FIRST Behind the Design Book 3.0 (plan)

[MrForbes]

We've been waiting years for this book, thanks!

Originally Posted by Vince

The focus of this book will be to highlight advanced manufacturing techniques that have been implemented on FRC robots in the 2013 season

I wonder if you could do a small bit (perhaps one robot) showing how a robot can be built without any modern manufacturing techniques? Just to put it all in perspective. I doubt we have sufficient documentation of our low tech build, but someone might.....

[sanddrag]

Team 696 is interested.

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

I wonder if you could do a small bit (perhaps one robot) showing how a robot can be built without any modern manufacturing techniques? Just to put it all in perspective.

This would be awesome. Kids these days () put way too much emphasis on having computers doing all the work instead of using their brains. Our school has a CNC (only, doesn't have handles!) mill, CNC routing table, and 3D printer and at the insistence of a few of us mentors we are just getting a manual mill.

Looking forward to reading it!

[dtengineering]

I'll buy at least one!

But it really should include team 1899. Using laser cutter, common "door skin" plywood, a bit of epoxy and some brilliant CAD, they have created the lightest, stiffest, cheapest robot frame at worlds.

Okay... technically I haven't seen all the robot chassis going to worlds, let alone conducted stress tests and detailed financial analysis of them, but I'm more than confident that they deserve to be "in the book".

And, for the record... this isn't one of those million dollar lasers that cuts steel... this is a relatively affordable wood/plastic type of machine. I encourage you to try standing on one of their backup chassis!

Jason

[fb39ca4]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

I'll buy at least one!

But it really should include team 1899. Using laser cutter, common "door skin" plywood, a bit of epoxy and some brilliant CAD, they have created the lightest, stiffest, cheapest robot frame at worlds.

Okay... technically I haven't seen all the robot chassis going to worlds, let alone conducted stress tests and detailed financial analysis of them, but I'm more than confident that they deserve to be "in the book".

And, for the record... this isn't one of those million dollar lasers that cuts steel... this is a relatively affordable wood/plastic type of machine. I encourage you to try standing on one of their backup chassis!

Jason

Feel free to stop by our pit. We can gladly answer your questions, and would love to be in this book.

[Brian Selle]

The previous two books are inspiring... beautifully photographed, written, and made. They were very helpful to me when I first started FRC to understand the capabilities and level of sophistication of the robots/teams. We constantly turn to them for ideas.

We would love for you to stop by our pit in Archimedes. Here are a few stats on our 2013 robot/process.

- Resurrected an old CNC lathe and Bridgeport mill in the offseason: 44 unique (214 in total) student made parts in a mentor's garage.

- Laser cut and CNC bent sponsor made parts: 78 unique parts (512 in total)

- CNC milled sponsor made shooter/flywheels (4 parts)

- TIG welded chassis with large climb V groove down the center

- Addressable LED lights driven from the cRIO using Java SPI

- PID control using encoders, potentiometers, and gyro for shooter RPM, distance, turning, shooter angle, and blocker height.

- Limit switches and IR sensors for game piece counting

- 100% CAD modeled