Forum: General Forum
12-09-2016, 13:33
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Replies: 87
Views: 9,849
Re: Most Unlikely Places You've Found FRC People
At a shabbat dinner. Heard a guy talking about looking to find a place in NYC to weld furniture for his apartment. I suggested an FRC team, turns out he used to be on a team in high school, and he...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
24-08-2016, 09:23
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,701
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Forum: Off-Season Events
07-05-2016, 21:37
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Replies: 55
Views: 7,015
Re: Hudson Valley Rally
Can we have an update on the teams that are currently registered? I couldn't find that list on the website.
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Forum: General Forum
28-03-2016, 12:43
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Replies: 61
Views: 5,125
Re: NY Districts - POA
My feeling has always been simple, I want districts for my team as soon as possible. The reason FIRST exists is for students to learn, if you play 8 matches a year, you aren't going to learn much and...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
22-03-2016, 19:37
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,498
Defense Type and Position Selection
After getting through one competition and getting the chance to pick defenses in many matches against several different combinations of alliances I was wondering what strategies teams are using for...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
20-03-2016, 12:36
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,197
Using the Drawbridge/Sallyport or not?
In our design on 694 this year, we decided not to go for the lowbar and instead decided on a bot that could traverse the other defenses well. In the end we ended up with a bot the could do the...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
15-03-2016, 11:23
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Replies: 63
Views: 6,660
Re: New York City Regional
We should have almost every match recorded from the stands. A few were probably missed here or there. Going to upload them soon hopefully. Also 1796 ran the stream, hopefully they have some of it...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
10-03-2016, 21:13
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,310
Team 694 StuyPulse Presents: DEStiny
We are very proud to present our 2016 robot, DEStiny.
Some details about the robot:
6 wheel tank drive with pneumatic tires.
Shifting gearbox with speeds of ~15fps and ~6fps
Utility Arm to assist...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
12-03-2015, 23:04
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,855
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Forum: Programming
05-03-2015, 23:19
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,581
Re: Limit speed of 4 chassis CIM motors
Also, what might help is limiting deceleration. I would make sure my motor controllers are set to coast and not brake, this way you don't decelerate as rapidly so that you have less tipping issues...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
25-02-2015, 16:53
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,685
Re: Team 2601: Raptor
Great looking bot guys, can't wait to see it in action. Really awesome to see the growth 2601 makes year after year.
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
22-02-2015, 17:44
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,365
How to Scout Recycle Rush?
We are working on our scouting sheets right now on 694 and we haven't had any fantastic ideas on scouting in this game, particularly when it comes to scouting totes scored, level of stacks, and where...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
18-02-2015, 11:49
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,134
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
03-01-2015, 16:44
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Replies: 262
Views: 55,579
Re: The Noodle Agreement
My initial thoughts on how to make this work. You agree to the noodle agreement with the terms that you throw one noodle at a time. Alliance a throws one noodle and then alliance b throws another and...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
26-08-2014, 17:24
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Replies: 0
Views: 581
FIRST Alum Concussion Sensor Startup
I wanted to share a Kickstarter campaign that Seth Berg, a StuyPulse alum and Championship Dean’s List Award Winner (2010), and his partner from MIT just launched. This is one of a few startups...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
16-07-2014, 00:41
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,181
Re: Best Reveal Videos
I love seeing threads like this, basically costs me an hour of my life, because I have to watch old reveal videos, but it is so worth it.
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Forum: Extra Discussion
23-05-2014, 11:33
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,213
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Forum: Championship Event
21-05-2014, 16:59
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Replies: 36
Views: 6,918
Re: 2014 Championship Conference
I would really like to share some of the conferences I got the chance to attend with some of the members of my team, does anyone know when the videos will be posted online or where they are if any of...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
21-05-2014, 16:52
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,707
Re: Mentor Gifts Ideas?
The most important thing is getting the mentors something, anything at all. A candy bar that says thank you from the students means a ton.
My recommendation is to make it personal. I wear different...
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Forum: General Forum
20-05-2014, 23:32
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,547
Re: Best Alliance Selections Acceptance Ever
I love both of these so much, it has gotten me thinking about what clever things we could do in the future. You get a few seconds to say yes, while you have the entire arena's attention. Why not go...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
05-05-2014, 23:00
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Replies: 46
Views: 10,870
Re: New Offseason FRC Event – In China!!
We are so excited for the event and very honored that we were invited to join in. I'm going to ask around during our meeting tomorrow to see which parts we might be able to help out with.
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Forum: General Forum
08-04-2014, 10:44
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Replies: 65
Views: 14,053
Re: FRC Blog - My Bad Call
This was the right thing to do, I'm glad FIRST and Frank stepped up here. That match shouldn't have been the last for 1323's seniors and now it won't be.
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Forum: Extra Discussion
07-04-2014, 17:53
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Replies: 2
Views: 778
Re: pic: Steel Hawks 2014: Tomahawk
Your robot was absolutely awesome this year, you guys keep making giant strides forward. I hope to see you guys and this beast of a robot at some point during the offseason.
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Forum: Regional Competitions
07-04-2014, 11:19
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Replies: 40
Views: 6,660
Re: 2014 New York City Regional
NYC was so much fun this year. So many good teams attended and raised the level of play, teams had to bring their A game and did.
It was a crazy weekend and I'm so proud of how our team did, #2 seed...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-04-2014, 22:34
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Replies: 40
Views: 6,660
Re: Watch
That's awesome, hopefully it will draw some people to the event that didn't even know it existed.
I'm too excited about this weekend, can't wait to see everyone!
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