Forum: General Forum
29-09-2012, 06:54
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,862
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Forum: General Forum
22-05-2012, 20:08
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,281
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Forum: Technical Discussion
03-05-2012, 11:38
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,420
Re: Dual CIMs and #25 Chain
It seems that people are just skipping over the two most important posts in this thread.
So, based on the math, you WILL have fatigue failure sooner or later. (Assuming the math is correct, I...
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Forum: Championship Event
20-04-2012, 14:14
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Replies: 187
Views: 45,614
Re: Archimedes 2012!
http://filesmelt.com/
Shameless plug for my former roommate's website. Pretty simple interface. Only thing is that it doesn't allow you to update files.
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Forum: Championship Event
19-04-2012, 22:18
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Replies: 187
Views: 45,614
Re: Archimedes 2012!
I have a slightly better picture of 2022.
http://filesmelt.com/dl/2022mwr_Finals.jpg
This is from the Midwest Regional Finals, since then the team has been working on some new features that will be...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
19-04-2012, 19:08
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,466
Re: 1592 Championship Preview Video
Looks like a solid robot, looking forward to seeing you in Archimedes
Crystallize-Lindsey Sterling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHjpOzsQ9YI
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Forum: General Forum
18-04-2012, 15:59
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Replies: 121
Views: 26,937
Re: Divisions 2012
Based on average OPR.
Arch Curie Galileo Newton
12.691 12.601 12.61919192 14.18080808
Looks like Newton wins for OPR
Still definitely looking forward to Archimedes. (Might have something to...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
05-04-2012, 16:27
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Replies: 138
Views: 28,297
Re: 2012 Queen City FRC Regional
Looks like my team is as competitive as ever. Going for the triple on practice day. Might as well. Good luck to everyone at the competition, and thanks for the awesome stream Team 48
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Forum: General Forum
26-03-2012, 17:47
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,434
Re: Safety
My team won the safety award at Midwest last year, we did not hand out a single flyer or put up a single poster. We focused on pit safety and made sure that everyone affiliated with our team knew...
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Forum: General Forum
11-01-2012, 18:12
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,516
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Forum: General Forum
15-06-2011, 18:03
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,533
Re: 1 to 1 Computing -- Seeking Input
I just graduated from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA).
IMSA has implemented a 1-to-1 program over the past few years, and has been attempting to make use of convertible tablets...
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Forum: CAD
25-05-2011, 15:07
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,257
Re: autodesk changing their pricing?
Autodesk is free for educational use. http://students.autodesk.com/
Anyone that has a .edu email can get their products just by registering.
Autodesk also gives its products to FIRST teams, but...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
18-04-2011, 10:44
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,867
Re: How far does your team drive?
We are doing 40 minutes to Midwest, 2 hours to Wisconsin, and 5 hours to St. Louis this year. (Wednesday crew is driving, everyone else is taking Amtrak)
Furthest we have done is 8 hours for 10k...
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Forum: General Forum
17-04-2011, 14:49
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Replies: 171
Views: 26,727
Re: College Acceptances
Accepted at Michigan Tech, University of Illinois, Missouri Science and Tech, Colorado School of Mines, CU-Boulder, WPI.
Heading to Michigan Tech for MechE
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Forum: Championship Event
15-04-2011, 20:37
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Replies: 85
Views: 19,896
Re: 2011 Archimedes Division
Looks awesome, this is going to be 2022's first time at championship ever, and we excited to have the dome floor Thursday/Saturday.
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Forum: General Forum
13-04-2011, 01:58
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Replies: 5
Views: 984
Re: How do you guys run early brainstorming?
During the first week, we manage to pin down strategy, design, as well as CAD
Our entire process is run by 2 student facilitators (1 Senior/1 Junior). We start off Monday of Week 1 by going over...
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Forum: General Forum
12-04-2011, 19:46
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Replies: 58
Views: 5,297
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Forum: Off-Season Events
09-04-2011, 00:39
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,553
Re: Attention Midwest Teams!
According to the ILFRC website
dangreen@usfirst.org
http://www.ilfrc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=5
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Forum: Motors
01-04-2011, 23:12
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,237
Re: Servo Actuating Prematurely
Is it possible that match conditions (bumping/accelerating/jostling) are creating a load on the unpowered servo arm causing the arm to move resulting in deployment?
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Forum: Awards
26-03-2011, 21:31
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,539
Re: Improving the safety award
We won the Safety Award at Midwest Regional and was runner up in Wisconsin without any handouts, or having to yell "ROBOT" over a crowd of people. We simply talked about our year-round safety...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
22-03-2011, 01:49
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Replies: 43
Views: 7,249
Re: 30 lbs allowance
They are not going to weigh your withholding allowance (or at least we have never seen anyone getting spare parts weighed, even when we brought in a whole robot as withholding at 10K lakes last year...
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Forum: General Forum
21-03-2011, 23:36
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,898
Re: Notifying teams of yellow/red cards
The Wisconsin head ref was really good about notifying the drive team of any warnings/yellow/red cards. He would send one of the field reset crew to tell a member of drive team to wait in the ref...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
21-03-2011, 14:28
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,343
Re: Swerve drive with automatic rotation?
We have something like this implemented with our mecanum drive this year. Instead of going full field oriented due to the different travel speeds (forward is faster than sideways), we have a gyro...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
21-03-2011, 13:09
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Replies: 49
Views: 7,793
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Forum: Technical Discussion
19-03-2011, 01:33
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,730
Re: Swerve Drivetrain.
We have done Right/Left Power split, Front/Back turning. It allows translation in any direction, good turning ability, on the spot rotation like a tank drive, and leaves the middle open for a...
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