Forum: General Forum
21-01-2011, 10:28
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Views: 457
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Forum: Technical Discussion
09-05-2007, 21:10
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,338
Re: Swerve Drivetrain
Forget about weight, you better have have a LOT of resources available to design and build it. After seeing the 118 machine up close, this isn't something you think up overnight. The weight also is...
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Forum: General Forum
21-03-2007, 13:00
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Replies: 268
Views: 73,395
Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
I personally like "Team XXX accepts"
I think the whole gracious thing is getting a bit over used at the regional. It drives my wife insane after about the 40th time you hear it at a regional.
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Forum: Technical Discussion
07-03-2007, 16:28
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,623
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Forum: Technical Discussion
06-03-2007, 14:07
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,623
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Forum: Regional Competitions
05-03-2007, 14:49
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,344
Re: Veteran Teams have No Advantage
One advantage that vetern teams DO have is their lower number and their team history. I have been at many a regional where a Big Name team didn't have the strongest robot of the litter but they were...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
27-02-2007, 06:24
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,623
Re: Put my Mill on EBay tonight
David,
Smithy shows a tolerance of +/- 0.001 in. I am certain the machine is better than factory lead screws with the added ballscrews.
B.T.W. The Reserve price is at $2k anything over that on...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
26-02-2007, 19:05
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,623
Put my Mill on EBay tonight
Sad to see it go, moving to Houston and don't have a spot for it anymore!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:11&item=120091818343
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Forum: General Forum
25-02-2007, 06:37
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,952
Re: Multiples 2007
Great Post. I thought that our teams this year would have been a little happier about how things were run this year to help others. It is a little sad that some are not. We have barely enough mentors...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
14-02-2007, 19:45
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,310
Re: pic: Bots on Bots CD 47
Very Nice, a little early for 47 to be showing their stuff???
None the less, as usual, I am impressed, and I suspect it will get better as the season progresses......
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Forum: Robot Showcase
12-02-2007, 19:35
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,936
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Forum: Extra Discussion
26-01-2007, 14:19
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,386
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Forum: Extra Discussion
24-01-2007, 18:59
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,550
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Forum: Extra Discussion
24-01-2007, 14:05
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,550
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Forum: Extra Discussion
24-01-2007, 08:38
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,550
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Forum: General Forum
19-03-2006, 14:58
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Replies: 49
Views: 7,128
Re: Percentage of Work Done by Students.
I don't know about the rest of you but our robot was 100% built by team 226. Our team consists of students, parents, teachers, engineers, and alumni.
In most teams, usually you win or lose as a...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
09-03-2006, 17:02
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,072
Re: Transmissions
What Andy says above goes without saying, we have duplicated much of the designs from the dog style shifting transmissions and I can't buy and have fabricated the individual pieces for 2...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
05-03-2006, 09:12
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,170
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Forum: General Forum
25-02-2006, 07:09
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,126
Fantastic Robots This Year
I have to say looking at all the pictures, I have never seen this many solid, well built designs...... ever. From the lowest numbers to the highest rookie numbers. Great job to all the 2006 teams. ...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
20-02-2006, 06:47
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,499
Re: pic: 696 Numbers
Hopefully the Super Bright Green won't cause problems with any of the teams targeting. Got to love the laser!
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Forum: Robot Showcase
13-02-2006, 18:23
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,249
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Forum: General Forum
05-02-2006, 12:32
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Replies: 7
Views: 793
Re: need to key a bushing, how?
You can put an internal keyway into something thru- bore without a broach using a milling machine and an endmil that has a diameter the same width as the keyway. Plunge in the endmill in the same...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
19-01-2006, 18:43
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Replies: 3
Views: 907
Re: Where to buy sprockets
See if these guys have a store/warehouse in your area -
https://www.motionindustries.com/motion3/jsp/mi/index.jsp
You can usually will call pick up and they usually beat mcmaster on price pretty...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
19-01-2006, 10:57
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Replies: 119
Views: 27,102
Re: Andymark.biz
We could not immediately get through either but all of our parts showed up really fast after we ordered them through the website. (we ordered quite a bit also) Give them a bit more time, maybe send...
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Forum: Career
16-01-2006, 18:32
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Replies: 36
Views: 8,932
Re: what colleges have good robotics majors
While I was at Purdue - (getting to be quite a while ago) they were creating a major caller CIMT - Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology. This would be in the school of technology not...
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if we fail, we fail as a team
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