View Single Post
  #19   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 29-10-2013, 23:32
KrazyCarl92's Avatar
KrazyCarl92 KrazyCarl92 is offline
Registered User
AKA: Carl Springli
FRC #0020 (The Rocketeers)(EWCP)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Rookie Year: 2010
Location: Clifton Park, NY
Posts: 522
KrazyCarl92 has a reputation beyond reputeKrazyCarl92 has a reputation beyond reputeKrazyCarl92 has a reputation beyond reputeKrazyCarl92 has a reputation beyond reputeKrazyCarl92 has a reputation beyond reputeKrazyCarl92 has a reputation beyond reputeKrazyCarl92 has a reputation beyond reputeKrazyCarl92 has a reputation beyond reputeKrazyCarl92 has a reputation beyond reputeKrazyCarl92 has a reputation beyond reputeKrazyCarl92 has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Calculating Linear Force from Motor Torque?

Quote:
Originally Posted by cgmv123 View Post
You won't ever need to do math like the above examples to succeed in FRC.
That depends how you are defining success. Yes, in the grand scheme of things, students can be inspired and they can develop life skills without ever being asked to do a motor calculation.

However, challenging our students to learn about motor curves and apply that knowledge to designing a component on the robot can inspire them, give them a real world experience and result in a more competitive design. They can learn more and be inspired more. Of course there are plenty of competitive robots each year that are built without applying motor curves or math, but the ones that do use these calculations do some pretty inspiring things.

If success is defined more narrowly in terms of specific design objectives for a robot and its subsystems, it is very possible to fail if motor curves or calculations are not used.

We are also aiming to change culture to celebrate STEM. We should encourage doing the math so everyone can strive for greater achievements, rather than look for reason to justify not doing it because we can be successful that way.
__________________
[2017-present] FRC 0020 - The Rocketeers
[2016] FRC 5811 - BONDS Robotics
[2010-2015] FRC 0020 - The Rocketeers

Last edited by KrazyCarl92 : 29-10-2013 at 23:34.