Forum: Extra Discussion
07-09-2016, 16:18
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Re: paper: Stop the Stop Build
To answer: Fig(5) is this graph:
http://i.imgur.com/RzEOkQQ.jpg
Each population of teams is a subset of the previous group.
3114 teams played this year, they all played at least one event (Blue)
Of...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
07-09-2016, 11:21
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Replies: 98
Views: 10,572
Re: paper: Stop the Stop Build
Teams, In response to the Stop Build survey circulated yesterday, I finished this paper I was already working on. In this paper I share some analytics on the realities of the Stop Build process...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
07-09-2016, 11:18
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Replies: 98
Views: 10,572
paper: Stop the Stop Build
Thread created automatically to discuss a document in CD-Media.
Stop the Stop Build (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/3284?) by Jim Zondag
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Forum: Electrical
12-05-2016, 11:31
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,956
Re: Robot RGB LEDs
https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-trinket/introduction
I use an Arduino Trinket ($7) to drive Adafruit Neopixel arrays.
I use DIO ports from the MXP interface to set the various states for the...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
03-05-2016, 19:31
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Replies: 5
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paper: 2016 FRC Championship History
This is the 2016 annual update of my Championship History Spreadsheet
This sheet contains a summary of all teams who have played in the CMP playoffs since 2001.
Congratulations to Citrus Circuits on...
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Forum: General Forum
26-04-2016, 01:55
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,169
Re: Comparison of DIV MAX OPRs
http://i.imgur.com/BeawgZo.jpg
Being a former signals guy, I prefer to look at the world like this graph shows.
By comparing the average OPR against the Signal to Noise Ratio of the same data, you...
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Forum: General Forum
24-04-2016, 16:41
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,281
Re: Get Ready For RoboZone Season #2
FIRST Robotics Fans:
The Michigan Robotics Championship Special aired this morning on FoxSPORTS Detroit. This is an amazing sporty style show covering last Saturday's exciting championship...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
12-04-2016, 17:17
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,705
Right Angle Adapter for VersaPlanetary Gearbox
The Killer Bees are proud to share this design with the FIRST community.
This is a great adaptation for use on your robots.
We have 2 of these on our machine this year and they work great.
Our...
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Forum: General Forum
28-03-2016, 12:09
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,281
Re: Get Ready For RoboZone Season #2
Episode #4 featuring Week 3 event coverage from Centerline, Escanaba and Midland aired yesterday and is up on the Robozonetv.com website.
Check it out...
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Forum: General Forum
11-03-2016, 10:19
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,281
Re: Get Ready For RoboZone Season #2
Teaser for Next Week's Roboxone Show
https://vimeo.com/158548370/81f2a41a90
Robozone Episode 2 is in the can and will air on Sunday 3/13 at 9:30am,
This episode will feature highlights from the...
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Forum: District Events
07-03-2016, 21:22
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Replies: 38
Views: 4,626
Re: First In Michigan Week 1.
Wayne, Nice Win at Standish, I finally got to see some video from Standish.
Yes, this is how it is done .... Playing with HOT is always a good time :)
And no one has shown a CdF Auton ...... yet.
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Forum: Extra Discussion
04-03-2016, 00:59
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Replies: 49
Views: 5,897
Re: pic: Growth of FIRST in Michigan
Agree, the road is paved, please follow.
If we ever want Robotics to be a sport which competes with 'real' sports, then we all need to up our game. Sure after 25 years, we have had great success...
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Forum: General Forum
04-03-2016, 00:25
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,281
Get Ready For RoboZone Season #2
http://i.imgur.com/ME8k8GX.jpg
All right, all of you Michigan Robotics Fans; the Competition Season is about to start and we are getting ready to launch season #2 of the RoboZone TV...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
28-02-2016, 23:33
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Replies: 49
Views: 5,897
Re: pic: Growth of FIRST in Michigan
Our average district event cost is about $18,000.
Several of our events get sponsors from local businesses and have zero net cost to our FIRSTinMichigan Organization.
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Forum: Extra Discussion
28-02-2016, 21:55
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Replies: 49
Views: 5,897
Re: pic: Growth of FIRST in Michigan
Joe,
Thanks for sharing my graph to all.
The key to the growth of FIRST hinges on 2 things.
1. Reducing participation costs
2. Increasing Return on Investment.
When we recreated the District...
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Forum: General Forum
10-12-2015, 19:12
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Replies: 125
Views: 23,525
Re: VEXpro 2016
Very nice job on the DC motor tutorial, I have taught this subject many times. Understanding these principles is the key to properly designing any electrified mechatronic device. This tutorial...
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Forum: General Forum
20-11-2015, 19:31
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,126
Re: POLL: Six Week Build Season
So clearly there are differences of opinion in the room. Good.
I think we are all after the same ultimate goal, but some of us seem to think that there are vastly different ways to inspire young...
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Forum: General Forum
20-11-2015, 02:20
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,126
Re: POLL: Six Week Build Season
:) this makes me smile :)
We actually hate playing early/late, but sometimes this is unavoidable given other priorities.
It is hard to keep team momentum with such a large gap.
I prefer to play...
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Forum: General Forum
20-11-2015, 01:38
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,126
Re: POLL: Six Week Build Season
This whole debate needs to shift to a discussion about how we can encourage a spirit of continuous improvement amongst all teams in the FRC.
Continuous improvement is the essence of how the top teams...
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Forum: General Forum
20-11-2015, 00:41
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,126
Re: POLL: Six Week Build Season
I agree, but I personally believe that removing access restrictions to the robots will make the FRC better.......Much Better
There is considerable supporting data supporting this position:
Lets...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
15-11-2015, 14:46
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,700
Re: 2015 Bloomfield Girls Robotics Competition
The Bloomfield Girls Robotics Competition was a great event again this year.
We had 32 teams attending and hundreds of young women attending and competing with their robots.
Channel 2 and Channel...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
30-04-2015, 21:35
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,277
Re: paper: 2015 FRC Championship History
Attached is my annual FRC Championship History Summary.
This release covers all 15 years of data 2001-2015.
The dynasties of the FRC continue, but it is also great to see the trends of some of our...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
30-04-2015, 21:28
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,277
paper: 2015 FRC Championship History
Thread created automatically to discuss a document in CD-Media.
2015 FRC Championship History (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/3133?) by Jim Zondag
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Forum: Off-Season Events
06-04-2015, 15:28
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Replies: 227
Views: 29,782
Re: IRI - 2015 Rule Modification Ideas?
These are my suggestions to make this a better game overall:
1. Disallow Noodle Throwing.
2. Place 2 additional RCs on each side of the field, at the end of each scoring platform.
3. Eliminate...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
05-04-2015, 09:06
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,339
Re: 2015 Troy District
Thank you to team 469 and team 1188 for playing with us for the Win at Troy District this weekend.
It was great to play with you and we worked very well together.
Great job by all the Killer...
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