Forum: General Forum
27-07-2011, 17:07
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Views: 21,239
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Forum: Electrical
16-07-2011, 23:47
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,129
Re: 8 Batteries -or- 10 Batteries at Competition
We made a different investment. One of the mentors on the team made a load tester. We check every battery before it goes on the robot to avoid battery problems on field. But we only have 4 batteries....
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Forum: General Forum
01-07-2011, 10:51
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Replies: 133
Views: 21,239
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Forum: General Forum
09-04-2011, 12:52
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Replies: 71
Views: 12,032
Re: A plead to FIRST, anyone else agree?
I definately don't agree with the bashing of Gracious Professionalism, and Coopertition. You say that they detract from the competition, however your dead wrong. Although it seems like they use the...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
10-03-2011, 09:14
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,836
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Forum: General Forum
16-02-2011, 18:48
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,727
Re: My Scouting Sheet...CRITIQUE IT NOW!!!
Oh man, critiquing the team.
But anyways, I would assume you would draw the tubes they dropped where as a good way to tell if they are making the effort to make logos or not. That seems like a good...
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Forum: General Forum
24-01-2011, 18:13
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Replies: 115
Views: 14,259
Re: Mecanum or 6WD
That sir is where you are wrong, this game is a very defensive game. The robot that cannot pick up a tube, either by design or failure of strategy and prototyping, or breaking is not going to spend 2...
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Forum: General Forum
24-01-2011, 01:02
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,463
Re: Mini bot worth to many points
I feel like this is a very good goal for teams with less resources to themselves a ticket to alliance selection. If you can build a consistantly successful minibot, you are going to be a great pickup...
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Forum: General Forum
12-01-2011, 17:43
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Replies: 49
Views: 3,664
Re: Lost 1/6th of build season...
How about Houghton, Michigan, we are already have seen 100 inches of snow, and we just started January, 41 inches this month. I dont see the big problem?
http://www.mtukrc.org/weather.htm
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Forum: General Forum
11-01-2011, 11:45
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Replies: 111
Views: 10,748
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Forum: General Forum
18-08-2010, 23:57
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,011
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
26-06-2010, 00:07
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,956
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Forum: Technical Discussion
18-05-2010, 08:19
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,062
Re: Weird Chain tensioner.
but usually if you plan for it and buy some "add in" masterlinks which is a half a link you can usually be close enough to make it without tensioners, and you can determine if you need them as you...
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Forum: Programming
13-05-2010, 12:54
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Replies: 350
Views: 41,228
Re: Programmers: I Have A Challenge For You
After talking to someone that drove against that robot the key to beating it was beating it to the middle goal and moving it off center or out of the middle of the field so it would then miss the...
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Forum: Rumor Mill
29-04-2010, 14:11
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Replies: 560
Views: 87,063
Re: anyone have any ideas about next years game?
Ok, a game with very little rules, just the standard no intent to destroy. The field is littered with balls, like Nerf balls, a combination of basketballs (like aim high), footballs, and the...
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Forum: General Forum
29-04-2010, 10:51
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,923
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Forum: General Forum
28-04-2010, 13:55
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Replies: 87
Views: 15,189
Re: Team Names
Maybe going to the extremes is the way to do it. Either as a professional team name, a wacky name, a fun name, a clever name, or a team acronym. As long as your team is presenting a unified and...
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Forum: General Forum
27-04-2010, 23:41
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,303
Re: The spread of pinching rollers this year
2075 came up with this design on there own, and we actually got a lot of people gawking it on the practice field at Kettering. but instead of the solid top bad we used a 1/2 inch urethane cord and a...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
27-04-2010, 14:20
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,078
Re: Scoring System Joke (Michigan)
I heard that during alliance selections the Lions were going to draft 2 looper bots. Is that better than a first round reciever every year?
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Forum: Extra Discussion
24-04-2010, 12:49
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Replies: 103
Views: 28,561
Re: pic: Bumper idea - legal?
If i could upload a picture i would, maybe i will have to upload one CD media. They were really quite slick, excellent idea.
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Forum: General Forum
21-04-2010, 22:20
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,480
Re: WMRRP West Michigan Regional Robotics Picnic
Yea, a cool picture with all of us in out team shirts, so that the programmers don't get unburnt. But really, a great idea for something that would be a relatively new idea brought to FIRST. But if...
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Forum: General Forum
20-04-2010, 11:14
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Replies: 95
Views: 8,158
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Forum: General Forum
19-04-2010, 23:42
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Replies: 87
Views: 15,189
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Forum: General Forum
19-04-2010, 22:49
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Replies: 87
Views: 15,189
Re: Team Names
Think about your selling points, giveaways, ridiculous button designs and mascots and things along that line, if you can come up with something unique thats how you get remembered. Our Question mark...
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Forum: General Forum
19-04-2010, 22:05
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,480
Re: WMRRP West Michigan Regional Robotics Picnic
I don'y know about you, but swimming in Lake Michigan in October is not my idea of fun.
But a post WMRI team social? maybe in the same gym after we clean it up? if you have a Team social after...
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