03-2010, 08:39
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,394
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Forum: Extra Discussion
08-03-2010, 20:40
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,709
Re: pic: AIR Strike 78 Elevated in NH
Hey Daniel,
Here is another good pic for you: action shot of 78 vs. 1729. Looks like a real 4-H showdown!
http://www.joemenassa.com/images/robotics2010/nh2010/content/IMG_7452_large.html
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Forum: Programming
02-03-2010, 11:40
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,929
Re: Mecanum Drive Problem..
Do the rollers in your Mechanum wheels turn smoothly? If one or more rollers are "sticky" you could see some odd driving behavior.
Wheels spinning slower than others could be caused by a host of...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
02-03-2010, 09:46
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Replies: 64
Views: 6,695
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Forum: General Forum
24-02-2010, 15:38
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,107
Re: Invitation for opinions on 3" engagement rule
I think it will be clear that your proposed scenario will not be legal. check out the FRAME PERIMETER rules and think about how you could legally create such a device inside the frame perimeter and...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
22-02-2010, 09:20
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Replies: 206
Views: 74,186
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Forum: Extra Discussion
18-02-2010, 10:31
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,233
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6 months huh? That's about the last time I posted heavily on this site (April).
Don't make me come back & whip all of you back into shape people! :yikes: - Elgin Clock [more] 
