Forum: Chit-Chat
26-04-2012, 01:43
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Replies: 0
Views: 661
Robot POV Videos - Team 2207 MN North Star
Ever wonder what it felt like to be a robot at the competition. Well the I was a part of in High School placed my GoPro camera when I visited them (Team 2207) at the MN North Star Regional on...
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Forum: Championship Event
15-08-2011, 12:06
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Replies: 65
Views: 10,511
Re: College/Areial Robotics Info
I just want to make this available to everyone out there and that wasn't able to make it to the Championship to sign up for the email but today I received additional information about CARD. The below...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
03-03-2011, 14:28
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Replies: 3
Views: 369
Re: Robot name!
I like the idea and find it a little funny and innovative.
I almost feel like with it being RAID 0 and RAID 1 that your mini bot is the better robot, but I don't know if that is true or not.
Good...
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Forum: General Forum
03-03-2011, 14:25
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Replies: 138
Views: 12,688
Re: How many Eagle Scouts :)
I am an Eagle Scout and will always be an Eagle scout like all the others on here.
On the path to Eagle and with FIRST like others have mentioned that there is a bit of overlap. Sure scouts may be...
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Forum: Announcements
03-03-2011, 14:04
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Replies: 67
Views: 13,170
Re: The New Cool
I had preordered my hard copy and it arrived on Tuesday from Amazon.
FIRST I would like to say this is the first leisure book I have read since being at college for a year and a half and it is nice...
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Forum: Announcements
28-02-2011, 21:55
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Replies: 67
Views: 13,170
Re: The New Cool
Have to love pre ordering and amazon prime for the free shipping as I pre ordered forever ago and it show up in the mail office tomorrow. Can't wait for the package notification from the mail office...
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Forum: General Forum
09-02-2011, 02:38
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Replies: 4
Views: 573
Re: Pit Design
No I don't know, but if your looking for just something to act as a wall you could try using just a Tarp and bungees, which can easily attach to PVC. Plus it would be a lot cheaper especially if a...
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Forum: FRC Control System
09-02-2011, 02:33
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Replies: 2
Views: 580
Re: custom operator console
Like with anything else when thinking about the rules and whether something is legal or not check the Manual. I know it is emphasized plenty of times on here but all the answer can be found in the...
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Forum: Website Design/Showcase
06-02-2011, 00:19
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,307
Re: new website name
As much as I like most of those designs I would just like to mention that the use you have done with the FIRST logo infringes with the copyrights FIRST has on their logo.
For information on how to...
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Forum: Motors
04-02-2011, 17:25
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,979
Re: Motor only turns one way!
In addition, what motor are you using which could make a difference and might not as well.
It's always a good Idea to post as much details about parts(like the exact motor) you are using, that...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
04-02-2011, 17:21
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Replies: 0
Views: 378
FLL Global Innovation Award - Vote Now
This could of possibly gone into the FLL area but I wanted many people to hear about this. Currently there is voting going on for 1 FLL team to win the Global Innovation Award. The winning team well...
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Forum: General Forum
24-01-2011, 22:17
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Replies: 6
Views: 636
Re: favorite part of FRC
I liked the atmosphere wheter its at the competition or just a general meeting with the team. Also the social part with it, some of my best friends have come from being involved with FRC plus I got...
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Forum: Games/Trivia
24-01-2011, 22:03
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Replies: 455
Views: 27,876
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Forum: Programming
24-01-2011, 22:00
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,589
Re: Line tracking
I know its not quite what your looking for but from a concept perspective try and find a local FLL team. They do line tracking all the time and from working with them and seeing many teams they are...
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Forum: General Forum
12-01-2011, 13:00
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Replies: 5
Views: 954
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Forum: General Forum
12-01-2011, 12:50
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,196
Re: Designing your minibot with an FTC team?
I'm speaking for my past team but we actually got some of the vex kits in the past and would use those for pre season activities to try out different drivetrains, get new members introduced to...
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Forum: General Forum
12-01-2011, 02:54
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Replies: 1
Views: 486
Re: Robot Rage
It's great to see another event made available for those kids to participate in another event. I'm always excited to see these FLL kids at the events and the ideas and the projects they have worked...
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Forum: Motors
12-01-2011, 02:45
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,118
Re: Mecanum Wheels
With the three years on my team I experienced the use of two rear wheel drive with the front being casters(2007), mecanum wheels(2008), and two rear with the front solid wheels(2009). Each of those...
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Forum: Electrical
09-01-2011, 04:33
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,799
Re: 2011 Control System Manual?
If you follow the link that "rrossbach" provided, that will link you out to the FIRST website that has a ton of documents there on the control system, drive train, pneumatics, and more.
Don't be...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
09-01-2011, 04:25
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,859
Re: Mini-bots
Chances are if you are having to assume something with the rules usually it happens out there that teams are wrong. And like was mentioned before the Q&A is the place to get clarification on any of...
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Forum: General Forum
09-01-2011, 04:20
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,482
Re: Logomotion Logo
Here is a link to the FRC marketing tools website. http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/resourcecenter.aspx?id=952
On this page there is a link to the basic FIRST logos including FRC, FTC, FLL,...
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Forum: General Forum
01-01-2011, 04:53
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Replies: 59
Views: 10,506
Re: Patiently waiting for hint #2
As of 3:50 this morning on the FIRST of January there has been no release of clue #2. Here is to hoping that it is at least released later today
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Forum: General Forum
01-01-2011, 04:32
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Replies: 88
Views: 9,045
Re: Team Twitter Accounts
I figure I will just throw in the reminder to do a post on twitter in the form of (Team xxxx #frcteamlist) so we can have the listing there on twitter as I see a lot more teams posted here that have...
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Forum: General Forum
01-01-2011, 04:02
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,109
Re: Happy New Year!
Happy new years to everyone, whether student, mentor, volunteer, alumni, cheer squad or anyone else I missed. I know personally I am excited for the kickoff this year like past years even though I...
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Forum: General Forum
14-12-2010, 23:41
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Replies: 119
Views: 18,911
Re: Waiting patiently for the 2011 hint!
In addition, they usually post the hint on the FIRST website on the FRC page, which there currently isn't no post as well as I'm sure Bill will mention it on his Blog and all. Plus you will know when...
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Proof: Remove the motor from it's mechanical house of bondage and it will operate just fine - Mike Betts [more] 
