Robot in 3 Days 2016

[c.shu]

Kettering University is also hosting a Ri3D team. The videos will be posted to the Kettering youtube channel. The first video should be up sometime tomorrow morning.

Team Name: Kettering Strong
Robot Name: The Boulder

[ebrnc]

There are so many great ways out there that teams can use to share updates on their efforts! YouTube is definitely a spectacular resource, but I would not underestimate Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or even Vine.

For The GreenHorns 2016, we are using all of the above! I was a tad iffy about using Vine at first, but I quickly began to appreciate it for its usefulness in posting short video updates in an effortless manner! I really believe Vine should begin to have a more prominent presence in the realm of FIRST Robotics; it is marvelous!

On the topic of social media, be sure to stay updated on what we are up to via the following:

Twitter: @GreenHornsRi3D
Facebook: The GreenHorns
Instagram: greenhornsrobotics
Vine: The GreenHorns

Check it out!

[MARS_James]

I was wondering what was going on with Team Redacted

[Dan Richardson]

Originally Posted by MARS_James

I was wondering what was going on with Team Redacted

I believe they will post their reveal video Sunday.

[Mr V]

Hello everyone, sorry for the delay in posting our reveal video. It is up now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBu_...ature=youtu.be

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Mr V

Hello everyone, sorry for the delay in posting our reveal video. It is up now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBu_...ature=youtu.be

Very cool video. I love the detailed explanation, hopefully a lot of young teams see this.

[Mr V]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

Very cool video. I love the detailed explanation, hopefully a lot of young teams see this.

Thanks so much.

Team [REDACTED]'s goal is to help out those young teams and show that you can build a robot that can play the game w/o fancy tools, w/o CAD abilities.

We build at the Washington FIRST Robotics Fieldhouse which is why you see a set of Red and Blue road cases for the PNW District. Not really visible in this year's video is the Washington FIRST Robotics machine shop trailer. That trailer contains a lathe, mill, welding equipment, taps, dies and many other tools. We used the Fieldhouse's tool box stocked with mid grade basic hand tools. In the interest of time we did break down and use the table saw, chop saw and drill press acquired to build all those road cases. However those tasks could have been done with hand held saws and drills.

We do have participants versed in CAD but for our build the design exclusively used a white board and a calculator ap on a smart phone.

We would like to thank our sponsors who made it possible.

AndyMark for their donation of the AM14U3 and many other parts.

The folks at Ri3D who welcomed us into the mix.

The following Washington FIRST Robotic FRC Teams

Bear Metal 2046 from Tahoma HS for the use of a control system, motors, motor controllers, batteries and pretty much all of your basic KOP type items.

Lion Robotics 2907 from Auburn Mountainview HS (a PNW district event site host) for the use of some parts when we needed them in a pinch.

Tread 3219 from Auburn HS (another PNW district event site host) for the use of the field elements the built for the kickoff they hosted.