List of Rookie Resources

[Brandon Martus]

Do you know of a site, white paper, or something you can attach to this thread that would help out a new team? Something like FRC 25's RINOS program, MOE's week by week schedule, etc.?

This thread will serve as a master list of resources for new teams to reference. Please post with a general description of what you have to offer (or know someone else is offering).

Please leave discussion of these programs/papers/materials to another thread. This is informational only. Moderators will be deleting any unnecessary posts.

[neoshaakti]

http://first.wpi.edu/Workshops/2007CON.html

awesome videos!

[Kyle]

Here is the link to MOE's moementum page and the introduction to the site:




"FIRST is a constantly expanding organization with new teams popping up like weeds every year. Because so much is demanded in such a short period of time, many new (or "rookie") teams often find themselves rapidly overwhelmed. Fortunately, has been a part of the FIRST and MOE tradition to assist rookie teams through out the course of the build and competition season. Hence, MOEmentum was born.
We at MOE are entering our eighth season, and know well the trials and tribulations that come with building a robot - whether it is your first or thirty-first build. Therefore, we have, over the years compiled our information into a week-by-week news letter to aide first year teams, filled with helpful tips and pointers. In addition, there are also documents that our team finds helpful in organizing our meetings.
Good luck to all teams this season, especially the rookie teams!
MOE 365"

[KathieK]

Many resources for rookie (and veteran teams) can be found on the NEMO website at www.firstnemo.org.

We also link to several other websites of resources for rookies.

[Bill Moore]

There's also the list of resources pulled together by the President's Circle.

[rogerlsmith]

FIRST Objective is a community that is helping schools see the importance of FIRST through the use of videos, forums, user groups and blogs. Our member base is growing every day and we are getting new videos added regularly. We encourage visitors to ask questions in our forums and we are doing all we can to help get new teams off the ground. For FIRST veterans, please stop by and help out with questions and also post your videos if you have any.

http://www.firstobjective.org

Thanks!
Roger

[Akash Rastogi]

A recent thread about the design process involved in engineering could also be useful- courtesy of Molten and other CD members.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=59512

[Jay Trzaskos]

I found the presentations by Ian Mackenzie and Karthik Kanagasabapathy on FIRST Canada to be very helpful and informative along with JVN's Fall Seminar Presentations.

[AdamHeard]

For Drivetrains (& more);

There are two very awesome drivetrain calculators out there;

JVN's is more complete and offers a lot of information (graphs of motor load, current draw, speed, position, etc...)

Steve Judd's is made for combat robots, but I asked him to add the two CIM motors to it. You just pick the motors, wheel size, weight, etc... (same stuff as JVN's) and it will give you a quick estimate of speed and current draw. Not as much information, but a lot easier. It is under the "tools" section of his site (called torque/Ah calculator).

[RoboMom]

FIRST Senior Mentor project
http://www.usfirst.org/community/vol...t.aspx?id=3310

[Richard Wallace]

The FIRST website has a page on team sustainability, with links to several good resources.

[OZ_341]

Rookie Teams can order a free copy of "Team in a Box". This DVD features interviews with Dean Kamen, Andy Baker, Rich Kressly, Mike Wade, and many other prominent FIRST icons. We will also continue to feature segments from knowledgeable Hall of Fame Teams such as Team 103 (Animation) and Team 67 (Drive trains) as well as input from teams interviewed at FIRST events.

Over 2500 copies of Team in a Box have now been distributed to 10 countries, 5 continents, and almost every US state.

Thanks to AndyMark we can continue to make this disk available, free of charge for Rookies, pre-Rookies and the veterans that mentor them.

For more information about Team in a Box please visit our website at www.team341.com and then click on the Team in a Box banner.
You can also find us by going to the FIRST President's Circle list of resources.

Thank you for supporting Rookies everywhere!!!

[Cynette]

Team 1511, Rolling Thunder, has a whole page on their website dedicated to Rookie Resources.

http://www.penfieldrobotics.com/resources/rookies.php

[Richard Wallace]

Top Ten Boneheaded Mistakes

[lynca]

http://wiki.chiefdelphi.com/index.php/Index_of_teams Check out teams that have been around FIRST and brainstorm Team Name ideas,

http://mentor.txfirst.org - Find mentors or contacts nearby that can help